Superstar singer, Beyonce’s mother, Tina Lawson has called for an overhaul of the American judicial system, criticizing the sentencing of former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin. Derek was found guilty in April for second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and…
Dylan Shakespeare Robinson pleaded guilty to arson A man has been ordered to pay $12m (£8.6m) for his role setting a Minneapolis police station on fire during rioting last May. The fine for Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 23, who pleaded…
Daunte Wright was killed on 11 April during a traffic stop in Brooklyn City Hundreds of mourners, including family members and activists, have attended the funeral of a black man who was shot dead by police in Minneapolis. Daunte…
Minneapolis is braced for a repeat of the violence that gripped the city last spring after George Floyd’s death The jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis policeman accused of killing George Floyd last year, has retired…
Police release footage of arrest and shooting of Daunte Wright About 40 people were arrested just north of Minneapolis in a second night of unrest over the police shooting of a black man. Protesters in the city of Brooklyn…
A police body camera captured the moment a female police officer shot and killed a 20-year-old black man during a weekend traffic stop near Minneapolis. Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by officer Kim Potter on…
Philonise Floyd on how deeply George was affected by their mother’s passing George Floyd’s younger sibling has testified “I miss my brother” as prosecutors prepare to rest their case against the ex-officer accused of murdering him. After the state…
A crowd of protesters swelled into the hundreds on Sunday night Tear gas has been fired and a curfew imposed amid angry protests after police fatally shot a black man in a traffic stop in the US city of…
George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen during his arrest, a doctor at the trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis has said. Contradicting the defence, Dr Martin Tobin said fentanyl did not cause Mr Floyd’s death.…
Two witnesses contradict Chauvin’s defence lawyer An expert witness has testified that “excessive” force was used by ex-officer Derek Chauvin during the arrest of unarmed black man George Floyd. Sgt Jody Stiger, a use of force expert for the…
A police trainer has testified that ex-officer Derek Chauvin was not trained to use his knee in a neck restraint as he did during George Floyd’s arrest. Minneapolis use-of-force expert Lt Johnny Mercil said Mr Chauvin should also have…
The police chief of Minneapolis has testified that ex-officer Derek Chauvin violated the agency’s policy on force during the arrest of George Floyd. Chief Medaria Arradondo said the way Mr Chauvin restrained Mr Floyd was not in line with…
The key moments from second day of the Chauvin trial The teenager whose film of George Floyd’s death sparked global protests said she “stays up apologising” to him for “not doing more”. Darnella, now 18, was one of four…
George Floyd said he could not breathe more than 20 times before he died The city of Minneapolis has reached a $27m (£19m) settlement with the family of George Floyd, the unarmed US black man whose death last May…
Derek Chauvin, pictured on the first day of jury selection A third-degree murder charge has been added against ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the alleged killing of George Floyd. Mr Chauvin has already been charged with second-degree murder.…
Bodycam footage shows the moments before a black man was killed by a police shooting in Minneapolis Minneapolis police have released bodycam footage of a fatal shooting by officers, the first death at the hands of police in the…
George Floyd repeatedly told the police officers who detained him that he could not breathe The US police officer accused of George Floyd’s murder told him to stop talking as he repeatedly gasped under the man’s knee, according…
J Alexander Keung, one of the sacked police officers charged in connection with George Floyd’s death suffered a confrontation after being spotted grocery shopping at Cub Foods in Plymouth. 26-year-old Keung was released on Friday on ‘bond and conditional release’ from…
The mugshots of all the officers involved in the death of an African American, George Floyd, have been released. Their mugshots were released after Senator Amy Klobuchar disclosed that Minnesota Attorney General, Keith Ellison is increasing charges against former Minneapolis…
George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis sparked civil unrest across the country The death of George Floyd, which triggered widespread protests across the US, has been declared a homicide in an official post-mortem examination. The 46-year-old suffered a cardiac…