Derek Chauvin has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he violated George Floyd’s civil rights after he was convicted this year by a state jury of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death. Chauvin, 45, entered the new plea during a hearing in St. Paul, Minnesota, three months after first pleading not guilty to depriving Floyd, who was Black, of his rights when Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 1/2 minutes while detaining him in May 2020. Federal prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson that Chauvin …
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One of the four ex-Minneapolis Police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing will plead not guilty to all charges. J Alexander Kueng, 26, who is charged along with Derek Chauvin, 44, Tou Thao, 34, and Thomas Lane, 37, made his intentions known in a court filing obtained by DailyMail.com. The papers filed by attorney Thomas Plunkett state that the ex-cop intends to plead not guilty and use the defenses of self-defense, justifiable force, and authorized use of force. It …
The four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing appeared before a judge on Monday, June 29. Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane, who are accused of aiding and abetting in Floyd’s death, appeared before Judge Peter Cahill on Monday afternoon in a courtroom at the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis. They were accompanied by their defense attorneys. As for Derek Chauvin, who is charged with 2nd-degree murder and 2nd-degree manslaughter in the …
The ex-Minneapolis Police officer charged with killing George Floyd and the three others accused of aiding and abetting in his death are expected to appear in court later today. Derek Chauvin, who is charged with second-degree murder in Floyd’s death on May 25, will appear remotely via video. While his former colleagues, J. Alexander Kueng, Tou Thao, and Thomas Lane, who are each charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter, will appear …
J Alexander Keung, one of the sacked police officers charged in connection with George Floyd’s death suffered a confrontation after being spotted grocery shopping at Cub Foods in Plymouth. 26-year-old Keung was released on Friday on ‘bond and conditional release’ from the Hennepin County Jail after posting a $750,000 bond. He is charged with second-degree murder without intent while committing a felony. The angry shopper who was outraged that a man involved in such a “horrific death” is able to shop …
Native doctors in Benin republic organised a ritual ceremony to get justice for George Floyd from the “gods.” The ritual ceremony was held for George Floyd but the native doctors also called for justice for other black people killed unjustly in the United States, including Trayvon Martins, Michael Brown, Botham Jean, and Ahmaud Arbery. During the ceremony in Dahomey, Benin Republic, a portrait of George Floyd was given pride of place on the altar. Chickens and a …