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Derek Chauvin is facing a maximum of 75 years behind bars for the murder of George Floyd. The former Minneapolis police officer, 45, was found guilty yesterday (April 20) of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter on May 25, 2020. According to Minnesota's state guidelines, as Chauvin has no…
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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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George Floyd's girlfriend had taught Daunte Wright when he was in high school, it has been revealed. Per CBS News, Wright's aunt, Naisha Wright, revealed the tragic coincidence at a press conference on Tuesday. "My nephew was 20 years old, 20 years old," she said, according to the outlet. "He…
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A police officer fired for stopping a white colleague from choking a Black suspect has won back her pension. According to The Guardian, Cariol Horne was dismissed from the Buffalo police department back in 2008 after attempting to prevent fellow officer Greg Kwiatkowski from applying a chokehold to subdue an…
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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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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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Cher has taken to social media to apologize after tweeting about George Floyd. The 74-year-old pop icon provoked controversy earlier last week when she took to her official Twitter account to comment on the ongoing trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, who stands accused of police brutality in the killing…
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Cher has provoked a mixed response after tweeting that she "could've helped" George Floyd if she had "been there". As per Page Six, in a now-deleted tweet posted to the singer's account on Friday (April 2), the 74-year-old wrote: "Is Gonna Sound CRAZY,But.. I Kept Thinking …..Maybe If I'd Been…
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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 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 firefighter at Derek Chauvin's murder trial recounted how police officers prevented her from helping George Floyd despite her "desperate" pleas. Genevieve Hansen, 27, an EMT certified firefighter in Minneapolis explained during her tearful testimony that the officers refused to let her assist at the scene, even though Floyd was…
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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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A spokesperson for Donald Trump claims that the former President is due to launch his own social media platform "within months." According to Fox News, Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller told Howard Kurtz on the network's show MediaBuzz that the ex-POTUS is due to return to social media following his…
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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…
