Jury selection moved forward Thursday in the trial of a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in Daunte Wright’s shooting death, with the 10th and 11th jurors seated ahead of opening statements next week.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot Daunte Wright will testify at her trial, her attorney said Tuesday as jury selection began with potential panelists being questioned closely about their attitudes on policing, protests and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Civil litigation attorney Jeff Storms joins TommieMedia’s Joey Swanson on In Depth to discuss Storms’ work representing the families of George Floyd and Daunte Wright and the future of policing.
Minneapolis resident Jesse Ecklund found himself kneeling on the ground with tears in his eyes upon hearing that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty Tuesday on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.
Demonstrators have gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis every day since the Derek Chauvin trial started on March 29. Scout Mason and Casey Eakins has the story.
A white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb and the city’s chief of police resigned Tuesday.
Protesters stirred by the death of George Floyd vowed Friday to turn an extraordinary outpouring of grief into a sustained movement as demonstrations shifted to a calmer, but no less determined focus on addressing racial injustice.
Hollywood celebrities, musicians and political leaders gathered in front of the golden casket of George Floyd at a fiery memorial Thursday for the man whose death at the hands of police sparked global protests, with a civil rights leader declaring it is time for black people to demand, “Get your knee off our necks!”
Utilizing rhetoric reminiscent of Civil War broadsides, President Donald Trump tweeted on April 17 encouraging citizens to liberate their states. Columnist True Dabill looks at this present-day situation and compares it to past protests.
A Minnesota man and St. Thomas alum convicted in the shootings of five black men who were demonstrating against the police killing of a black man in Minneapolis has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison.
A St. Thomas alum is facing sentencing in the shooting of five black men who were demonstrating against the police killing of a black man in Minneapolis.
A jury on Wednesday convicted a St. Thomas alum of assault for opening fire and wounding five men demonstrating against the fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police officers.
A lawyer for a Minnesota police officer who shot a black driver said Monday his client thought he was approaching someone who resembled a suspect in an armed robbery — an assertion that could be pivotal as investigators review how the deadly traffic stop went down.
A 24-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he shot five demonstrators protesting the shooting death of a black man by Minneapolis police in November.
Two Minneapolis police officers involved in the November fatal shooting of a black man will not face charges.
