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April 9, 2021

LIVE UPDATES: Derek Chauvin trial continues Friday; medical examiner who did George Floyd autopsy testifies

The murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is set to resume on Friday morning. 

April 8, 2021

Derek Chauvin trial: Lack of oxygen killed George Floyd, not drugs, expert says

George Floyd died of a lack of oxygen from being pinned to the pavement with a knee on his neck, a medical expert testified at former officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial Thursday, emphatically rejecting the defense theory that Floyd's drug use and underlying health problems were what killed him.

April 7, 2021

Derek Chauvin defense, prosecutor disagree whether George Floyd said ‘I ate too many drugs’

The lawyer for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and prosecutors disagreed Wednesday on whether George Floyd said "I ate too many drugs" on video footage of the deadly arrest played in court. 

April 7, 2021

Derek Chauvin trial: Officer never took knee off George Floyd's neck, use-of-force expert testifies

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin held his knee against George Floyd’s neck and was bearing down with most of his weight the entire time the Black man lay face down with his hands cuffed behind his back, a use-of-force expert testified Wednesday.

April 7, 2021

LIVE UPDATES: Derek Chauvin trial continues Wednesday

The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis officer charged in George Floyd’s death, is continuing Wednesday after the prosecution this week has called a parade of Minneapolis police officials to the stand who have condemned Chauvin’s use of force as excessive.

April 6, 2021

Ex-Minneapolis police officer Chauvin was trained twice in past 4 years to diffuse tense situations: testimony

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had been trained twice over the past four years on how to defuse tense situations with people in crisis and how police must use the least amount of force necessary to get someone to comply, police personnel testified Tuesday during the seventh day of his trial.

April 6, 2021

Derek Chauvin trial: Was officer's knee on George Floyd's neck authorized?

A critical factor for jurors to consider at a former Minneapolis police officer's trial in George Floyd's death is whether he violated the department's policy on neck restraints when he knelt on Floyd's neck.

April 5, 2021

Chauvin trial: Minneapolis police chief testifies, ER doc theorizes that lack of oxygen stopped Floyd's heart

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo took the stand on Monday in the ongoing trial of former officer Derek Chauvin, who has been accused of murder and manslaughter in the May 2020 death of George Floyd. 

April 5, 2021

Derek Chauvin trial to pivot in second week to ex-Minneapolis officer’s training before George Floyd death

The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, is expected to pivot on Monday to his law enforcement training. The first week was dominated by testimony from prosecution witnesses including paramedics and police who treated Floyd as well as bystanders outside the store where Floyd was placed under arrest.

April 5, 2021

Eli Steele: Justice for George Floyd from honking horns?

Outside the Minneapolis courthouse on the first day of the Derek Chauvin trial, a group of activists urged drivers to honk in support of justice for George Floyd. But how exactly was this advancing justice?