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The former Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright will be freed Monday

Kim Potter, who was convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser in the 2021 incident, is set to be released from prison after serving 16 months. Daunte Wright was 20 years old.

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Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright to be freed

A white ex-police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser and fatally shooting a Black motorist in suburban Minneapolis in 2021 is set to be released from prison on Monday

The Independent UK

Report: DWI, Weapons Charges Dropped Against Texas A&M’s Ainias Smith

The Aggies wide receiver avoided charges stemming from a July 20 arrest.

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Ex-cop Thomas Lane faces sentencing in George Floyd killing

Former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane is hoping for a sentence Thursday that could let him go free after as little as two years for his role in the killing of George Floyd

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What's next for 3 other ex-cops in Floyd's death

Now that former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to federal prison, attention turns to the fates of three fellow ex-cops

The Independent UK

Ex-Minnepolis Officer Thomas Lane pleads guilty to manslaughter charge for role in George Floyd's murder

MINNEAPOLIS — Ex-Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane pleaded guilty Wednesday to aiding and abetting manslaughter in the murder of George Floyd two years ago on a south Minneapolis street, avoiding a trial next month in Hennepin County District Court.

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Ex-Minneapolis police officer pleads guilty in George Floyd case

By entering the plea, Thomas Lane avoided the more serious charge of aiding and abetting second-degree murder.

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Judge accepts plea deal in Derek Chauvin's civil rights case

The judge in the civil rights cases of four former police officers in the killing of George Floyd said that he has accepted Derek Chauvin's plea agreement and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years.

WEKU

In closing arguments at the trial of three former Minneapolis officers, attorneys spar over 'willful' intent and 'politics' of policing

MINNEAPOLIS — On the final morning of their civil rights trial, a federal prosecutor described to jurors how three former Minneapolis police officers watched and listened but did not help as Derek Chauvin killed a man "in broad daylight on a public street."

Tribune News Service

Testimony concludes in George Floyd civil rights trial of 3 former Minneapolis officers after Lane takes the stand

MINNEAPOLIS — Testimony concluded Monday in the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers after former Officer Thomas Lane took the stand, saying he didn't realize George Floyd's grave condition until Floyd was rolled onto his back on a stretcher.

Tribune News Service

2 officers plan to testify about George Floyd's killing

Federal prosecutors have rested their case against three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights

The Independent UK

At least 2 ex-officers involved in Floyd incident plan to testify in federal civil rights trial as defense prepares to begin its case

MINNEAPOLIS — Two of three former Minneapolis police officers have confirmed that they intend to testify when the defense lays out its case in the federal civil rights trial for the death of George Floyd.

Tribune News Service

Off-duty firefighter testifies of futile attempts to help unresponsive George Floyd

MINNEAPOLIS — The off-duty Minneapolis firefighter who pleaded to render aid to George Floyd as he grew unresponsive under a police officer's knee testified about how she was repeatedly rebuffed despite her growing concerns over his welfare.

Tribune News Service

Cup Foods clerk who interacted with George Floyd tells jurors of events leading to killing

MINNEAPOLIS — Christopher Martin was 19 years old, working his evening shift as a cashier at Cup Foods when George Floyd paid for a pack of cigarettes with a blue-hued $20.

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Testimony continues in ex-officers' civil rights trial with footage of George Floyd's final moments: Floyd pleaded for his life, asked for his mother

MINNEAPOLIS — Testimony in the federal civil rights trial of three ex-Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd continued into its second day Tuesday as jurors viewed more body camera footage of Floyd's final moments.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Prosecutors: Video Will Show 3 Cops Violated Floyd's Rights

Witness testimony will get underway in earnest Tuesday at the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers accused of failing to intervene as fellow Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd by pressing his knee into the Black man's neck as he lay facedown, handcuffed and gasping for…

The Independent UK

Prosecutors: Video will show 3 cops violated Floyd's rights

Witness testimony gets underway in earnest Tuesday at the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers accused of failing to intervene as fellow Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Who are 3 officers on trial in Floyd's killing?

Three former Minneapolis officers who face federal civil rights charges in the killing of George Floyd aren’t as familiar to most people as Derek Chauvin, a fellow officer who was convicted of murder last spring

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