# george-floyd - Wednesday 25 May, 2022
# Police Reform
# Police Reform
The date of the signing is highly symbolic, coming exactly two years after Floyd’s death, which triggered huge nationwide demonstrations.
# george-floyd - Wednesday 18 May, 2022
# Minneapolis
# Minneapolis
Thomas Lane has already been convicted of wilfully violating Floyd’s rights during the May 2020 restraint that led to his death.
# george-floyd - Monday 2 May, 2022
# Black Lives Matter
# Black Lives Matter
“Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?” Trump is quoted as saying.
# george-floyd - Thursday 28 April, 2022
# Minneapolis
# Minneapolis
Mr Floyd died on 25 May, 2020, after Chauvin pinned the black man to the ground with his knee on his neck.
# Investigation
# Investigation
State investigators have been reviewing a decade’s worth of information, including data on traffic stops, searches, arrests and uses of force.
# george-floyd - Friday 25 February, 2022
# United States
# United States
The former officers are charged with depriving Mr Floyd of his right to medical care.
# george-floyd - Wednesday 23 February, 2022
# Minneapolis
# Minneapolis
A trio are charged with depriving George Floyd of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin suffocated him in May 2020.
# george-floyd - Thursday 17 February, 2022
# Minneapolis
# Minneapolis
J. Alexander Kueng, 28, is one of three former policemen facing federal charges of violating Floyd’s civil rights in the May 2020 murder.
# george-floyd - Monday 24 January, 2022
# George Floyd
# George Floyd
J Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao were at the scene on 25 May 2020 as Chauvin pinned Floyd’s neck to the ground.
# george-floyd - Thursday 30 December, 2021
# US
# US
The monuments, which have been taken down in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, include a massive statue of General Robert E. Lee.
# george-floyd - Friday 17 December, 2021
# Virginia
# Virginia
Crews found a square box embedded in granite stone after the statue in Richmond, Virginia, was removed.
# george-floyd - Wednesday 15 December, 2021
# Minneapolis
# Minneapolis
Chauvin faces further jail time over the killing of the 46-year-old in 2020 which sparked protests across the world.
# george-floyd - Monday 13 December, 2021
# Floyd
# Floyd
Chauvin has already been convicted of state murder and manslaughter charges.
# george-floyd - Wednesday 3 November, 2021
# Minneapolis
# Minneapolis
Over 56% voted against amending the Minneapolis City Charter to create the new department.
# george-floyd - Saturday 26 June, 2021
# George Floyd
# George Floyd
Family lawyer Ben Crump said the family had got ‘some measure of accountability’.
# george-floyd - Friday 25 June, 2021
# Minneapolis
# Minneapolis
US President Joe Biden said the jail sentence was “appropriate”.
# george-floyd - Monday 24 May, 2021
# Minneapolis
# Minneapolis
The event was one of several planned across the US.
# george-floyd - Thursday 20 May, 2021
# George Floyd
# George Floyd
Thomas Lane, J Kueng and Tou Thao are scheduled to face trial next March.
# george-floyd - Thursday 13 May, 2021
# George Floyd
# George Floyd
They were to go on trial starting 22 August for being complicit in murder.
# george-floyd - Friday 7 May, 2021
# Jury
# Jury
The men are charged with violating George Floyd ’s right to be free from unreasonable seizure and excessive force.
# george-floyd - Wednesday 5 May, 2021
# Derek Chauvin
# Derek Chauvin
Derek Chauvin was convicted last month of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
# george-floyd - Wednesday 21 April, 2021
# George Floyd
# George Floyd
The department is already investigating whether the officers involved violated George Floyd ’s civil rights.
# George Floyd
# George Floyd
US scholars analyse the guilty verdicts handed down to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the 2020 murder of George Floyd .
# Front Pages
# Front Pages
Derek Chauvin was found guilty of Floyd’s murder yesterday.
# george-floyd - Tuesday 20 April, 2021
# George Floyd
# George Floyd
Floyd family lawyer Ben Crump hailed the three guilty verdicts as a landmark victory for civil rights.
# George Floyd
# George Floyd
The verdict will be read in a Minneapolis courtroom at 9.30pm Irish time.
# george-floyd - Monday 19 April, 2021
# George Floyd
# George Floyd
The 45-year-old former police officer is charged with the murder of George Floyd .
# george-floyd - Thursday 15 April, 2021
# Trial
# Trial
“I will invoke my Fifth Amendment privilege today,” Chauvin told the trial.
# george-floyd - Wednesday 14 April, 2021
# United States
# United States
Wright was shot dead during a traffic stop by a police officer who apparently confused her handgun with her taser
# Derek Chauvin Trial
# Derek Chauvin Trial
His evidence contradicts that given by a range of authorities in the trial.
# george-floyd - Monday 12 April, 2021
# Protests
# Protests
Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill said he expected closing arguments to begin next week.
# george-floyd - Sunday 11 April, 2021
# George Floyd
# George Floyd
The Boston attorney takes a look at the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd .
# george-floyd - Tuesday 6 April, 2021
# Trial
# Trial
Derek Chauvin is charged with murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death last year.
# Medaria Arradondo
# Medaria Arradondo
The doctor who treated Floyd said a lack of oxygen was the most likely reason his heart had stopped beating.
# george-floyd - Friday 2 April, 2021
# George Floyd
# George Floyd
Derek Chauvin is charged with murder and manslaughter.
# george-floyd - Thursday 1 April, 2021
# Derek Chauvin
# Derek Chauvin
Derek Chauvin is charged with murder and manslaughter.
# george-floyd - Wednesday 31 March, 2021
# George Floyd
# George Floyd
Christopher Martin said that as he stood on the kerb a short time later watching Floyd’s arrest, he felt “disbelief — and guilt”.
# george-floyd - Tuesday 30 March, 2021
# Court
# Court
“He just stared at us, looked at us. He had like this cold look, heartless. He didn’t care,” Darnella Frazier said in testimony.
# George Floyd
# George Floyd
Derek Chauvin is charged with unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.
# george-floyd - Monday 29 March, 2021
# George Floyd
# George Floyd
Derek Chauvin, a veteran of the Minneapolis Police Department, faces murder and manslaughter charges.
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