The officer who fatally shot a 20-year-old man during a traffic stop in Minnesota has resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department, as has the department’s chief. The Associated Press reports that Kim Potter offered her resignation on Tuesday, two days after she shot Daunte Wright. Wright, who is Black, was reportedly pulled over due …
Court proceedings in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin will continue on Tuesday amid renewed unrest in Minneaopolis following the police killing of a Black man. Protests have erupted in Minnesota following the death of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center on Monday. Brooklyn Center …
Brooklyn Center city council fires city manager, strips police chief of department command after he says officer who killed 20-year-old man meant to tase him.
The National Guard was called in after protests broke out near police precinct
The medical examiner who performed an autopsy on George Floyd is expected to take the stand on Friday as the second week of Derek Chauvin’s murder trial comes to a close. PBS News reports that the medical examiner who performed Floyd’s autopsy is expected to take the stand Friday, along with additional medical experts. Floyd …
A semi-truck driver put an end to an hours-long — and dangerous — police chase on Tuesday when he pulled his truck directly into the path of the fleeing vehicle at an intersection in Claremont. The driver of the pick-up truck who slammed into Ahmed Shabaan’s truck was a person of interest in a March …
The Derek Chauvin murder trial enters Day 9 as testimony continues regarding Chauvin’s use of force during the arrest of George Floyd. Floyd, an unarmed man who was arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit bill at a grocery store, died in May after the former police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes, …
Testimony in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin will continue on Wednesday, picking up with continued testimony from a police training expert who said on Wednesday that the former Minneapolis police officer used “excessive force” in the deadly arrest of George Floyd. Floyd, who was arrested in May 2020 on suspicion of using a counterfeit …
Court proceedings will continue in Minneapolis Tuesday in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd last May. As CrimeOnline reported, the doctor who pronounced Floyd dead after his arrival to an emergency room testified on Monday hat he believes oxygen deficiency or “asphyxia” caused Floyd’s death—not …
Witness testimony in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will continue on Friday, expected to begin at 9:15 a.m. CT (10:15 a.m. ET). Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, an unarmed man who died following his arrest for allegedly using …
A Texas state trooper who was shot in the head and abdomen as he responded to a disabled vehicle last week has died. The Texas Department of Public Safety announced Chad Walker’s death in a Facebook post on Wednesday, calling the trooper “one of DPS’ finest.” Walker was shot on Friday before he could get …
A paramedic who responded to George Floyd’s arrest testified on Thursday that he believed Floyd was dead immediately upon arriving on the scene. Hennepin EMS paramedic Derek Smith said on the stand that he checked Floyd’s pulse as Derek Chauvin and two other police officers were on top of him. Smith recalled realizing Floyd had …
