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Derek Chauvin and other former Minneapolis cops were indicted for civil rights violations weeks after a jury convicted Chauvin of murdering George Floyd.

A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, accusing them of violating the Black man’s constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air

A federal grand jury indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, finding they had violated Floyd’s constitutional rights.

Derek Chauvin, the officer convicted of killing George Floyd, is now setting the groundwork for a possible appeal. Chauvin’s attorney filed a motion for a new trial weeks after the guilty verdict, arguing that legal issues led to the conviction. Attorney and MSNBC/NBC News legal expert Danny Cevallos explains.

Legal experts say the revelation that a juror who helped convict Derek Chauvin had participated in a march in Washington, D

The defense attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd has requested a new trial, saying the court abused its discretion, and he wants a hearing to have the verdict impeached because of what he says is jury misconduct, according to a court document filed Tuesday.

An attorney for Derek Chauvin filed a motion asking for a new trial, alleging jury misconduct.

Prosecutors are asking a judge to give Derek Chauvin a penalty that’s more severe than state guidelines call for when he is sentenced in June for George Floyd’s death

President Biden urged Congress to pass a police reform bill by next month, the first anniversary of George Floyd’s death.

President Joe Biden called on Congress to come together to enact police reform, referring to the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act that recently passed the U.S. House. “We need to work together to find a consensus, but let’s get it done next month, by the first anniversary of George Floyd’s death,” Biden said.

The retail chief said he wants the big-box retailer to be a leader in diversity and inclusion.

A juror who cast one of the unanimous votes to convict a white former Minneapolis police officer of killing George Floyd said deliberations were primarily spent trying to convince one person who was uncertain about part of the jury instructions

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, will be sentenced in June. Chauvin will be sentenced on June 25, by Peter Cahill, the Hennepin County judge who oversaw the trial. Court officials originally set the sentencing for June 16, but on Tuesday announced the new date. Chauvin, 45, was convicted...

The FBI confirmed Tuesday that it will investigate the killing of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot by police during an arrest in North Carolina last week.

A posthumous pardon request was submitted on Monday to Texas officials on behalf of George Floyd for a 2004 drug arrest that was done by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid.

With Derek Chauvin convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death, activists and the Floyd family are turning their attention to this summer’s trial for the other three officers involved in his May 2020 arrest

After three weeks of testimony, the trial of the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd ended swiftly

The update came days after a jury found Chauvin guilty on charges including second-degree unintentional murder in the death of George Floyd.

The unique circumstances surrounding Derek Chauvin’s trial in George Floyd’s death could offer the former Minneapolis police officer some shot at winning a retrial on appeal, though most legal experts agree it’s a long shot