Fate of last ex-cop charged in Floyd murder lies with judge
The attorney for a former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd said in court filings Tuesday that his client is innocent of criminal wrongdoing and should be acquitted on state charges of aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter. Tuesday was the deadline for prosecutors and defense attorneys to file final written arguments in the case of Thao, the last of the four former officers facing judgement in Floyd's killing. The state and federal cases against Derek Chauvin and the two other officers involved have largely been resolved, except for Chauvin's appeal of his murder conviction.
news.yahoo.comCourt to hear appeal of ex-officer in murder of George Floyd
An attorney for Derek Chauvin is planning to ask an appeals court Wednesday to throw out the former Minneapolis police officer's convictions in the murder of George Floyd, arguing that numerous legal and procedural errors deprived him of a fair trial. Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, who is white, pinned the Black man to the ground with his knee on his neck for 9 1/2 minutes. A bystander video captured Floyd's fading cries of โI can't breathe.โ
news.yahoo.comLawyer gets 15 months behind bars for firebombing police car
A New York City attorney was sentenced to 15 months behind bars on Friday for firebombing an empty New York City police vehicle with another lawyer during protests over the murder of George Floyd. Before hearing her sentence, Urooj Rahman asked a judge to spare her prison time and give her a โsecond chanceโ to redeem herself for what she called a momentary lapse of judgement. โIโm so incredibly sorry for my reckless and wrong actions,โ a tearful Rahman said in federal court in Brooklyn.
news.yahoo.comHomeland Security Admits It Tried to Manufacture Fake Terrorists for Trump
The Department of Homeland Security launched a failed operation that ensnared hundreds, if not thousands, of U.S. protesters in what new documents show was as a sweeping, power-hungry effort before the 2020 election to bolster President Donald Trumpโs spurious claims about a โterrorist organizationโ he accused his Democratic rivals of supporting.
news.yahoo.comCity where George Floyd was killed struggles to recruit cops
Inside the Minneapolis Police Academy's sprawling campus on the city's north side, six people sat soberly and listened to a handful of officers and city officials make their pitch about joining an understaffed department that is synonymous with the murder of George Floyd. โThere's still people who still value us,โ Sgt. Vanessa Anderson told the potential recruits. Crime rose in Minneapolis during the pandemic, as in many American cities.
news.yahoo.comKanye West stirs controversies that some Chicagoans find destructive
Despite his past controversies such as his infamous โslavery was a choiceโ comment, some say the 24 Grammy-winning rapper and writer and clothing designer behind the Yeezy sports shoe remains a revered figure in Chicago.
chicagotribune.comKanye West claims George Floyd died by fentanyl; Floydโs family considers lawsuit
Kanye West continues to create outrage. The outspoken rapper contended in a new interview that George Floyd died of the drug fentanyl, and not from the actions of the Minnesota police officer who was convicted of his murder. โThey hit him with the fentanyl. If you look, the guyโs knee wasnโt even on his neck like that,โ West claimed on Sundayโs episode of the Revolt TV show โDrink Champs.โ ...
news.yahoo.com2 guilty of violating Floyd's rights to begin federal term
Two of the four former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floydโs civil rights during the May 2020 restraint that killed him are scheduled to begin serving their federal sentences Tuesday. J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao are scheduled to report to the U.S. Marshals Service on Tuesday morning. The Bureau of Prisons typically would assign them to a federal facility, but authorities have not publicly said where they will go.
news.yahoo.comDemocrat Hillary Scholten calls out ad claiming she โpraisedโ Grand Rapids rioters
GRAND RAPIDS, MI โ In September 2020, Democrat Hillary Scholten was attacked during her first congressional campaign, by her then-opponent U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer, for being backed by riot sympathizers and โextremistsโ who favor defunding the police. โItโs blatant lies,โ Scholten, an immigration attorney from Grand Rapids, said in response to the ad. One of those groups, the Progressive Womenโs Alliance, advocated for cutting funding to the Grand Rapids Police Department by $9 million. You often see Republicans attack Democrats on it.โGrand Rapids riotsScholtenโs record shows she did not, as her opponents claim, praise the rioters in Grand Rapids. I live on the Southeast Side of Grand Rapids.
mlive.comChauvin moved to Arizona federal pen in George Floyd killing
Derek Chauvin has been moved from a Minnesota state prison where he was often held in solitary confinement to a medium-security federal prison in Arizona, where the former police officer convicted in George Floydโs killing may be held under less restrictive conditions.
Floyd family, others see inequality in penalties for ex-cops
Three former Minneapolis police officers went before a federal judge during the last week to be sentenced for violating George Floydโs civil rights, and for each man, U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson handed out penalties well below what prosecutors sought and below federal guidelines.
Ruling may mean less time for 2 who violated Floyd's rights
A federal judge has sided with two former Minneapolis police officers convicted of violating George Floydโs civil rights, saying the guidelines for their sentences will be calculated in a way that could mean substantially less prison time for them.
Two years after Floyd murder, racial trauma permeates US
Wednesday marked the second anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked a global protest movement and calls for a racial reckoning to address structural racism that has created long-standing inequities impacting generations of Black Americans.