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Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction upheld in George Floyd killing

Mr Floyd, 46, died in 2020 after Chauvin pinned him to the ground with a knee on his neck

Evening Standard

Derek Chauvin loses appeal on George Floyd murder conviction

Minnesota’s Court of Appeals has upheld Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's second-degree murder conviction for the May 2020 killing of George Floyd

The Independent UK

George Floyd killer cop Derek Chauvin's appeal against 22.5 year murder conviction FAILS

Derek Chauvin's lawyers tried to argue that because of the massive pretrial publicity the murder case should have been tried elsewhere - a state attorney said the arguments 'do not come close to justifying reversal'

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Minnesota appeals court upholds Derek Chauvin's conviction for the murder of George Floyd

Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in April 2022 for Floyd's murder.

Axios

Chauvin murder conviction upheld in George Floyd killing

Minnesota’s Court of Appeals has upheld Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's second-degree murder conviction for the May 2020 killing of George Floyd

The Independent UK

The LAPD has lost nearly 1,000 officers. Now, Mayor Karen Bass wants to rebuild the force

LOS ANGELES — Ten years ago, the Los Angeles Police Department celebrated a historic hiring milestone, announcing the city had reached a target sought by at least two mayors and multiple police chiefs: 10,000 officers.

Los Angeles Times

In Tennessee, expulsions echo a decades-old protest movement

In barely two weeks, two young Black Tennessee state legislators have gone from neophyte politicians to national prominence

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Walmart’s plan to close stores slammed, an El Chapo crime saga update and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor says George Floyd would be alive if Derek Chauvin had been fired in 2017

Jacob Frey makes remark during announcement that Minneapolis reached $8.9m settlement in two excessive force lawsuits

The Guardian - US

Unsealed evidence shows racist comments, threats of violence made by Daniel Perry before killing of Austin protester

Gov. Greg Abbott has said he wants to pardon Perry, who was convicted by a Travis County jury last week.

The Texas Tribune

Shot 10 Years Ago Pursuing the Boston Marathon Bombers, He Now Studies Policing

Dic Donohue focuses on the divide between America’s cops and its citizens.

Sports Illustrated

Minneapolis awards $8.9 million to 2 people claiming Derek Chauvin kneeled on them

Chauvin has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from claims he kneeled on a teenager's neck in 2017, while he is accused of kneeling on a woman's neck earlier in that year.

WEKU

Minneapolis pays out $9m in suits over George Floyd’s killer officer Derek Chauvin

The city of Minneapolis will pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two people who said former police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into their necks years before he killed George Floyd.

Evening Standard

Minneapolis council OKs $9M more in Chauvin brutality settlements

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council approved police brutality settlements Thursday of $7.5 million and $1.375 million for a teenager and a woman pinned by Derek Chauvin three years before the former officer murdered George Floyd.

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The Independent UK

Minneapolis to pay $9m to two people who say Derek Chauvin kneeled on their necks before George Floyd murder

Chauvin was convicted for the 2020 murder of George Floyd

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago cop faces 90-day suspension, accused of striking Police Board president during George Floyd protest

Police Board President Ghian Foreman filed a complaint with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability saying an officer struck him five times during the May 31, 2020, protest, leaving him with swelling in both legs and unable to walk home.

The Independent UK

Minneapolis to pay $8.9M over Chauvin's actions before Floyd

The city of Minneapolis will pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two people who said former Police Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into their necks years before he used that move in the killing of George Floyd

The Independent UK

Police probe ‘racist’ Facebook posts by landlord displaying golly***s in pub

Essex Police officers seized the offensive dolls at the White Hart Inn in Grays

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The Conversation

Overcoming racism depends on respect for every person's dignity

I teach a course on race, racialization, racism and human rights. In my classes and some of my research, I highlight empathy, personhood and respect for human dignity as fundamental to overcoming racism.

The Independent UK

Black chiefs to meet amid debate on benefit of cop diversity

Black police chiefs, commissioners, sheriffs and commanders from across the country are set to meet this weekend in Detroit for the annual CEO symposium of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives

The Guardian - UK

Essex police examine golly doll pub landlord’s ‘racist’ Facebook posts

Officers to look at comments by Christopher Ryley, who apparently joked about Mississippi lynchings next to doll images

The Independent UK

Lawsuit: Guards beat, taunt inmate with, 'You can't breathe'

An advocacy group for prisoners’ rights has filed a civil rights lawsuit against corrections officers who allegedly ignored requirements that they videotape a prison-cell encounter with an inmate, who says he was sexually abused, beaten without provocation and taunted with words that evoked the 2020 death of George Floyd at…

The Independent UK

Watch again: Families of George Floyd, Eric Garner, and Tyre Nichols meet Rev. Al Sharpton and Ben Crump

Watch again as the families of George Floyd, Tyre Nichols and Eric Garner held a meeting with Reverend Al Sharpton and Ben Crump on Wednesday, 12 April.

Chicago Sun-Times

As activists look forward to Dem convention, ex-Chicago police officials look back to lessons from turbulent NATO summit

Former Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy and other retired police supervisors say the 2012 summit provides Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson with a playbook on how to deploy officers for the Democratic National Convention in August 2024.

The Independent UK

Abbott's fast-track to pardon in protest killing 'unusual'

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is moving fast to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant convicted in the 2020 killing of an armed protester

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