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News Articles: Derek Chauvin

Minneapolis Park Police Officer Peter Chang testifies Tuesday in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged in the death of George Floyd.

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Park Police Officer Who Provided Backup Testifies In Derek Chauvin Trial

Chauvin's attorney said the footage from Officer Peter Chang's bodycam would show how another officer reacted to events as well as reflect bystanders' reactions to what they were seeing.

April 13, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill discusses motions before the court Monday. He denied the defense request to question jurors again after a fatal police shooting Sunday and immediately sequester them in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

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  • National

Chauvin Trial Judge Denies Request For Jury Sequestration After Police Shooting

Judge Peter Cahill said the jury would be sequestered beginning next week when closing arguments are expected to start.

April 12, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Dr. Andrew Baker, the Hennepin County medical examiner, testifies Friday on the cause and manner of George Floyd's death.

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  • National

Video: Medical Examiner Says Police Restraint 'Just More Than Mr. Floyd Could Take'

Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker testified Friday that Floyd's subdual and neck compression by police was more than his body could handle, given his underlying heart conditions.

April 09, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Laurel Wamsley
Witness Bill Smock, a Louisville physician in forensic medicine, on Thursday dismissed the idea that fentanyl, which George Floyd was found to have consumed at some point before he died, could be blamed for his death.

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  • Race

Chauvin Trial: George Floyd 'Gradually Succumbed to Lower And Lower Levels Of Oxygen'

"He's breathing. He's talking. He's not snoring. He's saying, 'Please, please get off of me, I can't breathe.' That is not a fentanyl overdose. That's someone begging to breathe," an expert testified.

April 09, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong is among those in Minneapolis and around the world who have been closely watching Derek Chauvin's trial on charges of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death.

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  • Law

Derek Chauvin Trial Breaks 'Blue Wall Of Silence,' But Will It Transform Policing?

Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney and activist, says it's "amazing" the Minneapolis police chief and others testified against Chauvin. But she's unsure if the trial will bring reforms.

April 07, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep
Minneapolis police officer Nicole Mackenzie testifies Tuesday in the trial of former officer Derek Chauvin.

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  • National

Police Expert Testifies About Medical Support In Trial Of Derek Chauvin

"Just because [someone is] speaking does not mean they are breathing adequately," Minneapolis police medical support coordinator Nicole Mackenzie testified.

April 06, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Courteney Ross, who was George Floyd's girlfriend, remembered him as "a mama's boy" as she testified Thursday in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

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  • National

Courtroom Video: Floyd's Girlfriend Testifies On Day 4 Of Derek Chauvin Trial

In emotional testimony, Courteney Ross described to the jury the man she knew, adding detail to a life that ended when George Floyd died in police custody last Memorial Day.

April 01, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
In this image from video, witness Donald Williams answers questions on Monday in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, Minn.

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  • National

'I Believe I Witnessed A Murder,' Witness Says Of 911 Call In Chauvin Case

"I felt the need to call the police on the police," Donald Williams said of the 911 call he made after an ambulance took George Floyd away. He said Derek Chauvin used a "blood choke" on Floyd.

March 30, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson (left) and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (right) listen during Tuesday's session at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd.

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  • National

'It Wasn't Right,' Young Woman Who Recorded Chauvin And Floyd On Video Tells Court

The young woman, who was 17 when she filmed former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin holding his knee on George Floyd's neck, says the only violence she saw was "from the cops."

March 30, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
In this image from video, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill discusses motions before the court on Tuesday in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis.

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  • National

Judge In Chauvin Trial Rules That Underage Witnesses Can Testify

The testimony of people who were minors when they saw George Floyd's killing includes a person who took a video of the incident.

March 30, 2021
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By:
  • Walter Ray Watson
People gather during a demonstration outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Monday as opening statements were given in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in the killing of George Floyd.

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  • National

What We Learned From Day 1 Of The Chauvin Trial

Two key questions are at play in Derek Chauvin's murder trial: What killed George Floyd, and did Chauvin use excessive force? Civil rights lawyer Charles Coleman Jr. discusses the early takeaways.

March 30, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Martin
Attorney Ben Crump (center) took a knee with members of George Floyd's family and Rev. Al Sharpton for 8 minutes and 46 seconds outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minn., on Monday, shortly before opening arguments began in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin.

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  • National

George Floyd's Family And Lawyers Take A Knee, Call For Justice As Trial Begins

Members of George Floyd's family and legal team, kneeled for 8 minutes and 46 seconds outside the Hennepin County Courthouse just moments before the start of Derek Chauvin's murder trial.

March 30, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
The Hennepin County Government Center is pictured on the third day of jury selection in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on March 11. The prosecution and defense made their opening arguments on Monday morning.

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  • Law

Trial Day 1: 'Mr. Derek Chauvin Betrayed This Badge'

Opening arguments and witness testimony on the killing of George Floyd began 10 months after videos of his death sparked outrage and protests against racial inequality.

March 29, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Vanessa Romo
Defense attorney Eric Nelson (left) with his client, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, on Monday. Chauvin is on trial for murder in the death of George Floyd in police custody in May 2020.

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  • Race

The Only 'Just Verdict' Is To Find Chauvin Not Guilty, Defense Says

"The evidence will show that Mr. Floyd died of a cardiac arrhythmia," defense attorney Eric Nelson told the jury in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

March 29, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
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Judge In Chauvin Trial Denies Request To Move Trial Out Of Minneapolis

"I don't think there's any place in the state of Minnesota that has not been subjected to extreme amounts of publicity," Judge Peter Cahill said.

March 19, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
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