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News Articles: George Floyd

Prosecutor Steve Schleicher gives closing arguments Monday in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

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  • National

'Believe Your Eyes': Prosecution Presents Closing Arguments In Derek Chauvin's Trial

"Use your common sense. Believe your eyes. What you saw, you saw," prosecutor Steve Schleicher told the jurors in closing arguments during Chauvin's murder trial.

April 19, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
A person holds up a portrait of George Floyd as people gather outside the Hennepin County Government Center on April 9 in Minneapolis

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  • National

Critics Say Chauvin Defense 'Weaponized' Stigma For Black Americans With Addiction

Derek Chauvin's defense has suggested George Floyd's drug use might have made him more "volatile" and unpredictable, justifying the use of force. Critics say Floyd needed health care and compassion.

April 18, 2021
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer Kim Potter was arrested Wednesday and released later that day on a $100,000 bond.

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  • National

Officer Who Killed Daunte Wright Makes 1st Court Appearance In Manslaughter Case

Kim Potter has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. Wright's family has expressed skepticism about the police explanation that Potter mistook her gun for her Taser.

April 15, 2021
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin tells the judge on Thursday he will not testify on his own behalf in his trial over the death of George Floyd. His attorney, Eric Nelson, is seen at left.

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  • National

Testimony Ends Without Derek Chauvin Taking The Stand In His Trial

Chauvin told Judge Peter Cahill that he would exercise his Fifth Amendment right. Closing arguments are expected to begin on Monday.

April 15, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Katie Wright breaks into tears Tuesday in Minneapolis recounting her last conversation with her son, Daunte Wright. She said he called her for advice after police pulled him over. An officer shot him shortly afterward.

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  • National

'I Never Imagined This': Daunte Wright's Family Calls For Accountability

The family, joined by their lawyer Benjamin Crump and George Floyd's relatives, questioned why police felt the need to use force, in the form of a Taser or gun, on Wright.

April 14, 2021
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Shawanda Hill testifies Tuesday in the trial of Derek Chauvin. She said that as a police officer stood with a gun drawn outside the car she was in with George Floyd, Floyd grabbed the steering wheel and started saying, "Please, please don't kill me, please, please don't shoot me."

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  • National

Passenger In George Floyd's Car Testifies In Derek Chauvin Trial

Shawanda Hill said she was with George Floyd when an officer drew a gun outside the car. Floyd grabbed the wheel and said, "Please, please don't kill me, please, please don't shoot me," she recalled.

April 13, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
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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  • National

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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  • Laurel Wamsley
Witness Seth Stoughton testified on Monday in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin that the force used against George Floyd was not reasonable.

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  • Race

Chauvin Trial: Expert Says Use Of Force In George Floyd Arrest Was Not Reasonable

"No reasonable officer would have believed that that was an appropriate, acceptable or reasonable use of force," Seth Stoughton, a former police officer and use of force expert, told jurors.

April 12, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Philonise Floyd, George Floyd's younger brother, testifies  Monday in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

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  • National

WATCH: George Floyd's Brother Testifies In Derek Chauvin Trial

Philonise Floyd said people would go to church just because his brother was there: "He just was like a person everybody loved around the community. He just knew how to make people feel better."

April 12, 2021
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  • 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
Breahna Giles, a forensic scientist with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension testified on Wednesday in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.

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  • Race

Pills Gathered From George Floyd Scene Contained Traces Of Methamphetamine, Fentanyl

Forensics specialists testified that a handful of pills recovered from the SUV that Floyd was in and the police squad car had very low levels of the controlled substances.

April 07, 2021
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  • 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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  • 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
Salomé Chimuku and Cameron Whitten co-founded the Black Resilience Fund in Portland, Ore. They've raised more than $2 million in the last year to help Black Portlanders.

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  • National

Portland Activists Built Resilience Fund Inspired By Racial Justice Protests

During last spring's racial justice protests, a young man in Portland, Ore., realized that people wanted to do something beyond march. So, he created the Black Resilience Fund to offer small grants.

April 03, 2021
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  • Katia Riddle
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