George Floyd

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A Minnesota judge has dismissed a third-degree murder charge filed against the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee against George Floyd‘s neck, but the more serious second-degree murder charge remains. Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill’s ruling was dated Wednesday and made public Thursday. Cahill said there was enough probable cause for the second-degree murder charge and...

A judge signed an order on Thursday permitting Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd, to live outside of the state of Minnesota during the trial, citing ‘safety concerns’.

Citing safety concerns, a Minnesota judge on Friday issued new conditions of release for an ex-Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd that would allow him to live in a neighboring state while he awaits trial. Derek Chauvin posted $1 million bond on Wednesday and was allowed to walk free from the maximum security state prison where he...

The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd posted bail on Wednesday and was released from prison. According to court documents, Derek Chauvin posted a $1 million bond and was released from the state’s facility in Oak Park Heights, where he had been detained. Hennepin County jail records show he was released shortly before 11:30...

The former Minneapolis police officer posted a $1 million bond Wednesday.

Calls to defund police departments have not had widespread success across the U.S. While a handful of left-leaning cities have proposed structural reforms, most cuts to law enforcement agencies have been modest so far.

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It’s not only in the United States where protests against racial injustice are part of the national conversation

A stretch of a Minneapolis street that includes the place where George Floyd was killed will soon be named in his honor

The Justice Department has sent a memo to U.S. attorneys emphasizing that federal prosecutors should aggressively go after demonstrators who cause violence — and even sedition charges could potentially apply

Tiffiny Dixon is an activist and mother to a 4-year-old son she describes as bursting with energy… a real go-getter who literally leaps out of bed each morning with a smile on his face ready to embrace the world....
But Dixon worries. She that where she sees simply hope for the future, others will one day see a future threat. And...

Tiffiny Dixon looks at her 4-year-old son and knows that someday he will “stop being cute” and start being stereotyped as a threat. That’s why she takes him to Black Lives Matter protests – to teach him how to fight back by using his constitutional rights of assembly and free speech.

Prosecution documents in the case against four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd show the white officer who pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck had seven prior incidents of using neck or head and upper body restraints on arrestees, including four in which prosecutors say he went too far

13-year old Keedron Bryant drops by to speak about his debut EP “I Just Wanna Live” which was inspired by his viral tribute to George Floyd.

The four police officers charged with the killing of George Floyd appeared at a Minneapolis courthouse on Friday for pretrial proceedings.

Hundreds of people gathered for Black Lives Matter rallies and marches Saturday night in Portland, Oregon, as often violent nightly demonstrations that have happened for 100 days showed no signs of ceasing.

NBC New York found the car that drove through a group of protesters in Times Square amid demonstrations over the death of a man who suffocated after police in Rochester put a “spit hood” over his head earlier this year. It was not clear how many people were in the black Ford Taurus Friday, but when asked multiple times if…

The man who suffocated after police in New York’s third-largest city put a “spit hood” over his head was the loving father of five adult children, had some mental health issues but was harmless, and had just arrived in Rochester for a visit with his brother, his aunt said. Daniel Prude, 41, known to his big Chicago-based family by the…

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