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According to new documents that were filed in court on Wednesday, prosecutors are urging Judge Peter Cahill to impose a 30-year prison sentence for Derek Chauvin, the ex-cop who has been convicted in the murder of George Floyd last May. After more than two days of intense deliberation, the jury found Chauvin guilty on all counts in April. The decision was met with applause across the country and higher hopes for an improved justice system. Assistant State Attorney General Matthew Frank led the prosecution team along with three other members. Their main evidence was the viral video that showed ...
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NBA star LeBron James said Tuesday he endorses a police reform bill named after George Floyd, honoring him as a person who “literally changed the world.” George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 was introduced by House Democrats last year in June after then Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd by pressing his knee on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes. Tuesday was the first anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. The bill passed the House in March with a 220-212 vote. No Republicans voted yes. “It holds a lot of accountability. I think it will make our communities, and m...
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Hours after the Minneapolis jury found former police officer Derek Chavin guilty of all charges in the murder trial of George Floyd, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) suggested on Fox News that the jury may have reached the verdict out of fear of mob violence. The network’s post-trial coverage began by showing an unnamed activist saying, “If you continue to allow us to be murdered in the streets without justice, we will raise hell in America,” in footage originally released by the Orlando Sentinel. DeSantis then called the remarks “really, really troubling,” when talking to Fox host Laura Ingraham...
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Former President Donald Trump wrote a statement attacking basketball player and Black Lives Matter activist LeBron James for “racist rants.” Trump’s comments come after James’ now-deleted tweet in the wake of the Columbus Police killing of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant. “LeBron James should focus on basketball rather than presiding over the destruction of the NBA, which has just recorded the lowest television RATINGS, by far, in the long and distinguished history of the League,” Trump’s statement read. “His RACIST rants are divisive, nasty, insulting, and demeaning. He may be a great basketball p...
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A prison spokesperson told reporters in Minneapolis Tuesday that former police officer Derek Chauvin will be held in a segregated housing unit his sentencing. The spokesperson specified that prison officials made the choice for Chauvin’s safety. The spokesperson, Sarah Fitzgerald, wrote a letter saying the Chauvin is being held in the Oak Park Heights Correctional Facility. “He is on ‘administrative segregation’ status for his safety,” Fitzgerald told CNN. “Administrative segregation is used when someone’s presence in the general population is a safety concern.” Chauvin could face up to 40 yea...
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President Joe Biden spoke Tuesday afternoon soon after the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin commending the jury for finding the former officer guilty, but also reminding Americans that their work is not over. “We can’t leave this moment or look away thinking our work is done,” Biden said in the White House Tuesday. “We have to listen, ‘I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe.’ Those were George Floyd’s last words. We can’t let those words die with him.” “We must not turn away, we can’t turn away. We have a chance to begin to change the trajectory in this country. It’s my ...
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Conservative televangelist Pat Robertson has spoken out against police brutality. In a video statement, Robertson declared that he is “pro-police” and that the public needs “the police [and] their service… they do a good job.” Robertson did not shy away from calling out violence against black Americans, stating that the police should “stop this onslaught… they cannot do this.” Robertson even referenced a recent incident involving Lieutenant Caron Nazario, a black and Latino man who was pepper sprayed and pushed to the ground by Virginia police last December due to a missing license plate. “The...
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The prosecution’s case against former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin called their final witnesses on Monday. Among the witnesses was Philonise Floyd, George Floyd’s brother. Philonise Floyd’s testimony is one of several that focused on humanizing the elder Floyd, making the infamous video where Chauvin presses his knee in to his neck even more chilling. Philonise teared up on the stand while showing pictures of his deceased mother and older brother saying, “I miss them both.” Philonise grew up with his brother in Houston. “He used to make the best banana mayonnaise sandwiches. And he u...
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A Minneapolis firefighter testified at the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin on Wednesday saying that police stopped her, a trained EMT, from helping George Floyd who died under the knee of the former Officer Chauvin. “There was a man being killed,” said Genevieve Hansen, who testified in her formal firefighter uniform. “I would have been able to provide medical attention to the best of my abilities. And this human was denied that right.” Hansen explained that while Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck, and even once Floyd was unconscious, a separate police officer forc...
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