The killing shattered their Georgia community and became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice.
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Former officer gets 2 1/2 years for violating Floyd’s rights
Thomas Lane held the Black man’s legs as Officer Derek Chauvin pinned his neck with his knee for nearly 9 1/2 minutes on May 25, 2020.
Judge delays trial of 2 former officers in Floyd killing until 2023
A jury consultant says the reason for the postponement seems like a ‘strange rationale.’
Ex-officer pleads guilty to manslaughter in Floyd killing
The deal comes during a week when the country is focused on the deaths of 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, at the hands of an 18-year-old white man.
Buffalo shooting leaves neighborhood without a grocery store
The fact that there are no other options shows the racial and economic divide that existed long before the killings.
Sentencing, state trial loom for ex-officers in Floyd’s killing
A federal investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department is also ongoing.
Daunte Wright’s family, activists see injustice in sentence
They say Kim Potter’s two-year term gave more consideration to the white defendant than the Black victim.
Two of three officers will take stand in Floyd’s killing
The prosecution rests after nearly three weeks of testimony from doctors, police and bystanders.
Amir Locke protesters seek acting police chief’s resignation
The Black man, 22, was fatally shot Wednesday when a SWAT team entered a Minneapolis apartment without knocking.
Former Minnesota officer who killed Daunte Wright, testifies, ‘I’m sorry it happened’
Kim Potter said she shot Wright in a moment of chaos as he tried to leave a traffic stop as she and other officers were trying to arrest him on an outstanding warrant for a weapons violation.