Tag: Death of George Floyd
Miami Mayor: Tom Brady of police chiefs gets top Miami job
MIAMI — Art Acevedo, the Houston police chief who forged a national profile by calling for gun controls, marching with protesters after George Floyd's...
EXPLAINER: What is the impact of racially diverse juries?
CHICAGO — Questions around race have been central to the murder case against the former Minneapolis police officer who leaned on George Floyd's neck...
Patterns emerge in jury screening for trial in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS — The first week of jury selection in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death established patterns...
EXPLAINER: Striking jurors in ex-cop’s trial in Floyd death
As attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death screen potential jurors, they're on guard for anything...
6 chosen for Chauvin trial jury so far; murder charge added
MINNEAPOLIS — A man who said he has a “very negative" impression of Derek Chauvin nevertheless became the sixth juror selected for the former...
Jury selection resumes as Chauvin faces possible new charge
MINNEAPOLIS — Potential jurors in Derek Chauvin's murder trial return Thursday to continue a selection process moving more quickly than expected. Meanwhile, the former...
EXPLAINER: What is ‘spark-of-life’ testimony in trials?
MADISON, Wis. — Prosecutors trying a white former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd's death plan to use a legal doctrine called “spark of...
$1M for Minneapolis fences, barricades for Floyd death trial
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis and Hennepin County officials will spend at least $1 million to put up fences and other barricades ahead of the trial...
Tuition fund honors slain Indiana University football player
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis high school is naming a new scholarship fund in honor of alum Chris Beaty, a former Indiana University football player...
Ex-cop appeals murder conviction to Minnesota Supreme Court
MINNEAPOLIS — The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of third-degree murder in the 2017 fatal shooting of an Australian woman who called 911 to...
