The murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin began its second week, following five days of raw and emotional testimony. Chauvin, who was seen in disturbing videos kneeling on Floyd’s neck, is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. He has pleaded not guilty. […]
In the trial of Derek Chauvin, a use-of-force instructor said the neck restraint used on George Floyd would not have been authorized.
The Minneapolis police chief, Medaria Arradondo rebuked Derek Chauvin’s use of force in the arrest of George Floyd.
Police Chief Arradondo testified on the unusual custodial arrest of George Floyd who had been accused of using a counterfeit $20 bill.
Minneapolis Police Chief Arradondo testified on the use of force policy at the trial of Derek Chauvin.
The emergency room doctor who pronounced George Floyd dead said oxygen deficiency was the likely cause of death
By Thomas L. Knapp, Garrison Center Derek Chauvin’s current defenses: 1) I didn’t do what you saw me do. 2) If I did do what you saw me do, what you saw me do did not kill George Floyd. 3) If I did do what you saw me […]
Soviet America attack press freedom to defend war criminals and torturers. By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Press freedom, peace, and human rights advocates are rallying behind Daniel Hale, the former intelligence analyst who blew the whistle on the U.S. government’s drone assassination program, and who pleaded guilty Wednesday […]
The real problem is that most defendants don’t get nearly the level of “due process” that is provided to cops who are accused of murdering civilians. Most criminal trials are settled through coerced plea bargains with defendants being represented by incompetent and/or overworked public defenders. If all defendants […]
Police officers, including the longest serving officer in the Minneapolis Police Department, Richard Zimmerman, have testified against Derek Chauvin on day five of his trial over the death of George Floyd.
Watch live coverage of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd. Warning: This stream may include images and audio some viewers may find upsetting or disturbing.
On day 2 of former police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial, eyewitness on the scene Donald Williams says that he “called the police on the police,” because he believed he “witnessed a murder.” When asked why he didn’t speak to an officer on the scene he says he didn’t […]
Criminal defense attorney Bjorn Brunvard discusses new evidence showing Floyd inside and outside the store before his encounter with police.
The outcome of Derek Chauvin’s trial will have a large impact on Minneapolis and the country. Minnesota activists say the only justice for George Floyd is a guilty verdict. Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights lawyer, joins CBSN to explain the gravity of the verdict.
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Lisa Houlé, a defense attorney who’s worked with and defended hundreds of police officers, about Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.
David Pleoger, a former Minneapolis Police Department sergeant and supervisor to Derek Chauvin, testified on Thursday that officers should have ended their restrain on Derek Floyd when he “was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers.”
Paramedic Seth Bravinder testified that when the ambulance arrived on the scene, he at first thought police were still wrestling with George Floyd. Also, Floyd’s girlfriend spoke about their substance use.
The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer filmed with his knee on George Floyd’s neck, continues on April 1. He is charged with murder and manslaughter for Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020. This stream contains graphic content. Witnesses who have taken the stand in […]
Day four of Chauvin trial opens with tearful testimony from Floyd’s former girlfriend Courteney Ross
By Paul Walsh and Hannah Sayle Minneapolis Star Tribune Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd in south Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. With the world watching, proceedings began March 8. Three other […]
New York Times Day 3 of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the officer accused of killing Mr. Floyd, featured emotional testimony and raw video footage. On the third day of the Derek Chauvin murder trial, the prosecution and the defense questioned a teenage store clerk about his interactions […]
Christopher Martin, the Cup Foods employee who asked about a fake bill said that he no longer felt safe working at that store after the death of George Floyd.
The third day of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin’s trial for the killing of George Floyd has been focused so far on a previously unseen place: inside the Cup Foods convenience store on the corner of 38th and Chicago where George Floyd was taken into custody by […]
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to reports that Congressman Matt Gaetz is being investigated by the Justice Department for potential sex trafficking violations.
The defense and prosecution will continue to make their cases to the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial Tuesday. CBS News legal contributor Keir Dougall joins CBSN AM to discuss the trial’s first day, which he said contained an unforced error from the prosecution.
