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Growing Tension in Minneapolis as Trial Looms in Floyd Death
Barbed wire and concrete barriers surround the courthouse where the white former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd is due to soon go on trial.
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Minneapolis Police Release Officer Video in Fatal Shooting
Police in Minneapolis on Thursday released body-camera video from a traffic stop one night earlier that ended with a man shot dead
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Minneapolis Approves Cuts to Police Budget, Not Staffing
The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a budget early Thursday that will shift about $8 million from the police department toward violence prevention and other programs — but will keep the mayor’s targeted staffing levels for sworn officers intact.
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‘Unprecedented' Covid Spread Puts Health-Care Workers at Risk, Says Minnesota Hospital CEO
“You cannot manufacture a talented and compassionate caregiver, and that’s where we’re having trouble with now,” Allina Health CEO Dr. Penny Wheeler told CNBC.
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Judge Drops Third-Degree Murder Charge Against Chauvin, Sustains Counts of Other Ex-Officers
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. Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill’s ruling was dated Wednesday and made public Thursday. Cahill said there was enough probable cause for the second-degree murder charge and...
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Ex-Officer Charged in George Floyd's Death Can Leave State Over ‘Safety Concerns'
A judge signed an order on Thursday permitting Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd, to live outside of the state of Minnesota during the trial, citing ‘safety concerns’.
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Derek Chauvin, Ex-Officer Charged in Floyd's Death, Released on Bond
The former Minneapolis police officer posted a $1 million bond Wednesday.
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Minneapolis to Name Stretch of Street for George Floyd
A stretch of a Minneapolis street that includes the place where George Floyd was killed will soon be named in his honor
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Prosecutors: Chauvin Used Neck Restraints in Past Arrests
Prosecution documents in the case against four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd show the white officer who pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck had seven prior incidents of using neck or head and upper body restraints on arrestees, including four in which prosecutors say he went too far
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National Guard Activated After Downtown Minneapolis Unrest
The governor of Minnesota activated the National Guard on Wednesday night to help quell unrest that broke out in downtown Minneapolis following what authorities said was misinformation about the suicide death of a Black homicide suspect.
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Minneapolis Police Department Overhauls Use of Force Policy
The Minneapolis mayor and police chief are overhauling the department’s use of force policy to require that officers consider all reasonable alternatives before engaging in deadly force.
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Police Body Camera Video of Floyd Arrest Released to Public
Police camera video of Minneapolis officers arresting George Floyd has been released to the public and is now available for publication.
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Leaked Footage Shows First Moments of George Floyd's Fatal Arrest
Newly leaked bodycam footage on Monday showed a frightened George Floyd begging police not to lock him in a squad car, shortly before he lost consciousness under a police officer’s knee.
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Hell's Angel Sparked Minneapolis Riots Over Floyd, Police Say
Police say a man captured on surveillance video breaking windows at a south Minneapolis auto parts store in the days after George Floyd’s death is a Hell’s Angels member who was bent on stirring up social unrest.
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Floyd Family Sues Minneapolis Officers Charged in His Death
Attorneys for George Floyd’s family have filed a lawsuit against the city of Minneapolis and the four police officers charged in his death
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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.
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How the Officers Charged in George Floyd's Death Could Get Their Jobs Back
Shortly after four Minneapolis police officers were fired over the death of George Floyd, the president of the city’s police union wrote a letter to his members signaling that he was working to restore the officers’ jobs.
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Plan Advances to Allow Dismantling Minneapolis Police Dept.
The Minneapolis City Council has unanimously advanced a plan that could one day do away with the city’s police department, following unrest over the killing of George Floyd
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1 Man Dead, 11 People Wounded in Minneapolis Shooting
Police say one man is dead and 11 people are wounded following a shooting in a trendy nightlife area in Minneapolis
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Dispatcher Unafraid of Being ‘Snitch' Reports Floyd Arrest
A 911 dispatcher who apparently watched in real time as a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into the neck of George Floyd called a supervisor to tell him what she saw on a surveillance video, not caring if it made her look like a “snitch.”