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News Articles: Law

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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By:
  • 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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  • Vanessa Romo
Actor Will Smith, here in Paris in January 2020, is starring in and producing the film <em>Emancipation</em>.

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'Emancipation' Moving Production Out Of Georgia Due To New Voting Laws

Actor Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua, who are producing the Civil War-era film Emancipation, announced Monday that they are pulling the movie's production from Georgia.

April 12, 2021
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
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
close-up of a Savannah police vehicle

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  • Law

Family Seeks Answers After Man Dies In Savannah Police Custody

William Harvey died in a Savannah Police interview room. His family wants more details.

April 12, 2021
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  • Emily Jones
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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  • Laurel Wamsley
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  • Law

The Blue Wall Did Not Hold At Derek Chauvin's Trial

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Georgetown Law professor Paul Butler about the trial of Derek Chauvin and the police who testified.

April 11, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
A comprehensive package of police reform measures cleared the Maryland General Assembly on Wednesday, including repeal of police job protections long cited as a barricade to accountability.

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  • Law

Maryland Lawmakers Override Vetoes On Sweeping Police Reform

A comprehensive package of police reform measures cleared the state's General Assembly on Wednesday, including the repeal of police job protections long cited as a barricade to accountability.

April 10, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Business

Legal Questions Surround 'Vaccine Passports'

More businesses are requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccines. NPR's Michel Martin discusses legal implications with Robert Field, professor of law and public health at Drexel University.

April 10, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Colorado state Rep. Tom Sullivan, pictured here in 2019 introducing former Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, says now is not the time to push for a statewide ban on assault-style weapons.

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  • National

Colorado Assault-Style Weapons Ban Doesn't Look Likely

Weeks after the mass shooting in Boulder, Colo., the push for a statewide ban on assault-style weapons is losing steam, even among prominent Democrats who say it is the wrong strategy.

April 10, 2021
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  • Bente Birkeland
Stewart Rhodes, founder of Oath Keepers, is pictured in Forth Worth, Texas, on Feb. 28. A number of Oath Keepers members or associates are under investigation for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

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  • Law

Who Are The Oath Keepers? Militia Group, Founder Scrutinized In Capitol Riot Probe

Stewart Rhodes founded the militia in 2009. Now it's one of the largest extremist anti-government groups in the country, and a focus of the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

April 10, 2021
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  • Ryan Lucas
President Biden looks on after speaking during an event about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 8.

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  • Politics

Biden Wants New Ban On Assault-Style Weapons. What Lessons Were Learned From The '90s?

Advocates face steep odds getting a new ban through Congress. If they can succeed, they hope to avoid a repeat of past mistakes that left the original law open to loopholes.

April 10, 2021
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  • Alana Wise

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  • Law

Supreme Court Rules For Worshippers And Against California COVID Restrictions

The court's unsigned order came on a 5-4 vote, preventing the state from enforcing a rule that limits at-home gatherings to no more than three households.

April 10, 2021
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  • Nina Totenberg
Four alleged members of the "boogaloo boys," an extremist group often identified by their militia gear and hawaiian print, have been indicted for destroying evidence tied to two Bay area police killings.

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  • Law

4 Alleged 'Boogaloo' Members Charged With Obstructing Probe Into Police Killings

The alleged followers of the extremist movement are accused of conspiring to destroy messages and other records relating to the fatal shootings of two Bay Area law enforcement officers last year.

April 09, 2021
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  • Emma Bowman
As a candidate in 2020, President Biden said he opposed expanding the Supreme Court.

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  • Law

Biden Sets Up Commission To Study Supreme Court Reform

Friday's announcement comes amid a debate over the composition of the nine-member court that now has a 6-3 conservative majority.

April 09, 2021
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  • Krishnadev Calamur and
  • Nina Totenberg
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