An eyewitness reported that Andrew Brown Jr. was shot while trying to drive away from the scene as activists seek the release of body cam footage of the incident.
The new investigation is known as a “pattern or practice” — examining whether there is a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing — and will be a more sweeping review of the entire police department.
George Floyd’s brother Philonise shared his family's relief after the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, but noted much more remains to be done in the battle to end police brutality.
“George Floyd we did it!! justice has been served,” Darnella Frazier wrote on social media after a jury found former police officer, Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder.
Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, was killed by a Columbus police officer responding to reports of a fight. Authorities say Bryant, whose death was captured on body cam footage, was attacking another girl with a knife.
The former Minneapolis police officer, who was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, could be sent to prison for decades.
George Floyd was “just a man, lying on the pavement, being pressed upon, desperately crying out. A grown man crying out for his mother. A human being,” prosecutor Steve Schleicher said in his closing argument.
