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US grieves fresh police killings in wake of Chauvin verdict Issued on: 22/04/2021 - 04:27 Bystanders react as investigators work at the scene where 15-year-old MaKhia Bryant was fatally shot by a police officer in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., April 20, 2021. © Gaelen Morse, Reuters 6 min Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and killed a Black...

The conviction of Derek Chauvin for the cold, calculated murder of George Floyd was about as simple and straightforward as a court case of its kind could be. But of course the case was about more than just one killing.

The Floyd case sparked protests in cities worldwide against police brutality. Bryant, 41, a gas station assistant manager from Hudson, Wis., credited protesters with supporting the family, especially her sister Katie Wright, Daunte Wright’s mother. “They’ve been by Katie’s side this whole time. That means a lot to us,” Bryant said after attending Wright’s viewing Wednesday. “I felt safe coming in here.” But she added, “I’ve never been to a funeral with AR-15s.” Bryant and ...

Latest: Klobuchar seeks true justice for Black Americans April 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 23 1of23Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during funeral services of Daunte Wright at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis, Thursday, April 22, 2021. Wright, 20, was fatally shot by a Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer during a traffic stop.John Minchillo/APShow MoreShow Less 2of23Rev. Al Sharpton eulogies Daunte Wright during funeral services at Shiloh Temple Internat...

Minneapolis police face U.S. bias probe after Floyd murder verdict Reuters | Apr 22, 2021 12:03 AM EDT Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is shown in a combination of police booking photos after a jury found him guilty on all counts in his trial for second-degree murder, (Photo : Minnesota Department of Corrections/Handout via REUTERS) The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday launched a sweeping civil investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis following a jurys verdict t...

A Minneapolis church saw hundreds of people turn up for the public viewing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a father of one shot by a police officer on May 11 during a traffic stop.

Alternate juror in Chauvin trial on testimony that "really got to me" Jamie Yuccas © Credit: CBSNews cbsn-fusion-alternate-juror-in-chauvin-trial-speaks-out-about-case-witnesses-guilty-verdict-exclusive-thumbnail-698718-640x360.jpg Lisa Christensen sat through every minute of the trial of Derek Chauvin as prosecutors and the defense each made their case in the killing of George Floyd. She was an alternate juror, so she did not have a role in the verdict, but in an exclusive i...

  Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and killed a Black teenager in broad daylight during a confrontation. The shooting of MaKhia Bryant, 16, who was swinging a knife during a fight with another person in Columbus, is in some ways more representative of how Black and other people of colour are killed during police encounters than the death of George Floyd, pinned to the ground by Chauvin and cap...

Community activists and loved ones gathered in Minnesota to say their final goodbyes to Daunte Wright on Thursday, 11 days after he was fatally shot by a police officer who allegedly mistook her firearm for her Taser while trying to arrest him. Hundreds of mourners wearing COVID-19 masks packed into Shiloh Temple International Ministries to remember Wright, a 20-year-old father of one who was fatally shot by a police officer on April 11 in the small city of Brooklyn Center. Ben Crump, attorney...

WHYY By Tiffany Ward, owner of NV My Eyewear on 52nd Street, in front of her store on April 21, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Business owners on 52nd Street were able to rest easy for the moment after a Minnesota jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder for the killing of George Floyd last May. Floyd’s death set off a wave of protests and looting that made its way to the historic corridor after it was shut down for months due to the pandemic. Stores were damaged, one de...