Image copyright AFP Image caption Derek Chauvin and his estranged wife are accused of failing to report income from various jobs The former Minneapolis police officer accused of murdering African-American man George Floyd has been charged with multiple felony counts of tax evasion.Mr Chauvin and his wife are accused of failing to report income from…
A Minnesota judge removed a gag order against the four Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd, citing their inability to defend themselves against negative publicity.Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill said he still expects all attorneys involved with the case to follow the legal rules of disclosure of information. Cahill also…
Image copyright Twitter/Ruth Richardson Image caption George Floyd repeatedly told the police officers who detained him that he could not breathe New police body camera videos have been shown in which George Floyd is seen pleading with officers as they try to force him into their car, US media say. They say Mr Floyd told…
Joshua Bote, USA TODAY Published 7:12 a.m. ET July 9, 2020 | Updated 9:06 a.m. ET July 9, 2020CLOSE The 911 dispatcher called a supervisor to tell him what she saw, not caring if it made her look like a "snitch." USA TODAYTranscripts released of body camera footage reveal an extended account of the moments leading…
As George Floyd told Minneapolis police officers that he couldn't breathe more than 20 times in the moments before he died, the officer who pressed his knee against Floyd's neck dismissed his pleas, saying "it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk," according to transcripts of body camera video recordings made public…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…