Judge drops 1 charge against Minneapolis cop accused of killing George Floyd

Judge drops 1 charge against Minneapolis cop accused of killing George Floyd

Four officers charged in the death of George Floyd (Clockwise: Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Tou Thou and Thomas Lane. (Photo source: Hennepin County Sheriffs Department) A Minnesota judge dropped a lower-level murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek…

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Judge Upholds Derek Chauvin’s Most Serious Murder Charge As Other George Floyd Cops

Judge Upholds Derek Chauvin’s Most Serious Murder Charge As Other George Floyd Cops

A judge on Thursday upheld the most serious murder charge against Derek Chauvin, the now-fired Minneapolis police officer who used his knee to apply deadly pressure to George Floyd‘s neck earlier this year. However, the judge also dropped the third-degree…

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George Floyd’s Murder Case Could Move To Whiter Part Of Minnesota, Judge Warns

George Floyd’s Murder Case Could Move To Whiter Part Of Minnesota, Judge Warns

The legal proceedings surrounding George Floyd‘s murder case could be moved to a whiter part of Minnesota, the presiding judge warned. Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill made that possibility abundantly clear during a series of pre-trial hearings on Monday,…

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Siblings of fired Black Minneapolis cop glad he was charged in George Floyd’s death

Siblings of fired Black Minneapolis cop glad he was charged in George Floyd’s death

Four Minneapolis cops charged in the death of George Floyd (Clockwise from top left: Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Tou Thou and Thomas Lane. Photo source: Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office) The family of Black Minneapolis cop J. Alexander Kueng, who…

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Minneapolis cop fired after George Floyd’s death is confronted in store (video)

Minneapolis cop fired after George Floyd’s death is confronted in store (video)

Former Minneapolis cop J. Alexander Kueng during the fateful arrest of George Floyd on Memorial Day 2020. (Image source: Minneapolis Police Department) One of the Minneapolis police officers fired for allegedly being involved in the killing of George Floyd probably…

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Independent autopsy lists George Floyd’s death as homicide due to asphyxiation

Independent autopsy lists George Floyd’s death as homicide due to asphyxiation

George Floyd (Image source: Instagram – @_stak5_) George Floyd’s surviving family members did not believe the official autopsy report from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office in Minnesota that absolved the police department of culpability in his death. The family…

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