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Fate of last ex-cop charged in Floyd murder lies with judge

A defense attorney says a former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd is innocent of criminal wrongdoing and should be acquitted

The Independent UK

The killing of Tyre Nichols was heinous and shocking. It was also not an aberration

The majority of Americans have resigned themselves to accepting policing as it currently exists. This must change

The Guardian - US

'Acts that defy humanity:' 3 essential reads on police brutality, race and the power of video evidence

In the case of the five Black, former Memphis police officers accused of murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, justice has moved quickly.

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Public Unions vs. the Public Good

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Reason

Chauvin’s attorney makes case for new trial to Minnesota Court of Appeals

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin's attorney on Wednesday morning made his argument before the Minnesota Court of Appeals to throw out his convictions in the murder of George Floyd, the latest and what could be the final courtroom proceeding in his case that spans nearly three years.

Tribune News Service

Derek Chauvin asks appeals court to throw out George Floyd murder convictions

The appeals court said it would issue a ruling on Chauvin's murder convictions within 90 days.

Axios

Derek Chauvin asks appeals court to throw out murder conviction for George Floyd’s death

Attorney for former Minneapolis police officer asks judge to overturn state murder convictions

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George Floyd's police officer killer argues he didn't have fair trial in appeal

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, 46, pinned George Floyd to the ground with his knee on his neck for nine and a half minutes has launched an appeal against his conviction

Daily Mirror

Derek Chauvin's lawyer asks a Minnesota appeals court to toss his murder convictions

Chauvin is currently serving concurrent state and federal sentences in an Arizona prison. The three-person Court of Appeals says it will issue its opinion within 90 days.

WEKU

Ex-US officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back gets 3.5 years

Former Minneapolis police officer J Alexander Kueng’s sentence ‘another piece of justice’ for Floyd family, lawyer says.

Al Jazeera

Former Minneapolis Officer J. Alexander Kueng sentenced for aiding George Floyd's killing

MINNEAPOLIS — One of the ex-officers already imprisoned for his role in helping to hold down George Floyd as he pleaded for his life in a south Minneapolis street two years ago received a 3 1/2-year state sentence Friday.

Tribune News Service

Police officer who knelt on George Floyd's back during his murder is JAILED

Former Minneapolis cop J. Alexander Kueng has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail after pleading guilty to the aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter of George Floyd

Daily Mirror

Minneapolis to buy gas station at site of Floyd's killing

The city of Minneapolis says it will buy the boarded-up Speedway gas station at the intersection where George Floyd was killed in an encounter with police

The Independent UK

Cop who held Floyd's torso to be sentenced for manslaughter

The former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's back as one of his colleagues pinned the Black man's neck to the pavement is being sentenced on a state count

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Key Derek Chauvin prosecutor confirmed as federal judge

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Jerry Blackwell — one of the prosecutors who helped convict a former Minneapolis police officer of murder in the killing of George Floyd — as the next federal judge in Minnesota

Kanye, Get A Grip! Taking On Shaquille O'Neal's Business Practices Not A Great Idea But What Else Is New?

Shaquille O'Neal shot back at Kanye West after the Trump-supporting rapper publicly opined on the NBA Hall of Famer's business affairs.

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Deputy who shared racist meme of George Floyd terminated, newly released sheriff’s records show

SAN DIEGO — A San Diego County sheriff’s deputy who circulated an offensive meme in the days following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police has been fired.

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France 24

Ahead of US midterms, police brutality remains a burning issue in Minneapolis

Ahead of the November 8 midterms, FRANCE 24 takes you on a tour down the Mississippi River with a series of reports by Fanny Allard. The first of five episodes brings us to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was killed by White police officer Derek Chauvin…

Los Angeles Times

Kanye West attacks George Floyd family member: ‘I’m going through an Economic lynching’

Kanye “Ye” West attacked the family of George Floyd on Sunday shortly after saying he wanted to “apologize” for false statements he has made about Floyd’s death.

Daily Mirror

Kanye West compares himself to George Floyd as he apologises for 'questioning' his death

Kanye West has apologised for having 'questioned' the death of George Floyd recently and said that he himself now knows 'how it feels to have a knee on [his] neck' due to a recent backlash to him

Tribune News Service

Kueng pleads guilty to state charges in George Floyd killing, Thao to let judge decide his case

MINNEAPOLIS — One of the two ex-Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd's killing pleaded guilty Monday, and the other officer agreed to waive his right to a jury trial that was scheduled to begin this week.

Al Jazeera

Former US police officer pleads guilty in George Floyd killing

Second officer to plead guilty to state charge agrees to deal that calls for three and a half years in prison.

The Guardian - US

Ex-Minneapolis officer pleads guilty to abetting murder of George Floyd

J Alexander Kueng to serve 3.5 years in prison to run concurrently with previous sentence he was given in federal trial

Daily Record

George Floyd death cop admits aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter during restraint

J Alexander Kueng restrained the handcuffed 46-year-old by kneeling on his back as his disgraced colleague Derek Chauvin pinned him to the ground by his neck.

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