Race and Justice

A jury convicted one police officer but acquitted the other in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, which led to protests across the country. More

October 12, 2023

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A relative of Emmett Till is suing to try to make a Mississippi sheriff serve a 1955 arrest warrant on a white woman in the kidnapping that led to the Black teenager’s brutal lynching. The torture and killing of Till in the Mississippi Delta became a catalyst […] More

February 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

D.C. Parks and Rec employee Jason Lewis turns self in to face second-degree murder while armed charges. He shot 23-year-old shot Karon Blake on Jan. 7. More

January 31, 2023

A look at some cases involving Black rights that Court TV has covered, as well as some of the legal stories that shaped Black History. More

January 15, 2023

Officers used physical force and a stun gun during a confrontation lasting several minutes, during which Keenan Anderson screamed for help and struggled. More

January 13, 2023

D.C. cops found 13-year-old Karon Blake suffering from gunshot wounds after being shot by a local resident who said Blake was breaking into area cars. More

January 11, 2023

The white man who initiated the neighborhood chase that resulted in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery is asking a federal judge to show leniency when he's sentenced next week for a federal hate crime conviction. More

August 3, 2022

Former star of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" NeNe Leakes sued the companies behind the show on Wednesday, alleging that they fostered and tolerated a hostile and racist work environment. More

April 20, 2022

Federal jury's $14 million award to Denver protesters hit with pepper balls and bag filled with lead during 2020 demonstrations over police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis could resonate nationwide as courts weigh similar lawsuits. More

April 1, 2022

Six weeks after the shooting, Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder; he would be acquitted the next year. But the ferment unleashed by Trayvon Martin’s death did not stop. More

February 25, 2022

Jussie Smollett's publicist has lined up supporters outside the courtroom where he is fighting charges of lying to Chicago police. More

December 7, 2021

A look at the jurors who will hear testimony in the manslaughter trial of former suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter - charged in the April shooting death of Daunte Wright. More

December 3, 2021

Four jurors were seated in a process that may take as much as a week or more. Opening statements are Dec. 8. More

November 30, 2021

Attorneys asked potential jurors in Kim Potter's manslaughter trial about their attitudes on policing and the Black Lives Matter movement. More

November 30, 2021

The prospective jurors in former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial have already responded to questionnaires similar to those used this year in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial for the killing of George Floyd.  More

November 30, 2021

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys made a final push Monday to persuade the jury in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, with the prosecution saying that three white men chased him solely “because he was a Black man running down the street” and defense attorneys repeatedly blaming Arbery for his own […] More

November 22, 2021

The Justice Department said it's curtailing federal agents’ use of “no-knock” warrants and would prohibiting its agents from using chokeholds in most circumstances. More

September 14, 2021

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state is embarking on a massive experiment in police reform and accountability following the racial justice protests that erupted after George Floyd’s murder last year, as nearly a dozen laws took effect Sunday. More

July 26, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of the jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd on Monday defended his participation in a protest last summer in Washington, D.C., following online speculation about his motives for serving on the jury and whether it might be grounds for appeal. >>>WATCH FULL TRIAL ON DEMAND: MN v. DEREK […] More

May 4, 2021

After about 10 hours of deliberation over two days, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of all charges including second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter. More

April 20, 2021

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A Black man died after being shot by police in a Minneapolis suburb during a traffic stop and crashing his car several blocks away, sparking violent protests that lasted into the early hours Monday as officers in riot gear clashed with demonstrators and the man’s mother called for calm. The […] More

April 12, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has been seated for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death, with opening statements set for Monday in a case that led to weeks of protests and a national soul-searching about racial justice. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin […] More

March 23, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who said he has a “very negative” impression of Derek Chauvin nevertheless became the sixth juror selected for the former Minneapolis police officer’s trial in George Floyd’s death. The man, who told attorneys he could set that aside and consider the evidence in the case, was the only juror chosen Thursday […] More

March 12, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Thursday granted prosecutors’ request to add a third-degree murder charge against the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill reinstated the charge after the former officer, Derek Chauvin, failed to get […] More

March 11, 2021

The issue of race looms large over the trial of a white former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death last May of George Floyd, a Black man. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin The racial makeup of the jury that will decide Derek Chauvin’s fate has been no exception, […] More

March 11, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Potential jurors in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial return Thursday to continue a selection process moving more quickly than expected. Meanwhile, the former policeman charged in George Floyd’s death faced the prospect of an additional third-degree murder charge. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin Five jurors have […] More

March 11, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death questioned potential jurors Wednesday about their attitudes toward police, trying to determine whether they’re more inclined to believe testimony from law enforcement over evidence from other witnesses to the fatal confrontation. Judge Peter Cahill seated two more […] More

March 10, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death is forging ahead with jury selection, even though a looming appellate ruling could halt the case and delay it for weeks or even months as the state tries to add a third-degree murder count.   Prosecutors are asking the […] More

March 9, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in the death of George Floyd on Monday paused jury selection for at least a day while an appeal proceeds over the possible reinstatement of a third-degree murder charge. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek […] More

March 8, 2021