Derek Chauvin, his COVID-19 mask removed in a rare courtroom moment, ended weeks of speculation by informing the judge he would not take the stand to testify.
Dr. David Fowler, the former chief medical examiner for the state of Maryland, said the fentanyl and methamphetamine in Floyd’s system, and possibly carbon monoxide poisoning were contributing factors in his death.
The charge against former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter will be filed Wednesday, three days after Daunte Wright was killed during a traffic stop.
Barry Brodd, a former Santa Rosa, California police officer, stoutly defended Derek Chauvin’s actions, even as a prosecutor pounded away at him as he took the stand.
Seth Stoughton, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, judged the ex-cop's actions against what a reasonable police officer in the same situation would have done, and repeatedly found that Chauvin did not meet the test.
“I am honestly afraid to get out,” Caron Nazario, a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army, said in a viral video after being pulled over in Windsor, Virginia by two police officers, one of whom responded that he "should be" afraid.
The "very senior" Brooklyn Center officer who shot Daunte Wright during the traffic stop had shouted "Taser! Taser! Taser!" before firing a single gunshot at the car as it sped away, according to police officials.
