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By Melanie Arter | April 19, 2021 | 10:48am EDT Floyd and Wright families attorney Ben Crump (C) speaks, flanked by the family of Daunte Wright, during a press conference at New Salem Missionary Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 15, 2021. (Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) – Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing George Floyd’s family and the family of Daunte Wright, told ABC News’s “This Week” on Sunday�...

‘White Lives Matter’ rallies fizzled. Hate groups still see chance to ‘fire up the base’ By Hayley Smith, Hannah Fry and Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times Published: April 19, 2021, 6:00am Share: 3 Photos Counterprotesters at a CfuWhite Lives MatterCf`u rally in Huntington Beach, California, on Sunday, April 11, outnumbered white supremacists and their supporters. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS) Photo Gallery LOS ANGELES — When white nationalists fai...

Derek Chauvin betrayed police badge, prosecutors say in closing argument at murder trial By Jonathan Allen Reuters MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A prosecutor told the jury that former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin betrayed his badge and murdered George Floyd in last years deadly arrest as closing arguments began on Monday in Chauvins trial. Over and over again, Steve Schleicher, a prosecutor with the Minnesota attorney generals office, repeated a phrase: "Nine minutes and 29 seconds," — t...

Derek Chauvin behaved as any ’reasonable police officer’ would, his lawyer says in closing arguments By Reuters Jonathan Allen Minneapolis - A prosecutor told jurors to "believe your eyes" as he replayed video of George Floyds death last May, beneath the knee of Derek Chauvin in closing arguments on Monday in the former police officers murder trial. Chauvins lead lawyer, Eric Nelson, later countered that Chauvin behaved as any "reasonable police officer" would, arguing that he followe...

Minnesota calls in out-of-state police back-up ahead of decision in Chauvin case The Senate advanced the $9 million plan to support state troopers and law enforcement groups from outside the state in responding to the Twin Cities. 4:20 pm, Apr. 19, 2021 × Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, spoke to reporters outside the Senate chamber on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service) ST. PAUL — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Mond...

a- U.S. now has a two-tiered justice system. The story of Ashli Babbitt is proof. Her life ended on January 6, 2021, when a still unidentified black officer shot her during the protest at the U.S. Capitol. From Steve Sailer: "To me, the late Daunte Wright and the late Ashli Babbitt can be compared fairly directly. Both were lawbreakers (resisting arrest vs. breaking and entering) who got shot dead by cops who made dubious-looking but perhaps justifiable decisions. Wright happened to be unarmed ...

James Craig took aim at his city’s representative in Congress, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), for what he called her “disgusting” comment that policing was “inherently and intentionally racist.” Calling her remarks “reckless and disgusting,” Craig said in a Monday morning CNN interview, “The anti-police rhetoric is just too much.” “This is about her putting attention to herself,” Craig said. “That’s exactly what it’s designed to do. It’s not productive. She doesn’t ...

The Atlantic Black and brown people’s defiance is not the problem. Our compliance is not the solution. 12:25 PM ET Chicago Police Officer Eric E. Stillman chased a boy down an alleyway. It was the early morning of March 29. In Minnesota, opening statements in the Derek Chauvin trial were coming in a few hours. Stillman had responded to reports of gunshots in Little Village, a predominantly Latino community on Chicago’s West Side. “Stop right now!” the officer yelled at Adam Toledo, a 13...

Fox News Contributor Ted Williams on what he expects from the closing arguments in Derek Chauvin trial. Minneapolis looks like a military fortress ahead of the George Floyd murder trial verdict — with fears heightened by a drive-by shooting targeting some of the thousands of National Guard members trying to protect the city. The Minnesota city had already dramatically increased security ahead of the trial of ex-cop Derek Chauvin — ramping it up even further following the fatal police sho...

By Sasha Margulies, iHeart Media Apr 19, 2021 The case of former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin is expected to be in the hands of jurors today. Closing arguments are set for first thing this morning. Chauvin faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted of second-degree murder. Hes also charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in last years death of George Floyd. The city is preparing for a verdict with 3,000 National Guard troops and 1,100 officers in the state. U.S. Representative Maxi...