The third grader said she was “sad and kind of mad” when she witnessed Chauvin with his knee pressed into George Floyd’s neck. Due to her age, her testimony was not on courtroom cameras.
The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd continued into its second day with several eyewitnesses taking the stand. On CBSN, Nikki Battiste spoke with Jenny Roberts, a professor of law at American University and co-director of the Criminal Justice Clinic, […]
One off-duty firefighter testified at Derek Chauvin’s murder trial today on what she and other bystanders experienced watching George Floyd die. NBC’s Jay Gray joins ‘The News with Shepard Smith’ to report on what happened during the second day of Chauvin’s trial.
Watch live coverage of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd. Warning: This stream may include images and audio some viewers may find upsetting or disturbing.
Good job, Baltimore. I’m sure FOX will have a hissy fit over this but they can go fuck themselves. Kyle’s commentary in this is spot on.
American Civil Liberties Union Section 802 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Pub. L. No. 107-52) expanded the definition of terrorism to cover “”domestic,”” as opposed to international, terrorism. A person engages in domestic terrorism if they do an act “dangerous to human life” that is a violation of […]
A witness who walked up to the scene of George Floyd’s arrest described the knee-on-neck move called a “shimmy.” The mixed-martial arts fighter detailed how the move is used and explained that it is designed to cut off airflow.
Watch highlights from the first day of Derek Chauvin’s trial in connection with the death of George Floyd where three witnesses testified.
Lawyers make opening arguments in George Floyd death case.
Watch live coverage of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd.
This trial should reveal some interesting information.
By Michael Paul Williams, Richmond Times Dispatch For seven years, Evans Hopkins lived above the death chamber of the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, where he was serving a life sentence dispensed by an all-white Danville jury for armed robbery. This proximity compelled him to write about the […]
This is getting started just in time for some more summer rioting. Derek Chauvin is being charged with two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.
St. Louis police detective Luther Hall was brutally beaten while working undercover at a protest against police brutality in September 2017. Now three fellow officers are on trial for the assault, which they claim was a case of mistaken identify. One of the officers already pleaded guilty and […]
I’ve noticed this over and over again. When politically incorrect crimes are involved (gun law violations, hate speech, hate crimes, rape accusations, domestic violence, this-or-that denialism, accusations of sex trafficking, right-wing rioting), the “soft on crime” progressives suddenly do an about-face and start to rival Lee Kuan Yew […]
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says three deputies are facing charges for evidence tampering in relation to a December arrest.
Scott Pelley speaks with Michael Sherwin, the federal prosecutor who was leading the criminal investigation, the largest in U.S. history, into the assault on the Capitol.
He sounds like the kind of incel type who would probably be such a loser he couldn’t get laid even in an Asian massage parlor. That’s probably what set him off. 11 Alive, Atlanta ATLANTA — A crime spree across metro Atlanta left eight people dead and another […]
Rep. Grace Meng delivered a powerful rebuke to Republicans in emotional remarks about the rise in anti-Asian American violence.
Team Rising discusses Joe Biden’s latest statements on sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
America built mass incarceration: the wholesale imprisonment of entire populations. Why, exactly, are so many people in prison – more than the entire population of New Mexico? That’s our focus for this week’s video: how a crisis of capitalism created a surplus population of former workers concentrated in […]
The main problem I had with this debate is the same one I have with many debates over controversial topical issues in the sense of presenting the issue within the framework of false dichotomies and either/or propositions. It’s possible to agree with Heather that violent crime is a […]
One thing that is interesting is that overcriminalization has become so far-reaching and pervasive that even many traditionally conservative groups have criticized it like the Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, the Koch-affiliated groups, etc. The issue seems to be that the police state and overcriminalization has been […]
By Taylor Ardrey The Minneapolis City Council greenlit funding to hire social media influencers to spread information to the public during the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, who knelt on George Floyd’s neck during an arrest last year. WCCO-TV reported that the city council approved more than $1.1 […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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