The move comes after the Minnesota Supreme Court without comment denied Chauvin’s petition to hear his case, letting the former police officer’s conviction and 22-and-a-half-year sentence stand
The sweeping two-year civil rights investigation concluded that systemic problems in the Minneapolis Police Department ‘made what happened to George Floyd possible,’ according to the DOJ
Along with a few other cities, Minneapolis has issued bans on chokeholds and neck restraints, and restrictions on no-knock warrants. But activist calls to defund the police, and to hold officers accountable have mostly failed
Montreal did more than any other North American city studied. In Europe, London, Paris and Brussels stepped up more than most
Video posted on social media showed the disturbance began after supporters of Minneapolis Council Member Aisha Chughtai took the stage, which caused an uproar among supporters of her challenger, Nasri Warsame
Tou Thao, who already had been convicted in federal court of violating Floyd’s civil rights, was last of the four former officers facing judgment in state court for the brutal killing
John Pope Jr. will receive $7.5 million and Zoya Code will receive $1.375 million. They both said the former officer pressed his knee into their necks years before he did it to kill Floyd
‘The agreement isn’t change in and of itself, but it charts a clear roadmap to it,’ Mayor Jacob Frey said at a news conference
Seattle has overhauled virtually all aspects of its police department since DOJ investigators in 2011 found officers were too quick to use force
The state is seeking more than $100 million in damages. It’s the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial
The state House voted to prohibit enforcement in Minnesota of laws, subpoenas, judgements or extradition requests from other states against people who get, perform or assist with abortions
The footage will be released to the public in the next several days
One leading candidate, who touts his endorsement from the Chicago police union, says “crime is out of control”
More than 192,000 customers in Michigan and nearly 89,000 in Illinois were without electricity Wednesday evening
The National Weather Service warns of “life-threatening” conditions due to a brutal winter storm across the Midwest and North
In a secret warehouse in the old capital of the Confederacy, authorities store monuments that were removed from public places during the 2020 anti-racism protests. EL PAÍS received exclusive access to the location where the fate of these objects is being decided
‘I thought it was terrible. He was in such trouble. He was just being pummeled,’ said the former president
