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Derek Chauvin “had to know” he was squeezing the life out of George Floyd as the black man cried over and over that he could not breathe and finally fell silent, a prosecutor told the jury during closing arguments at the police officer’s murder trial. “Use your common sense. Believe your eyes. What you saw, you saw,” Steve Schleicher said, referring to the video of Mr Floyd pinned to the pavement with Chauvin’s knee on or close to his neck last May for up to nine minutes, 29 seconds...

Teachers union to vote on pick for New York City mayor 04/19/2021 10:00 AM EDT Editor’s Note: Weekly New York Education is a weekly version of POLITICO Pro’s daily New York Education newsletter. POLITICO Pro is a policy intelligence platform that combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories. Act on the news with POLITICO Pro. Good morning and welcome to the Monday edition of the New York Education newsletter. We take a look at the week ahea...

By Ryan Shepard Apr 19, 2021 It has been nearly a year since protesters flooded the streets to express their outrage following the death of George Floyd. As a jury nears a verdict in the trial connected to Floyds death, protesters have taken to the street yet again. Earlier this month, yet another young, Black person, Daunte Wright, was killed by a police officer, Kim Potter. For more than a week, demonstrators have flooded the streets to voice their frustrations with the local police force...

Crisis Chaplains Return to Minneapolis After Daunte Wright Killing The spiritual care ministry finds itself responding to more situations of “civil unrest” following recent shootings and police killings. Megan Fowler| Image: Courtesy of BGEA Frieda and Robert Roulds pray at Daunte Wright’s memorial in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Less than a year after ministering at a memorial to George Floyd in South Minneapolis, chaplains Robert and Frieda Roulds returned to the ...

Derek Chauvin “had to know” he was squeezing the life out of George Floyd as the black man cried over and over that he could not breathe and finally fell silent, a prosecutor told the jury during closing arguments at the police officer’s murder trial. “Use your common sense. Believe your eyes. What you saw, you saw,” Steve Schleicher said, referring to the video of Mr Floyd pinned to the pavement with Chauvin’s knee on or close to his neck last May for up to nine minutes, 29 seconds...

© press Waters told Black Lives Matter rioters to get more confrontational Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she plans to introduce a resolution to expel far-left Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters for Greene responded to Waters’ recent appearance at a rally in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where she joined demonstrators angry at the shooting of Daunte Wright by police earlier this month. As Neon Nettle reported, Waters triggered outrage after video footage emerged online over the weekend ...

Derek Chauvin trial live updates: In closing arguments, prosecutor says Chauvin chose pride over policing in George Floyds death Ndea Yancey-Bragg, Tami Abdollah, Grace Hauck, Kevin McCoy and Eric Ferkenhoff, USA TODAY © AP In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and defendant, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listen to Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill read instructions to the jury before closing arguments, Monday, April 19, 2021, in th...

Chris Cuomo said he only believes that there will be reform to policing methods if white people’s kids become victims of police shootings and violence.

By COREY WILLIAMS | Associated Press | Published: April 19, 2021 A man who drove through a Detroit crime scene where five people were shot and one person died in a car crash was fatally shot by police early Monday following a pursuit and gun battle, the citys police chief said. The shooting of the 27-year-old man was caught on police video, snippets of which were shown to reporters at a news conference. More than a dozen shots appeared to have been fired by the man and officers. "Clearly, th...

According to Fox News, Waters told reporters during the demonstration she is "going to fight with all of the people who stand for justice," adding, "We’ve got to get justice in this country, and we cannot allow these killings to continue.” Additionally, Waters said of Chauvin’s trial that if the former Minneapolis police officer is not found guilty, that "weve got to stay on the street, and weve got to get more active. Weve got to get more confrontational. Weve got to make sure that they...