This category examines those that are marginalized and disproportionately impacted by police brutality, such as police shootings, wrongful arrests and physical abuse of civilians.
Former officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are broadly charged with depriving Floyd of his civil rights while acting under government authority. More
January 25, 2022
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Court TV) — Three former Minneapolis police officers have been found guilty on federal charges in relation to the May 2020 death of George Floyd. J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas K. Lane and Tou Thao, who were with Derek Chauvin when he killed George Floyd, were convicted of violating Floyd’s civil rights. DAY 21 […] More
January 25, 2022
J. Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are broadly charged with depriving Floyd of his civil rights while acting under government authority. More
January 24, 2022
A closed hearing in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers in George Floyd's killing was canceled Friday after prosecutors and the media objected, the second time in just days that access to the proceedings became an issue. More
January 21, 2022
Under long-standing federal court rules, the proceedings are not being livestreamed or broadcast to the public. More
January 21, 2022
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A jury of 18 people who appeared mostly white was picked Thursday for the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing, a case that the judge told potential jurors has “absolutely nothing” to do with race. […] More
January 20, 2022
Jury selection began Thursday in the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing, with a judge dismissing potential jurors for reasons ranging from their discomfort at having to watch videos of his death to religious objections over judging another person. More
January 20, 2022
Jury selection begins Thursday in the federal case against J. Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, who also face a state trial later this year on counts of aiding and abetting both murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death. More
January 19, 2022
A state court trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd has been rescheduled for June 13, after both the defense and prosecutors requested a postponement. More
January 19, 2022
Former Ferguson police officer admitted in federal court that he beat a handcuffed man and filed a false police report. Jackie Matthews pleaded guilty to a federal charge of falsifying information in a federal investigation. He could face up to 21 months in prison at sentencing. More
January 18, 2022
A coalition of media groups says restrictions on access to the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death amount to an unconstitutional closing of the courtroom. More
January 18, 2022
A judge agreed to delay a state court trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death, though he didn't immediately set a date. More
January 12, 2022
Tou Thao, J. Kueng and Thomas Lane face a Jan. 20 trial for allegations that they deprived Floyd of his rights while acting under government authority. More
January 11, 2022
Three former Minneapolis police officers charged with federal civil rights violations in George Floyd's death will go on trial Jan. 20. More
January 6, 2022
A federal magistrate judge refused to dismiss the indictment against Victor Hill, who is charged with violating detainees' civil rights. More
January 3, 2022
“I don't want to speak for all the jurors, but I think we believed she was a good person and even believed she was a good cop,” the juror said. More
December 30, 2021
The 24-year-old suspect, Daniel Elena Lopez, died at the scene. Also killed was Valentina Orellana-Peralta, 14, who was hiding with her mother inside a dressing room. More
December 28, 2021
Defendants spoke directly to jurors in a series of recent high-profile trials, defying conventional wisdom that the risks of taking the stand usually outweigh the benefits. More
December 27, 2021
The most serious charge against Kim Potter — first-degree manslaughter — carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. More
December 27, 2021
The jury deliberating at Kim Potter's manslaughter trial in the shooting death of Daunte Wright asked a judge whether the officer's handgun could be freed from an evidence box so they could hold it. More
December 22, 2021
Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter is on trial for the shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. More
December 22, 2021
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has not said whether he will posthumously pardon Floyd this year for a 2004 drug arrest in Houston. More
December 21, 2021
A white suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, a Black man, said she meant to use her Taser to try to stop him from fleeing during an attempted arrest but accidentally grabbed her gun instead. More
December 20, 2021
The suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright made a "blunder of epic proportions" and did not have "a license to kill," a prosecutor told jurors on Monday shortly before they began deliberating in her manslaughter trial. More
December 20, 2021
Can prosecutors convince a jury Kim Potter was criminally responsible for Duante Wright’s death when she fired her gun rather than her taser? More
December 16, 2021
Prosecutors on Thursday rested their case against Kim Potter, the suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in the shooting death of Black motorist Daunte Wright,. More
December 16, 2021
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal count alleging he willfully deprived George Floyd of his rights during the May 25, 2020, arrest that led to the Black man's death. He also pleaded guilty to an unrelated but similar count stemming from the use of force against a then-14-year-old boy, who is also Black, in 2017. More
December 15, 2021
Kim Potter's use of deadly force against Daunte Wright was not appropriate, a use-of-force expert testified Wednesday at the former suburban Minneapolis police officer's manslaughter trial, undercutting a defense argument that she would have been justified in shooting Wright even if she didn't mean to. More
December 15, 2021
Prosecutors nearing the end of their case have drawn on testimony from Potter’s former colleagues to portray an officer whose intended use of a Taser would have violated department policy despite her extensive training. More
December 15, 2021
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. More
December 15, 2021
