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Trump administration dismisses police investigations in several cities, including Minneapolis

11:10am May 21, 2025

The decision reverses course on the use of consent decrees to ensure accountability of law enforcement agencies. It comes days before the anniversary of George Floyd's murder by a police officer.

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Minneapolis agrees to overhaul police training and policies following Floyd murder

1:20am January 07, 2025

The Minneapolis City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the federal government to overhaul the city's police training and use-of-force policies in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.

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Ex-officer convicted in George Floyd's killing is moved to new prison

1:31am August 21, 2024

Derek Chauvin was moved to a prison in Texas months after he was stabbed in a different facility. Meanwhile, another former Minneapolis officer, Thomas Lane, was released from prison in Colorado.

Members of the Sycamore Creek Church congregation bow their heads and pray over Justice League of Greater Lansing leaders, Willye Bryan and Prince Solace, as they hold a large check.

A Michigan grassroots effort is raising reparations, while the government lags

5:01am May 01, 2024

by Sophia Saliby

A grassroots effort in Michigan is raising reparations, while the government lags

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In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis in 2021. An attorney for Chauvin asked an appeals court on Wednesday to throw out his convictions in the murder of George Floyd, arguing that numerous legal and procedural errors deprived him of his right to a fair trial.

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Derek Chauvin's lawyer asks a Minnesota appeals court to toss his murder convictions

1:24pm January 18, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Chauvin is currently serving concurrent state and federal sentences in an Arizona prison. The three-person Court of Appeals says it will issue its opinion within 90 days.

A new audit of autopsies conducted under David Fowler's tenue "will determine whether independent experts agree or disagree with the [the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner's] determination of cause and manner of death, whether such experts believe the OCME's determinations were based on adequate investigations," the panel's said.

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Maryland officials order the reinvestigation of about 100 deaths in police custody

5:00am October 20, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

The review follows an audit of police-involved deaths under the tenure of former Chief Medical Officer David Fowler, who testified that George Floyd's death was caused by heart disease and drug use.

In this image from video, former Minneapolis Police Officer Thomas Lane listens on Wednesday from the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in Colorado during a hearing. He was sentenced to three years for aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd.

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A former Minneapolis officer is sentenced to 3 years for aiding George Floyd's death

2:47pm September 21, 2022

by The Associated Press

Former police officer Thomas Lane, who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd, was sentenced on Wednesday.

A person reacts in Minneapolis on April 20, 2021, after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd.

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Texas denies a posthumous pardon for George Floyd over a drug charge

12:47pm September 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer.

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Tou Thao (left) was sentenced to 3 1/2 years and J. Alexander Kueng got three years Wednesday for violating George Floyd's civil rights.

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Two former police officers are sentenced for violating George Floyd's civil rights

1:50pm July 27, 2022

by The Associated Press

J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced to three years and Tou Thao got 3 1/2 years — penalties that a judge said reflected their level of culpability in a case that sparked worldwide protests.

Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young address the press at Morehouse College in Atlanta. Prosecutors filed charges against six officers involved in the couple's arrest.

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Atlanta officers won't face charges from 2020 arrest of 2 college students

5:33am May 24, 2022

by Ayana Archie

On bodycam footage, officers are shown confronting two young Black adults, Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young, after the pair were out past curfew following protests over George Floyd's death.