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JANESVILLE Janesville police officers will be learning a new technique for firing their Tasers, designed to keep them from doing what an officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, did on April 11 with tragic consequences. Police Chief Dave Moore said he developed the idea after watching the veteran Brooklyn Center officer’s body-camera video, which showed her firing her gun and killing Daunte Wright. It’s clear from the video that officer Kim Potter believed she was firing her Taser, Moor...

Over the course of three weeks the prosecution brought evidence and six expert medical witnesses to testify that George Floyd died as a direct result of then police officer Derek Chauvin putting his knee on the prone, handcuffed  black man and leaning on him for more than nine minutes on 25 May 2020. Security around Minneapolis has also been strengthened ahead of the verdict as authorities fear unrest if there is no guilty verdict. Over the weekend a heightened police and National Guard presen...

Becker students demand district do better on racism, homophobia after recent incidents About four dozen students walked out in protest Monday.  April 20, 2021 — 9:23am Text size Copy shortlink: BECKER – A social media post inferring pride flags were replacing American flags inside Becker schools brought simmering tensions to the surface recently in this central Minnesota city of 4,800. That untrue inferenc...

Updated: Apr 20 2021, 5:41 ET THOUSANDS of National Guard troops have been drafted in to Minneapolis as the city braces itself for riots when the imminent verdict in Derek Chauvins trial is given. It comes as countless protesters took to the streets when the closing arguments were heard on Monday, with demonstrators brandishing signs that read "Blue Lives Murder" as they demanded justice for George Floyd. �� 14 14 14 People protesting outside of the Courthouse during the trial of former Mi...

He rejected the mistrial request, declaring that “a congresswoman’s opinion really doesn’t matter a whole lot,” after Ms. Waters said that protesters should “get more confrontational” and “stay on the streets” if the jury acquits Mr. Chauvin in the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. The judge said he wished that elected officials would give their opinions “in a manner that is consistent with their oath to the constitution.” “Their failure to do so ...

Jurors begin deliberating the fate of Derek Chauvin Attorneys returned to familiar subjects of debate on the final day of arguments in the trial of the ex-officer charged with murder and manslaughter in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Written By: Matthew Guerry | × In this still image from video, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listens to closing arguments Monday, April 19, 2021, during his trial for second-degree murder, thir...

Marjorie Taylor Greene Files Resolution to Expel Maxine Waters as McCarthy Moves to Censure Her On 4/19/21 at 7:44 PM EDT Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduced a resolution to expel Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) from Congress on Monday, while House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he will introduce a measure to censure Waters. Greene filed the resolution after urging Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to expel her on Sunday, accusing the California congresswoman...

Maxine Waters’ comments on Derek Chauvin trial ‘abhorrent,’ judge says, could lead to appeal Updated 7:43 PM; Today 7:43 PM Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) speaks to the media during an ongoing protest at the Brooklyn Center Police Department in Brooklyn Centre, Minnesota on April 17, 2021. - Police officer, Kim Potter, who shot dead Black 20-year-old Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb after appearing to mistake her gun for her Taser was arrested April 14 on manslaughter charges....

Reply Police watch as tear gas is deployed during demonstrations in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death on May 31, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA — As Minneapolis prosecutors and defense make closing arguments Monday in the murder trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Santa Monica Police Department shared a statement saying that authorities are monitoring the situation and at this time no specific intelligence of any ...

An anxious Minneapolis awaits a verdict as deliberations in the Chauvin trial continue Share Updated: 4:07 AM EDT Apr 20, 2021 By AMY FORLITI, STEPHEN GROVES and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press An anxious Minneapolis awaits a verdict as deliberations in the Chauvin trial continue Share Updated: 4:07 AM EDT Apr 20, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript George Floyd struggling to breathe, desperate. Thats what the prosecution wants the jury to focus on. They say th...