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George Floyd news: Jury retires in Chauvin trial as judge says Maxine Waters could overturn verdict James Crump and Justin Vallejo LIVE – Updated at 23:56 The prosecution has concluded its closing arguments in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, with the defence to lay out its final arguments next. Mr Chauvin is currently standing trial for the murder of unarmed Black man George Floyd, who died in the former Minneapolis police officer’s custo...

More than 3,000 Minnesota National Guard service members are activated as part of Operation Safety Net. Author: Heidi Wigdahl Updated: 11:14 PM CDT April 19, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — From Hennepin Avenue to Lake Street, theres an increased presence of Minnesota National Guard service members outside businesses in Minneapolis.  Last Wednesday, more than a dozen soldiers were set up outside Two Bettys Green Cleaning Services Refill Station on East Lake Stre...

State Of The City Updated Published Join us live for our annual State of the City address. Together, we can recover, rebuild, and reimagine a more just, resilient, sustainable, equitable and fair city for every Angeleno.#SOTC2021https://t.co/D5NIDC4clv — City of Los Angeles (@LACity) April 20, 2021 Mayor Eric Garcetti is set to give his state of the city address at 5:15 p.m. today. He plans to talk about the citys budget and will most likely touch on the pandemics toll on the region and tou...

Philonise Floyd: George Floyds brother bonds with Emmett Tills cousin over brutal, public deaths decades apart CNN 1 hr ago EXCLUSIVE By Sara Sidner and Mallory Simon, CNN © Family Photo/WCCO Daunte Wright was killed after a traffic stop a few miles from the courthouse where Chauvin was on trial in George Floyds death. When Deborah Watts met Philonise Floyd, they already knew each others pain without saying a word.  The cousin of Emmett Till and the brother of George Flo...

Derek Chauvin Trial Out of sight but center stage, jurors weigh murder case against Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death By AMY FORLITI, STEPHEN GROVES and TAMMY WEBBER The Associated Press,Updated April 20, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and defendant, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, spoke to Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill after the judge put the trial into the hands of the jury.Associated Press MI...

"Where’s the unity?" Fox Business host Larry Kudlow asked "America Reports" co-anchor Sandra Smith Monday during a discussion of why Democrats have failed to condemn Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., for "inciting violence" after calling for Minnesota protesters to "get more confrontational" if Derek Chauvin is acquitted.

Minnesota students walk out of schools in solidarity with the racial justice movement. April 19, 2021, 6:17 p.m. ETApril 19, 2021, 6:17 p.m. ET Students from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis joined other students in a statewide walkout on Monday to protest racial injustice.Credit...Joshua Rashaad McFadden for The New York Times Students streamed out of schools across Minnesota on Monday afternoon to protest racial injustice, in a coordinated action that coincided with closing arguments in t...

Parents voice frustration over $45,000-a-year Brentwood School scrapping Lord of the Flies and To Kill a Mockingbird as the exclusive academy wrestles with new anti-racism curriculum Brentwood School is locked in a battle with parents as administrators push for a more progressive curriculum that excludes literature like To Kill a Mockingbird   The clash between parents, faculty, staff and alums of Brentwood School began after the school stood against racism after George Floyds death in May  ...

MINNEAPOLIS —  The jurors who sat quietly off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in George Floyd’s death moved into the spotlight Tuesday, still out of sight but now in control of verdicts awaited by a skittish city. The jury of six white people and six people who are Black or multiracial was set for its first full of deliberations. The jury, anonymous by order of the judge and sequestered now until they reach a verdict, spent just a few hou...

April 19, 2021 6:58 p.m. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Breitbart News on Monday that he plans to introduce a resolution to censure Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA,) following his threat to take action against the House Financial Services chair over her remarks urging protesters against police brutality to “get more confrontational.” In a statement shared with Breitbart News, McCarthy once again accuses Waters of having “incited violence” and breaking “the law...