The Protests Made a Difference as All Four Minneapolis Cops Charged in Killing of George Floyd

After more than a week of nationwide protests, all four Minneapolis police officers involved in the killing of George Floyd have been charged with murder or aiding and abetting murder in a case that triggered historic protests across the country. “If you look at the video … the pressure from all three officers on Mr. Floyd’s

(CNN)The former Minneapolis Police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd's neck was charged on Wednesday with a new, more serious count of second-degree murder, and the three other officers on scene during his killing were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. "I strongly believe that these developments are in the interest of justice for Mr. Floyd, his...

CNN 

2020-06-04

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison increased the murder charge Wednesday against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chavuin and filed charges against three other ex-officers. Ellison and Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman Wednesday filed an amended criminal complaint against Chauvin, adding a charge of second-degree murder in the death of...

Red Bluff Daily News 

2020-06-03

Prosecutors charged a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with a more serious charge of second-degree murder on Wednesday, and for the first time leveled charges against three other officers, issuing warrants for their arrests. An updated criminal complaint against Derek Chauvin says his actions were a “substantial causal factor...

Carroll County Times 

2020-06-03

‘On Wednesday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison added a second-degree murder charge to the counts against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd, who died after Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes. Ellison also charged the three other officers at the scene when Floyd died. Here is a look at what we...

MinnPost 

2020-06-04

MINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors charged a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with a more serious charge of second-degree murder on Wednesday, and for the first time leveled charges against three other officers, issuing warrants for their arrests. An updated criminal complaint against Derek Chauvin says his actions were a “substantial...

Albuquerque Journal 

2020-06-03

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s attorney general will increase the murder charge against a fired Minneapolis police officer in the death of an unarmed black man that has triggered nationwide protests and will level charges against three other sacked officers, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar said on Wednesday. George Floyd, 46, died after Derek Chauvin, a white policeman, knelt on his neck...

Toronto Sun 

2020-06-03