From the AP: A Minnesota prosecutor has charged a [former] police officer with third-degree murder and manslaughter in the restraint death of George Floyd. Floyd is the handcuffed black man whose cries of “I can’t breathe” in a widely seen cellphone video set off days of violent protest in Minneapolis and around the country. Hennepin … Read more
By Stefanie Dazio, AP Murder. Brutality. Reprehensible. Indefensible. Police nationwide, in unequivocal and unprecedented language, have condemned the actions of Minneapolis police in the custody death of a handcuffed black man who cried for help as an officer knelt on his neck, pinning him to the pavement for at least eight minutes. But some civil rights advocates … Read more
By Todd Richmond, AP A white Minneapolis police officer accused of killing a black suspect by kneeling on his neck opened fire on two people during his 19-year career and had nearly 20 complaints and two letters of reprimand filed against him. Derek Chauvin, 44, became the focus of angry street protests and a federal investigation after … Read more
Protests, rioting and looting intensified last night in Minneapolis over the killing of George Floyd earlier this week. Police officers abandoned the third district station as it was taken over by rioters and burned. From the Associated Press: Cheering protesters torched a Minneapolis police station Thursday that the department was forced to abandon as three … Read more
WATCH: Armed citizens are attempting to stop looters in Minneapolis “Before there were cops, there were just Americans. So, here we are.” “Justice for Floyd but we don’t support looting…”@maxnesterak pic.twitter.com/0R5zeBR5GF — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 28, 2020 These two men, rifles slung, were out in front of a Minneapolis tobacconist during the rioting last night, … Read more
Rodney King, Michael Brown, and now George Floyd. Three very different police-involved incidents, all of which resulted in riots and looting. Last night, parts of the city of Minneapolis were on fire and one man, apparently a looter, was shot to death, possibly by a store owner defending his property. The details are still to … Read more
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