George Floyd

The filing accuses prosecutors of misconduct and argues that false testimony from expert witnesses deprived Derek Chauvin of a fair trial. More

December 3, 2025

Former Minneapolis police officers Thomas Lane and Derek Chauvin were convicted for their roles in the death of George Floyd. More

August 20, 2024

Derek Chauvin has returned to prison from the hospital where he was taken after he was stabbed 22 times by a fellow prison inmate. More

December 4, 2023

Inmate John Turscak, who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times, is charged with attempted murder. Chauvin was convicted of killing George Floyd. More

December 1, 2023

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has suffered life threatening injuries after being stabbed by another inmate at a federal prison in Arizona. More

November 27, 2023

The justices did not offer any comment as they rejected former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's appeal of his murder conviction. More

November 20, 2023

Tou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd, has been sentenced to 4 years and 9 months. More

August 7, 2023

Derek Chauvin's attorney said that pretrial publicity and concerns about violence made it impossible for his client to receive a fair trial. More

July 19, 2023

Ex-Minneapolis cop Tou Thao has been convicted of aiding and abetting manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. More

May 2, 2023

Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld most serious murder conviction against ex-Minneapolis cop officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd. More

April 17, 2023

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 killing of George Floyd pleaded guilty to two tax evasion counts. More

March 17, 2023

The order removed a longstanding requirement in Minnesota that both the defense and prosecution consent to camera coverage of most criminal proceedings. More

March 16, 2023

Attorney for ex-Minneapolis cop Tou Thao, who held back bystanders while colleagues restrained George Floyd, said his client and should be acquitted. More

January 31, 2023

Even if Derek Chauvin wins his appeal, his federal sentence will keep him in prison longer than his state sentence likely would. More

January 18, 2023

Ex-Minneapolis cop J. Alexander Kueng, who kneeled on George Floyd’s back while another cop kneeled on his neck, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. More

December 9, 2022

Minneapolis will buy the gas station at the intersection where George Floyd was killed and turn it into a racial justice healing center and memorial. More

December 9, 2022

City of Minneapolis reaches $600K settlement with 12 protesters injured during demonstrations after the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd. More

November 30, 2022

The plea deal for J. Alexander Kueng calls for 3 1/2 years in prison, with prosecutors agreeing to drop a count of aiding and abetting second-degree murder. More

October 24, 2022

Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao. They're charged with aiding and abetting both murder and manslaughter. More

October 24, 2022

All parties have filed more than 100 motions to limit testimony or evidence, many relying heavily on what happened at the previous two trials in George Floyd’s death. More

October 10, 2022

In his plea agreement, Thomas Lane admitted that he knew from his training that restraining Floyd in that way created a serious risk of death. More

September 21, 2022

Texas board declines request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-cop. More

September 16, 2022

Derek Chauvin has been moved from a Minnesota state prison where he was often held in solitary confinement to a medium-security federal prison in Arizona. More

August 26, 2022

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, who was sentenced to 2 1/2 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, will do his time at a low-security federal prison camp in Colorado. More

August 17, 2022

Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng are charged with aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death. More

August 15, 2022

A judge scheduled a hearing for Monday on the “status of plea negotiations” for the two remaining officers awaiting trial on state charges in the killing of George Floyd, with the hearing coming after the judge's window for accepting any deal appears to have closed. More

August 11, 2022

Eight minority corrections officers who were working at the jail where a former Minneapolis police officer was awaiting trial in the death of George Floyd were awarded nearly $1.5 million Tuesday to settle a lawsuit. More

August 9, 2022

Tou Thao, who held back concerned bystanders as Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck, got 3 1/2 years. J. Alexander Kueng, who pinned Floyd's back, got three. And Thomas Lane, who held Floyd's feet and asked twice about rolling the Black man on his side, got 2 1/2. For some Floyd family members and activists, the penalties were too small — and a bitter reminder of a justice system they say does not treat all people equally. More

July 29, 2022

The last two former Minneapolis police officers to be sentenced for violating George Floyd's civil rights are scheduled to learn their penalties Wednesday. More

July 27, 2022

A federal judge sentenced former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane to 2 1/2 years in prison Thursday for violating George Floyd’s civil rights. More

July 21, 2022