George Floyd murder & trial in Minneapolis (consolidated thread)

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    Body camera footage of Floyd arrest could show more of story

    Body-camera footage made public Wednesday from two Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest captured a panicked and fearful Floyd pleading with the officers in the minutes before his death, saying “I’m not a bad guy!” as they tried to wrestle him into a squad car. “I’m not that kind of guy,” Floyd says as he struggles against the officers. “I just had COVID, man, I don’t want to go back to that.” An onlooker pleads with Floyd to stop struggling, saying, “You can’t win!” Floyd replies, “I don’t want to win!” A few minutes later, with Floyd now ...


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    Floyd family to announce lawsuit against Minneapolis

    George Floyd’s family filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Minneapolis and the four police officers charged in his death, alleging the officers violated Floyd’s rights when they restrained him and that the city allowed a culture of excessive force, racism and impunity to flourish in its police force. The civil rights lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota, was announced by attorney Ben Crump and other lawyers representing Floyd’s family members. It seeks compensatory and special damages in an amount to be determined by a jury. It also asks for a receiver to be appointed to ensure ...


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    Floyd family sues Minneapolis officers charged in his death

    George Floyd’s family filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Minneapolis and the four police officers charged in his death, alleging the officers violated Floyd’s rights when they restrained him and that the city allowed a culture of excessive force, racism and impunity to flourish in its police force. The civil rights lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota, was announced by attorney Ben Crump and other lawyers representing Floyd’s family members. “This complaint shows what we have said all along, that Mr. Floyd died because the weight of the entire Minneapolis Police Department was on his neck,” ...


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    ‘I’m not a bad guy’: Police video captures distraught Floyd

    Body-camera footage made public Wednesday from two Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest captured a panicked and fearful Floyd pleading with the officers in the minutes before his death, saying “I’m not a bad guy!” as they tried to wrestle him into a squad car. “I’m not that kind of guy,” Floyd says as he struggles against the officers. “I just had COVID, man, I don’t want to go back to that.” An onlooker pleads with Floyd to stop struggling, saying, “You can’t win!” Floyd replies, “I don’t want to win!” A few minutes later, with Floyd now ...


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    Floyd family sues Minneapolis officers charged in his death

    George Floyd’s family filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Minneapolis and the four police officers charged in his death, alleging the officers violated Floyd’s rights when they restrained him and that the city allowed a culture of excessive force, racism and impunity to flourish in its police force. The civil rights lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota, was announced by attorney Ben Crump and other lawyers representing Floyd’s family members. “This complaint shows what we have said all along, that Mr. Floyd died because the weight of the entire Minneapolis Police Department was on his neck,” ...


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    Ex-cop charged in Floyd’s death faces tax evasion counts

    The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd was charged Wednesday with multiple felony counts of tax evasion, according to criminal complaints that allege he and his wife didn’t report income from various jobs, including more than $95,000 for his off-duty security work. Derek Chauvin and his wife, Kellie May Chauvin, were each charged in Washington County with six counts of aiding and abetting filing false or fraudulent tax returns in the state of Minnesota and three counts of aiding and abetting failing to file state tax returns. The complaints allege that from 2014 ...


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    More body camera footage released of George Floyd’s fatal encounter with police

    A Minneapolis police officer openly mocked and became increasingly aggressive with bystanders who sought to intervene as George Floyd complained of struggling to breathe and ultimately lost consciousness while handcuffed and pinned to the ground during a fatal altercation with police in May, according to newly released police body camera video. The footage was captured by a camera worn by Tou Thao, one of the four former Minneapolis police officers charged with Floyd’s murder. The 22-minute video was filed as evidence in the ongoing criminal case into Floyd’s Memorial Day death and made public Wednesday, two days after videos worn ...


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    Officer minimized role in Floyd’s death to investigators

    A former Minneapolis police officer involved in George Floyd’s arrest told investigators that he was focused on crowd control and minimized his role in the actions that led to Floyd’s death, video of the interview shows. Tou Thao, one of four former officers charged in Floyd’s death, described himself as a “human traffic cone” as he held back onlookers who became increasingly horrified at the police officers’ actions, the Star Tribune reported, citing video that was released Friday. Floyd, a handcuffed Black man, died after a white officer, Derek Chauvin, pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for nearly eight minutes ...


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    L.A. making permanent All Black Lives Matter mural on Hollywood Boulevard to commemorate march that drew thousands in June

    Crews will begin work Monday on a permanent street art installation to commemorate the massive All Black Lives Matter march that drew tens of thousands to Hollywood. On June 14, crowds gathered on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and together marched to West Hollywood in a solidarity protest to decry racial injustice and support LGBTQ rights. Ahead of the protest, the words “All Black Lives Matter” were painted in bright, colorful letters along Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Dolby Theatre. The letters became the meeting ground for the march. To mark the event, believed to have drawn at least ...


