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The fired Minneapolis police officer who held his knee to George Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes agreed to plead guilty to third-degree murder days after Floyd’s death, but then-Attorney General William Barr rejected the deal, NBC News reported.

A judge has ruled that information about George Floyd’s prior arrests can’t be used at the trials of the four former Minneapolis police officers charged in his death.

Prosecutors in the upcoming trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd want to introduce evidence of a 2017 arrest in which they say the officer held his knee on the back of a 14-year-old boy and ignored his pleas that he couldn’t breathe

A judge signed an order on Thursday permitting Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd, to live outside of the state of Minnesota during the trial, citing ‘safety concerns’.

The four police officers charged with the killing of George Floyd appeared at a Minneapolis courthouse on Friday for pretrial proceedings.

A Minneapolis commission says it needs more time to review a City Council amendment to dismantle the Police Department in the wake of George Floyd’s death, ending the possibility of voters deciding the issue in November.

The Minneapolis officer who pressed his knee against George Floyd’s neck before he died told him, “it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk” after Floyd pleaded for air more than 20 times.

A Minnesota judge has rejected allowing cameras in the court for pretrial proceedings of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd

Eight minority corrections officers who work at the jail holding a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd say they were barred from guarding the officer because of their race.

A second former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd is out of jail after posting bail.

The time frame of 8 minutes, 46 seconds has become a symbol of police brutality for those speaking out against the death of George Floyd

A judge on Monday kept bail at $1 million for a Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder in George Floyd’s death.

Protests against police brutality continued Sunday in cities across the nation.

Three more former Minneapolis police officers were charged Wednesday in the fatal arrest of George Floyd less than a week after another ex-officer was arrested on murder and manslaughter charges. Prosecutors are elevating charges against that former officer, Derek Chauvin, to second-degree murder, according to criminal complaints filed by the state of Minnesota. Chauvin is seen on video pressing his…

Protests fueled by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody, continued for a third night in Minneapolis

The Minneapolis police officer seen kneeling on the neck of an unarmed black man heard saying “I can’t breathe” multiple times before he died was a 19-year department veteran who was the subject of a dozen police conduct complaints that resulted in no disciplinary action.

“I realize that many right now in our city are experiencing trauma and a range of emotions,” said Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo. “The Minneapolis Police Department will continue to ensure the safeguards of everyone’s First Amendment, but that cannot be at the expense of others’ personal safety.”

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday called for criminal charges to be filed against the white police officer seen kneeling on a black man’s neck during an arrest that left the man dead. “Why is the man who killed George Floyd not in jail? If you had done it, or I had done it, we would be behind bars right...

A video shows a Minneapolis police officer with his knee on the neck of black man as they place him under arrest. The man can be heard telling officers he can’t breathe. After several minutes on the ground, the man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

A former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed woman who had called 911 said Friday he “knew in an instant that I was wrong” and apologized to her family, just moments before a judge brushed off a defense request for leniency and ordered him to prison for 12½ years.