Chauvin Asks for New Trial Over Death of George Floyd
Two weeks after being convicted of murder, the former Minneapolis police officer is accusing prosecutors of misconduct.
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Bay Area Sheriff’s Deputy Charged With Manslaughter for Fatal Shooting
Andrew Hall was on paid leave after he fatally shot a Black man in Danville last month when he was charged with manslaughter Wednesday for a separate deadly shooting that occurred more than two years earlier.
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Minnesota Legal Scholars Weigh In on Aftermath of Chauvin Verdict
With sentencing, appeals and another trial still to come, professors from two Twin Cities law schools offered their perspectives on the future of Derek Chauvin’s case and the Minneapolis Police Department.
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‘Excited Delirium’: The Medical Debate Lurking Behind Chauvin Trial
Debate over excited delirium syndrome has raged in medical circles since George Floyd’s death last year. Major medical organizations don’t recognize it, but the emergency physicians and pathologists who see the most cases say it’s real.
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Ex-Cop Who Mistook Gun for Taser Appears in Court
Kimberly Potter was released on bail after being charged with second-degree manslaughter for the shooting of Daunte Wright.
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Chauvin Defense Rests Case, Trial to Wrap on Monday
Prosecutors got to call back one of their medical experts to rebut a theory that George Floyd suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning before the jury was sent home for the weekend.
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Ex-Medical Examiner Takes Stand for Defense in Chauvin Trial
Maryland’s former chief medical examiner testified that George Floyd died of an irregular heartbeat after the judge declined to acquit the officer who knelt on the Black man’s neck.
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Ex-Cop Charged With Manslaughter in Death of Daunte Wright
Wright, a Black man, was shot less than 10 miles from where former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for the death of George Floyd.
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Prosecutors Wind Down Case Against Chauvin in Shadow of More Protests
A cardiologist testified Monday that George Floyd’s death was caused by asphyxia, but local attention was fixed on a suburban police shooting that sparked protests and looting Sunday night.
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Ahead of Medical Examiner Testimony in Chauvin Trial, Former Mentor Takes Stand
The medical examiner who performed the autopsy of George Floyd is expected to testify in the Derek Chauvin murder trial Friday afternoon, but prosecutors first called a retiree of his office to present her findings.
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Lung Specialist: Floyd Died on Scene From Lack of Oxygen
Prosecutors in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial called a pulmonologist as an expert witness to discuss the impact of police restraint on George Floyd’s breathing.
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LAPD Use-of-Force Expert Criticizes Chauvin Arrest of Floyd
The former Minneapolis police officer’s trial picked up where it left off after an early close the day before, with condemnations of his behavior from an LAPD veteran.
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Friend of George Floyd Seeks to Avoid Testifying
An attorney for Morries Hall, who was with George Floyd on the day of his death and has been accused of giving him drugs, said he would plead the Fifth if asked to testify in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Condemns Chauvin Arrest of Floyd
Minneapolis’ top cop took the stand for the prosecution after the doctor who pronounced George Floyd dead last May said he believed suffocation was the cause.
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Veteran Cop Condemns Chauvin’s Use of Force Against Floyd
A homicide lieutenant, the Minneapolis Police Department’s senior-most officer, said Derek Chauvin’s lengthy hold on George Floyd’s neck was “uncalled for.”
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Floyd’s Girlfriend Testifies About Their Relationship, Addiction Struggles
Taking the stand Thursday morning, Courteney Ross told jurors about her life with on-again, off-again boyfriend George Floyd and the couple’s fight with opioid addiction.
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Firefighter and Store Clerk Take Stand in Chauvin Trial
Following an intense day of testimony from those who watched George Floyd’s fatal arrest up close, Wednesday’s proceedings were less dramatic.
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Former Texas Deputies Charged With Manslaughter in Death of Black Motorist
The indictments come two years after Javier Ambler cried out “I can’t breathe” and “save me” before dying in front of TV cameras during a traffic stop.
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Key Eyewitnesses Give Emotional Testimony in Chauvin Trial
Tension and tears filled testimony from witnesses to George Floyd’s death in the landmark police-brutality trial.
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Trial Over Death of George Floyd Begins With Video
Prosecutors and attorneys for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin told dramatically different stories of George Floyd’s death last Memorial Day.
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