The men are charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care when fellow Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for 9½ minutes, killing the 46-year-old Black man.
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Jury adjourns for day without verdict in Ahmaud Arbery case
A jury in Georgia heard competing arguments from prosecutors and defense attorneys on whether the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery was a federal hate crime.
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Former Minnesota officer gets 2 years in Daunte Wright’s shooting death
Kim Potter said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot the young Black man in April 2021.
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Officer describes what he did – and didn’t do – on day George Floyd was killed
Three other former Minneapolis police officers are accused of depriving Floyd of his right to medical care while Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the man’s neck.
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Officer charged in George Floyd’s killing says he deferred to Derek Chauvin
Defense attorneys for 3 former officers charged in the case have said that Chauvin, who was convicted of state murder and manslaughter charges last year, called the shots that day.
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Black History Month: Both Portland and Maine complicit in economics of slavery
Via trade with the West Indies, the labor of enslaved Africans built our state and its largest city.
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Jury selection begins in hate crimes trial of men in Ahmaud Arbery murder
Given extensive pretrial publicity, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood ordered roughly 1,000 jury duty notices to be mailed to residents across 43 Georgia counties.
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Bomb threats made to historically Black colleges across U.S.
Monday’s bomb scares came 1 day before the start of Black History Month and less than a month after a series of bomb threats were made to multiple historically Black universities on Jan. 4.
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Judge rejects plea deal on hate-crime charge for man who killed Ahmaud Arbery
Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, asked the judged to reject the deal and described the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to propose it as ‘disrespectful.’
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Prosecutors show video of George Floyd’s last day during ex-officers’ trial
Three former Minneapolis police officers are accused of violating Floyd’s civil rights as fellow officer Derek Chauvin killed him.