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    Washington County Attorney Pete Orput on Parkinson’s diagnosis, Derek Chauvin and the 1927 Yankees

    Question: You recently decided not to file felony charges against House DFL candidate John Thompson, who last month shouted expletives within earshot of neighbors and children at a protest outside Minneapolis police union president Bob Kroll’s house in Hugo. Answer: People say, ‘Well, Thompson threatened to burn down Hugo.’ He didn’t threaten to burn down Hugo. I’ve watched the video at least 10 times. It’s not a terroristic threat. He said, “You think we give a (expletive) about burning Hugo down?” He didn’t say, “I want to burn Hugo down” or “Let’s burn Hugo down.” He said he didn’t care ...

    Q: Let’s talk about Chauvin and the killing of George Floyd. What would you have done? A: George Floyd died on Memorial Day. A few days later, (Minnesota Public Radio host) Tom Crann had me on and asked me what I would do if I was prosecutor. I was hot; I was upset. I thought, “Why aren’t they charged?” I understand you don’t make swift decisions, but in that case, I saw what happened, and I thought, “I don’t need a lot of witness statements.” I saw it myself. All I needed was a preliminary autopsy, I would have charged ...

    Q: Will you be helping prosecute the case? A: There was some talk between (Hennepin County Attorney) Mike Freeman and (Minnesota) Attorney General (Keith) Ellison about me jumping in to help, but it just coincided with my Parkinson’s diagnosis. My wife is going, “Don’t you dare,” which makes me want to do it even more. I’ll just help from the sidelines. I’d love to try that case. I would. … I don’t have that time. I’ve got too much to do right here.

    Q: One of the things you’re doing is prosecuting Chauvin and his wife, Kellie May Chauvin, on nine counts of felony tax fraud. A: Nothing angers me more than people who don’t pay their fair share. It deprives others from having those funds to do other things.


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    Lawyers for ex-cops raise Floyd’s history of crime, drug use

    An attorney for one of four former Minneapolis officers charged in George Floyd’s death is highlighting Floyd’s past crimes and history of drug use, calling him an ex-con and “evident danger to the community.” Another is seizing on Floyd’s medical issues and addiction, saying he likely died from fentanyl, not a knee on his neck. Some court filings by defense attorneys in recent months are taking a blame-the-victim approach. It’s a common defense strategy that legal experts say will be used to show officers acted reasonably, and to counter widely seen bystander video showing a white police officer kneeling on ...


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    Former officer's failure to stop the deadly restraint of George Floyd leaves friends perplexed

    J. Alexander Kueng became a Minneapolis police officer to help the community, but prosecutors accuse him of doing nothing to help George Floyd when he and his colleagues fatally pinned him to the ground as he pleaded that he couldn’t breathe. Those who knew Kueng struggled to reconcile that depiction with the person they knew as someone who spoke up to protect others in high school. “It’s almost impossible to put words to it,” said Maria Cowan, who dated Kueng’s best friend for several years but eventually lost touch with Kueng. “It made me completely further question how people are ...


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    US judge dismisses one charge against former cop in Floyd’s death

    A Minnesota judge has dismissed a third-degree murder charge filed against the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee against George Floyd’s neck, but the more serious second-degree murder charge remains. After Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill’s ruling, Derek Chauvin now faces two counts going forward: second-degree murder and manslaughter. Cahill also denies defense requests to dismiss the aiding and abetting counts against three other former officers, Thomas Lane, J. Jueng and Tou Thao. Floyd, a US Black man who was in handcuffs, died May 25 after Chauvin pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for some 10 ...


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    Judge rejects moving trial of ex-officers in Floyd's death

    A judge on Thursday rejected defense requests to move the trial of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death, and also ordered that all four will be tried together instead of separately. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill ruled after defense attorneys had argued that pretrial publicity had made it impossible for the four men to get a fair trial in Minneapolis. They also cited a Sept. 11 hearing in which the men and their attorneys were confronted by angry protesters outside the courthouse, raising safety issues. Defense lawyers argued that witnesses could be intimidated, and jurors could ...


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    De Blasio Denies NYPD Overreach After Riot Cops Swarm Black Trans Liberation March, Arrest Organizer

    Joel Rivera has been leading marches for Black trans liberation in New York City every Thursday for 21 consecutive weeks since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Rivera, who recently came out as trans, wore a dazzling baby blue ball gown for this week’s event. “When I see pictures of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, especially on the night of the Stonewall riot, they were dressed amazingly.” Normally, the nights end peacefully, Rivera said. “Every single Thursday, even the Thursday when we had 15 people show up, was always a celebration,” she noted. But this Thursday night, ...


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    Prosecutors seek to recombine trials of ex-police officers charged in Floyd killing

    At MPR, Jon Collins reports, “State prosecutors are enlisting the help of a prominent Minnesota epidemiologist as they seek to recombine the trials of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd and delay the proceedings until summer. In a filing on Tuesday, prosecutors from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office argued that the judge was wrong to sever the cases after his previous decision to try them together. Prosecutors also say a March trial presents a public health danger. Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank’s arguments were backed up by an affidavit from Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota and member of President-elect Joe Biden’s 16-member coronavirus advisory board.”


