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Derek Chauvin is a former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020. His actions sparked nationwide protests against police brutality and led to his conviction and imprisonment.
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Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of murdering George Floyd. The jury found the former police officer guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, second-degree manslaughter and third-degree murder. Chauvin now faces spending the rest of his life in prison. Jurors reached their verdict after deliberating for more than 10 and a…
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Maxine Waters has spoken out amid fears she's jeopardized the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Judge Peter Cahill warned that comments she made could overturn the entire court case. However, she has since responded by denying the claims, telling the New York Post: "The judge says my words don't matter." During an…
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The judge presiding over the trial of Derek Chauvin has warned that it runs the risk of being overturned. According to The Independent, Judge Peter Cahill, who is currently overseeing the trial of the ex-cop involved in the death of George Floyd, called comments made by California Congresswoman Maxine Waters…
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Derek Chauvin has invoked his Fifth Amendment right and will not testify at his trial for the murder of George Floyd. As per CBS News, this comes after the defense presented a medical testimony that contradicted the case made by the prosecution over Floyd's death in May of last year.…
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The killing of Daunte Wright – a 20-year-old African-American man – has incited widespread protests across the US with people demanding an end to police brutality in the name of Black Lives Matter. Wright died on Sunday (April 11) after a run-in with cops in the suburbs of Minneapolis. Like…
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A cardiologist has stated that George Floyd did not die from a pre-existing heart condition or drug overdose in his powerful testimony at the Derek Chauvin trial. The trial, which hopes to determine whether former police officer Chauvin caused the death of Floyd, whose neck he knelt on for over…
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Prosecutors at the trial of Derek Chauvin have revealed a new aspect to George Floyd's death. According to The Times, critical care specialist Dr. Martin Tobin testified at the trial of the former police officer that Chauvin had lifted his back leg off the ground when kneeling on Floyd's neck.…
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The force used on George Floyd during his arrest was "totally unnecessary", a veteran homicide detective said at Derek Chauvin's murder trial. Lieutenant Richard Zimmerman, who's been heading the homicide division in the Minneapolis Police Department for over a decade, said that Chauvin's actions had gone against official policies. "If…
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Speaking on the fourth day of Derek Chauvin's trial over the death of George Floyd, the fired-Minneapolis police officer's former supervisor has told jurors that cops 'could have ended their restraint' sooner than they did. When questioned on Thursday (April 1) about the force used against the late George Floyd,…
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The grocery store cashier responsible for flagging a counterfeit $20 bill prior to George Floyd's arrest and death has spoken out about his "disbelief and guilt". Nineteen-year-old Christopher Martin spoke in court on Wednesday about the events leading up to Floyd's death, during the third day of Derek Chauvin's trial.…
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The girlfriend of the late George Floyd has spoken out about his grief over the loss of his mother during her emotional testimony. Speaking on the fourth day of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Courteney Ross revealed that Floyd had been left "broken" after his mother's…
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A prosecutor at Derek Chauvin's trial has corrected one of the most symbolic details about George Floyd's death. The former Minneapolis police officer knelt on George Floyd for 9 minutes and 29 seconds and not the 8:46 timing which has since become a symbol of police brutality, it was revealed on…
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The trial of Derek Chauvin, who is charged with the killing of George Floyd after he knelt on his neck for approximately nine minutes, begins today (March 29). Nearly a year after Floyd's death in May 2020, the incident that saw former police officer Chauvin detain the unarmed Black man…
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The Minneapolis City Council agreed to a $27 million civil settlement with the family of George Floyd, the unarmed Black man who died while detained by police in May 2020. On Friday (March 12), the city council approved the settlement with a 13-0 vote, with $500,000 said to be going…
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The two brothers of George Floyd called for a minute's silence at last night's Democratic National Convention as they delivered an emotional tribute to their late sibling. Speaking from his home in Texas, Philonise Floyd and his brother Rodney called for a moment of silence to remember victims of police…
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A group of over 30 mothers created a barricade to protect hundreds of protesters from federal officers during demonstrations against police brutality in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday. Videos and photos, which have since gone viral on social media, showed around three dozen moms - dressed in white and wearing bike…
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Quaker Oats announced on Wednesday that the Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix will be getting a new name and image, after they acknowledged that "Aunt Jemima's origins are based on a racial stereotype." The brand, which has been in production for 130 years, features a black woman…
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The CEO of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, has stated that the photo-sharing app needs to better support the black community, and in order to do so, the company is looking into how its "policies, tools, and processes impact black people". "We stand in solidarity with the Black community. But that’s not…
