Three former Minneapolis police officers have been convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as the 46-year-old Black man was handcuffed and facedown on the street on May 25, 2020.
The Russian Embassy in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv has begun evacuation, deliberations are expected to begin in the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers and finalists for the Dean of College of Arts and Sciences were announced in an email. Madeline Combs has today’s News in :90.
The trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd will be pushed back to March 2022, in part to allow the publicity over Derek Chauvin’s conviction to cool off, a judge ruled Thursday.
A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, accusing them of willfully violating the Black man’s constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air.
The trial of three other Minneapolis officers charged in George Floyd’s death will be broadcast live and the St. Thomas student body presidential election ended in a tie between Tyus Edmond and Adam Revoir. University Affairs Editor Scout Mason has today’s News in :90.
The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd posted bail on Wednesday and was released from prison.
A Minnesota judge on Monday warned that he’s likely to move the trials of four former police officers charged in George Floyd’s death out of Minneapolis if public officials, attorneys and family members don’t stop speaking out about the case.
Prosecutors filed a tougher charge Wednesday against the police officer at the center of the George Floyd case and charged three other officers, delivering a victory to protesters galvanized by a death that roused racial tensions and unleashed coast-to-coast unrest.
