WATCH LIVE: Derek Chauvin murder trial continues after young Black man killed by police during weekend traffic stop
The National Guard was called in after protests broke out near police precinct
The National Guard was called in after protests broke out near police precinct
The murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will continue on Wednesday as dramatic testimony this week has renewed anger and heartbreak over the death of George Floyd. As CrimeOnline reported, Donald Williams II, an MMA-trained fighter who witnessed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck as the unarmed man begged and gasped for air, …
Attorneys will give their opening statements to jurors Monday in the murder trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter for the death of the unarmed man, who died in May 2020 after Chauvin knelt on his neck for several …
A second night of protests in downtown Portland ended early Saturday with dozens of detentions and 13 arrests during an “autonomous demonstration” against Department of Homeland Security officers deployed in the city, KGW reports. The Portland Police Bureau said the protesters took to the streets at about 9 p.m. Friday and “devolved into property destruction …
A 7th member was added to the jury Friday to hear the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes last year while Floyd begged for life. Floyd’s death was videotaped by bystanders, and the video’s release prompted nationwide protests and calls for …
Chauvin is accused of killing George Floyd, an unarmed man apprehended for a nonviolent offense
Law enforcement agencies throughout the United States are preparing for the possibility of violent uprisings as the votes for the 2020 general election are tallied. While millions of registered voters have already cast their ballots at early polling sites or voted via absentee ballot, millions more are expected to line up at the polls on …
A member of the far-right anti-government group “Boogaloo Bois” has been charged for his role in the looting and burning of the Minneapolis Third Precinct building in the wake of peaceful protests after the killing of George Floyd in May by a Minneapolis police officer. According to an affidavit filed in the case, Ivan Harrison …
A member of the U.S. Army has come forward saying he shot and killed an armed protester in Austin, Texas last week in an incident that has roiled the state’s capital city, the Statesman reports. On Friday, a lawyer for U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Perry issued a written statement seeking to correct “false narratives being advance” about the …
An Arkansas police officer was fired Thursday after being charged with the death of a fellow officer he shot through his front door, THV11 reported. Alexander Police Officer Scott Hutton was killed when he knocked on Calvin Nicholas Salyers’s front door at about 7:15 p.m. on June 3. Salyers told investigators looked through a peephole …
A 16-year-old boy was killed and a 14-year-old boy wounded Monday morning in a shooting on the edge of the protest area known as CHOP in Seattle’s Capitol Hill area. According to the Seattle Times, police said they believed the two teens were in a white Jeep Cherokee seen in surveillance footage colliding with a …
Rayshard Brooks, the man shot and killed by Atlanta police after he fell asleep in a Wendy’s drive-thru line, died of gunshot wounds to the back, the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said Sunday night. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that Brooks’s autopsy showed that he suffered organ damage and blood loss from two gunshot …