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The two families came together for a moving press conference Tuesday, along with other families of victims of police violence. Meanwhile the officer who shot Wright has resigned, along with the Brooklyn Center Chief of Police. Meanwhile the defense is pre

While George Floyd’s brother took the stand in the courtroom, thousands took to the streets to protest the police shooting of Daunte Wright. The Brooklyn Center Police Chief says the officer meant to use her taser, but fired her gun instead.

According to his mother, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was pulled over by the police for hanging an air freshener from the rearview mirror of his car. Moments later he was lying dead in the street. Samantha HoangLong reporting for the Racial Reckoning Projet

Three different medical experts took the stand in the Derek Chauvin murder trial Thursday. They each concurred that Floyd’s behavior in his last moments were consistent with someone struggling to get oxygen to his lungs. They say his behavior is not consi

BCA Special Agent James Reyerson at first said he heard George Floyd say “I ate too many drugs” when questioned by the defense, but upon being presented a longer video clip of the same moment by the prosecution, heard something very different.

Los Angeles Police Sgt. Jody Stiger told the court that Derek Chauvin and the other officers on the scene the night of George Floyd’s death should have ceased applying force once Floyd was on the ground and in handcuffs. Meanwhile, the judge is consideri

The police chief made it clear that Derek Chauvin’s actions failed to meet the department’s training, policies and ethical standards.

The City of Minneapolis released survey results indicating local support for the reopening of 38th & Chicago, but those working to maintain George Floyd Square are skeptical. They say they will resist the reopening of the intersection until the city shows

Jurors heard from George Floyd’s girlfriend, who shared their struggles with opioid addiction. Derek Chauvin’s shift Sargent says he thinks Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd’s next too long. And a racial justice scholar explains why the trial is spending so

The third day of the Derek Chauvin murder trial subjected witnesses and the jury to repeated viewings of George Floyd’s agonizing death. A 61 year-old witness broke down sobbing on the stand; a 19-year-old cashier expressed feelings of guilt for the decis