"No sentence can undo Mr. Floyd's death, and no sentence can undo the trauma Defendant's actions have inflicted. But the sentence the Court imposes must show that no one is above the law, and no one is below it," prosecutors wrote in court documents urging a lengthy sentence for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Franklin Templeton “discriminated” against Amy Cooper on the “basis of her race” by firing her after she called police on Christian Cooper in an incident that quickly went viral, according to a new civil lawsuit.
Ronald Greene, whose case has been shrouded in mystery, can be heard telling the white Louisiana troopers he's scared as he was jolted repeatedly with a stun gun before he got out of his car along a dark road in 2019.
Judge Peter Cahill found that Derek Chauvin abused his authority as a police officer when he restrained Floyd last year and that he treated Floyd with particular cruelty.
A federal grand jury's three-count indictment unsealed Friday accused Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao of willfully violating Geroge Floyd's constitutional rights.
A juror who helped convict a former Minneapolis police officer in the murder of George Floyd had participated in a march in Washington, D.C., months before the trial.
Defense attorney Eric Nelson took issue with Judge Cahill’s refusal to sequester the jury for the trial or admonish them to avoid all media, and with his refusal to allow a man who was with George Floyd at the time of his arrest to testify.
