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Derek Chauvin may get sentenced to decades behind bars when he returns to a Minneapolis courtroom for sentencing.

As former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin waits to be sentenced for killing George Floyd, it’s worth remembering what happened in Chicago after a jury convicted a white police officer in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

Published 3 hours ago • Updated 3 hours ago NBCUniversal Media, LLC Dan Herbert, a Chicago attorney who has represented a number of police officers involved in deadly use of force incidents, says the officer who shot and killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo "absolutely had a reason to fire" if he believed the teen possessed a gun while turning toward him. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability - the citys police oversight agency - on Thursday released body camera videos and other relat...

“This evidence is being admitted solely for the limited purpose of showing what effects the ingestion of opioids may or may not have had on the physical well-being of George Floyd,” Judge Cahill told the jury on Tuesday before the video was shown. “This evidence is not to be used as evidence of the character of George Floyd.” The video showed Mr. Floyd being slow to respond to commands from the police, and the officer who wore the body camera reaching to put Mr. Floyd’s hand on the da...

>>Shaila Dewan and Tim Arango, The New York Times Published: 14 Apr 2021 09:22 PM BdST Updated: 14 Apr 2021 09:22 PM BdST A volunteer cleans a makeshift memorial to George Floyd outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis on Monday, April 1, 2021. Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer is on trial for the death of George Floyd while in police custody last year. (Joshua Rashaad McFadden/The New York Times) A police officer approached a car with George Floyd in the front seat, and Floyd starte...

When police kill people, they are rarely prosecuted and hard to convict Updated: 2 hours ago Published 2 hours ago Share on Facebook Print article The footage plays inside the downtown Minneapolis courtroom where Derek Chauvin is on trial, charged with murder. It shows George Floyd, a Black man, gasping for air under the White police officer’s knee. That video is the centerpiece of the case against Chauvin, which prosecutors emphasized by urging jurors to “believe your eyes.” But...

[Live: Follow coverage of the trial.] MINNEAPOLIS — Late last year, a 14-page questionnaire began to arrive in mailboxes across Minneapolis and its suburbs. It asked if the recipient had watched the video of George Floyd dying under a police officer’s knee. What about the protests against police brutality, it wanted to know — did you go? How do you feel about Black Lives Matter? It asked respondents to list their education level, any martial arts training, even their favorite podcasts. ...

Filing is underway for several city and school board races that will be on the May 1 election ballot in Parker and Palo Pinto County. The deadline to file is