    Sarah Mearhoff writes for the Forum News Service: “When the nation inaugurates Joe Biden as its 46th president on Wednesday at 11 a.m., a Minnesotan will be joining him on stage: U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar. The Minnesota Democrat, as the ranking member (soon-to-be chair) of the Senate Rules Committee, is tasked with planning the ceremony, alongside a few other congressional leaders. She will also be one of few people speaking at the ceremony, she told Forum News Service in an interview. ‘For me, this ceremony — and what I’m going to be focused on in my remarks — is that we can’t take our democracy for granted,’ Klobuchar said.”


    The Star Tribune’s Libor Jany reports, “Situated in the heart of north Minneapolis’ commercial district, the corner of W. Broadway and N. Lyndale Avenue is home to a grocery store, a Walgreens, and a gas station that locals have taken to calling the ‘Murder Station.’ The Winner Gas station very nearly lived up to its dark nickname again when a 19-year-old boy was shot there last month. He was one of at least 21 people to have been struck by gunfire around the intersection since last June. Now, as Minneapolis sets about reimagining public safety, this rough stretch of the North Side may provide a telling first test of a new strategy that prioritizes mental healthcare and drug treatment to address the cycles of trauma that can lead to violence.”


    Says MPR’s Tim Pugmire: “Republicans have spent months arguing for an end to the peacetime emergency that allows Gov. Tim Walz to issue orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. … Now they’re trying to enact new laws to chip away at Walz’s power. Sen. Dave Osmek, R-Mound, wants to change the law to require a legislative vote each time the governor orders a 30-day extension of the peacetime emergency. … There is also a Senate bill to allow businesses to fully reopen in spite of any emergency order, if they have a plan for operating safely. Another would allow the Legislature to terminate any emergency order issued by the governor after 30 days.”



    WCCO-TV’s Jennifer Mayerle reports: “Images of the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct, surrounded and taken over by rioters, was seen around the world last June. The building was destroyed during the unrest, days after George Floyd died while in police custody on Memorial Day. … And now, its officers have moved again to what’s known as the City of Lakes Building, a recently-vacated space about a block from City Hall in downtown. Deputy Chief of Patrol Erick Fors admits it’s still not ideal, and says the goal is to be in the community the Third Precinct serves.”


    Deanna Weniger writes for the Pioneer Press: “The Falcon Heights City Council is seeking public input on adding a street name to honor Philando Castile who was fatally shot by a police officer in July of 2016. The naming, if approved, would appear as a secondary street sign on Larpenteur Avenue from Fulham Street to Fry Street that would read ‘Philando Castile Memorial Avenue.’ The request was submitted by Councilmember Melanie Leehy, who is also a member of the Philando Castile Peace Garden Committee.”


    For the Hutchinson Leader, Stephen Wiblemo writes: “Police are looking into a video that allegedly records audio of a Hutchinson High School teacher committing a sexual act over a digital learning platform. The incident allegedly happened Thursday night, and the video has been widely shared on social media. ‘The district is aware of the allegations and has taken action according to district policy, which includes reporting to the appropriate authorities,’ Hutchinson Superintendent Daron VanderHeiden said. … Hutchinson Police Chief Tom Gifferson said the department has been notified of the recording and allegations and is investigating.”


    The Star Tribune’s Andy Mannix reports, “On Snapchat, Dayton Sauke bragged about his illegal ‘sawn-off’ shotgun and his plans to kill a law enforcement officer at a pro-Trump rally at the Minnesota Capitol last weekend. ‘Even if I kill only 1 cop thats more than antifa cop lovers have ever killed’, the 22-year-old Owatonna man boasted under a photo of himself smoking a cigarette. On Friday, the federal agents who had been monitoring Sauke’s social media arrested him after Sauke sold an illegal firearm to two undercover agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to federal charges filed Tuesday. ”


    An AP story says, “Toby Gardenhire, the son of former major league manager Ron Gardenhire, will manage Minnesota’s new Triple-A affiliate, the St. Paul Saints. The Saints and Twins made the announcement Tuesday. The 38-year-old Toby Gardenhire was supposed to manage Minnesota’s Triple-A team, the Rochester Red Wings, last season before the COVID-19 pandemic canceled minor league competition. He instead supervised the Twins’ alternate training site in St. Paul, where the team now has its primary affiliate.”

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    Officer's trial could reopen intersection where George Floyd died

    During a group's recent meeting at the now-vacant Speedway gas station near where George Floyd died, children roasted marshmallows on a fire pit while adults discussed topics ranging from activism to snow removal. "Black joy is a form of protest," said Marcia Howard, one of the group's organizers, referencing plans for celebrating Arctic explorer Matthew Henson as part of Black History Month. But the agenda on this chilly Thursday morning in February quickly segued to more immediate concerns: Who would pick up skis and broomball sticks for an event being planned at a nearby park? And what's to be done ...


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    Officer's trial could reopen intersection where Floyd died

    Minneapolis leaders say they'll reopen a barricaded intersection known as George Floyd Square after the murder trial of the officer accused of killing him ...


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    Officer's trial could reopen intersection where Floyd died

    Amid concerns that the barricaded square was decimating businesses and making the neighborhood less safe at night, city leaders recently pledged to reopen it after Chauvin's murder trial. Jury ...


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    Officer's trial could reopen intersection where Floyd died

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