This category examines those that are marginalized and disproportionately impacted by police brutality, such as police shootings, wrongful arrests and physical abuse of civilians.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis police chief who called George Floyd’s death “murder” soon after it happened testified that Officer Derek Chauvin had clearly violated department policy when he pinned Floyd’s neck beneath his knee for more than 9 minutes. Continuing to kneel on Floyd’s neck once he was handcuffed behind his back and lying on his […] More
April 5, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The emergency room doctor who pronounced George Floyd dead after trying to resuscitate him testified Monday that he theorized at the time that Floyd most likely died of suffocation. More
April 5, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death is expected to turn toward the officer’s training on Monday after a first week that was dominated by emotional testimony from eyewitnesses and devastating video of Floyd’s arrest. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin […] More
April 5, 2021
Kneeling on the neck of someone who is handcuffed and in the prone position is “top-tier, deadly” force and should not be used, the head of the Minneapolis Police Department’s homicide division testified Friday at Derek Chauvin's murder trial. More
April 2, 2021
The first days of testimony at the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death were dominated by witnesses to his arrest and countless videos that forced them to relive the trauma of it all over again. More
April 2, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police supervisory sergeant who was on duty the night George Floyd died testified that he believes the officers who restrained Floyd could have ended it after he stopped resisting. >>>How to Watch: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin David Pleoger testified Thursday at the trial of since-fired […] More
April 2, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s girlfriend tearfully told a jury Thursday the story of how they met — at a Salvation Army shelter where he was a security guard with “this great, deep Southern voice, raspy” — and how they both struggled mightily with an addiction to opioids. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage […] More
April 1, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s girlfriend cried on the witness stand Thursday as she told the story of how they first met in 2017 at a Salvation Army shelter where Floyd was a security guard with “this great Southern voice, raspy.” She also recounted how they both struggled with opioid addiction. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court […] More
April 1, 2021
10 months after George Floyd died in a confrontation with four Minneapolis Police officers, the first of those officers, Derek Chauvin, faces a jury. More
April 1, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (Court TV) — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, 44, has been found guilty in the May 25, 2020, murder of George Floyd, Jr. DAY 16 4/20/21 After more than 10 hours, a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts: Count 1: Second-degree unintentional murder Count 2: Third-degree murder Count 3: Second-degree […] More
April 1, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After the ambulance took George Floyd away, the Minneapolis officer who had pinned his knee on the Black man’s neck defended himself to a bystander by saying Floyd was “a sizable guy” and “probably on something,” according to police video played in court Wednesday. >>>READ MORE: MN v. Chauvin: Daily Trial Highlights The video […] More
March 31, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The convenience store cashier who was handed a counterfeit $20 bill by George Floyd — setting in motion the Black man’s ill-fated encounter with police — testified Wednesday that he watched Floyd’s arrest outside with “disbelief — and guilt.” “If I would’ve just not tooken the bill, this could’ve been avoided,” 19-year-old Christopher Martin […] More
March 31, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The convenience store cashier who sold cigarettes to George Floyd and was handed a counterfeit $20 bill in return took the stand Wednesday at Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial as prosecutors laid out the sequence of events that led to Floyd’s ill-fated arrest outside. Prosecutors also played store security video showing Floyd in Cup Foods for […] More
March 31, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis firefighter who voiced frustration at being prevented from using her EMT training to help George Floyd will be back on the stand Wednesday in the trial of the fired police officer charged in Floyd’s death. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin Genevieve Hansen, one […] More
March 31, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Onlookers grew increasingly angry as they begged Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin to take his knee off George Floyd’s neck, but Chauvin would not let up, and another officer forced back members of the crowd who tried to intervene, witnesses testified Tuesday at Chauvin’s murder trial. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek […] More
March 30, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who was among the onlookers shouting at a Minneapolis police officer to get off George Floyd last May testified Tuesday that he called 911 after paramedics took Floyd away, “because I believed I witnessed a murder.” Donald Williams, a former wrestler who said he was trained in mixed martial arts, […] More
March 30, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who was among onlookers shouting at a Minneapolis police officer to get off George Floyd last May was to continue testifying Tuesday, a day after he described seeing Floyd struggle for air and his eyes rolling back into his head, saying he saw Floyd “slowly fade away … like a […] More
March 30, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The video of George Floyd gasping for breath was essentially Exhibit A as the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee on the Black man’s neck went on trial Monday on charges of murder and manslaughter. Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell showed the jurors the footage at the earliest opportunity, during opening statements, after telling […] More
March 29, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd went on trial Monday, with prosecutors promptly showing the jury the video of Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on the Black man’s neck for several minutes as onlookers yelled at Chauvin to get off and Floyd gasped that he couldn’t breathe. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s […] More
March 29, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One prospective juror’s voice quivered as she told attorneys during jury selection that she feared for her family’s safety if chosen for the panel that will decide the fate of a white former police officer charged with killing George Floyd. When the judge excused her, the woman exhaled in relief. >>>HOW TO WATCH: […] More
March 29, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Opening statements are set for Monday in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death. Derek Chauvin’s trial is expected to last about four weeks and it will be streamed online. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin Floyd, who […] More
March 29, 2021
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Black man who was paralyzed after he was shot in the back by a white police officer in southeastern Wisconsin filed a civil lawsuit Thursday accusing the officer of excessive force. Jacob Blake Jr. was shot by Kenosha Officer Rusten Sheskey in August while Blake was about to get into an […] More
March 26, 2021
The jury is seated – 14 people who, starting Monday, March 29, will listen to all of the evidence and be asked to decide the fate of the man accused of murdering George Floyd. More
March 25, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge said Friday he won’t delay or move the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death over concerns that a $27 million settlement for Floyd’s family could taint the jury pool, but he’ll allow limited evidence from a 2019 arrest. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of […] More
March 19, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd said Friday that he’ll allow the jury to hear some evidence about a prior arrest in which Floyd was found with drugs. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill partially granted a defense motion to allow evidence […] More
March 19, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Just two more jurors were needed for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, as the judge prepared to rule Friday on two major motions — including whether to allow evidence from Floyd’s earlier 2019 arrest. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. […] More
March 19, 2021
PODCAST: The death of George Floyd changed the world with a landmark twenty-seven-million-dollar settlement between the City of Minneapolis and the George Floyd family. More
March 18, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Concern appears to be fading that a massive settlement for George Floyd’s family would derail the trial of a former police officer accused in his death, with most potential jurors saying they had avoided news of the settlement or could set it aside. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN […] More
March 18, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Wednesday dismissed two jurors who had been seated for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in George Floyd’s death over concerns they had been tainted by the city’s announcement of a $27 million settlement with Floyd’s family. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek […] More
March 17, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A lawyer for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death asked the judge again Tuesday to allow evidence of a previous arrest during which Floyd was found with drugs, a request the prosecutor derided as an attempt to “smear” Floyd’s character. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of […] More
March 16, 2021
