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Minneapolis braces itself for unrest as Derek Chauvin trial concludes Joseph Simonson © Provided by Washington Examiner Business owners in Minneapolis have once again begun boarding up windows and storefronts as the city braces for the conclusion of the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Its a familiar scene for Minneapolis, which saw some of the worst rioting last summer of any American city in over two decades. © Provided by Washington Examiner Demonstrators gather for a sol...

  MINNEAPOLIS -- A timeline of key events that began with George Floyds arrest on May 25, 2020, by four police officers in Minneapolis: May 25 -- Minneapolis police officers respond to a call shortly after 8 p.m. about a possible counterfeit $20 bill being used at a corner grocery and encounter a Black man, later identified as George Floyd, who struggles and ends up handcuffed and face down on the ground. Officer Derek Chauvin uses his knee to pin Floyds neck for about nine minutes while by...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Pelosi said Monday Waters does not need to apologize. • 8 min read Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.Alex Kent/Shutterstock House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday rejected GOP claims Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters was "inciting violence" when she said in Minnesota over the weekend that protesters need "to get more confrontational." House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said over the weekend he w...

Derek Chauvin kneeled on George Floyd for over 9 minutes because of ex-officer’s pride and ego, prosecutor says Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on George Floyd’s neck and back for 9 minutes and 29 seconds because of his pride and his ego in the face of concerned bystanders, a prosecutor said Monday in the state’s closing argument at his criminal trial. “He was not going to let these bystanders tell him what to do. He was going to do what he wanted, how he wanted,...

KUER Around 70 people gathered outside Salt Lake City Hall Saturday to protest the recent police killings of Daunte Wright near Minneapolis and Adam Toledo in Chicago. This story and more in the Monday morning news brief. Monday morning, April 19, 2021 State State’s Tax Revenue Falling Short Utah’s main sources of tax revenue are lagging behind projections for the year. The state is currently 1.6% behind estimates, according to the state’s fiscal analysts. If things don’t change, that...

V MAGAZINE Scroll for more Please try again. How Michael Love Michael is breaking down the music industrys barriers How Michael Love Michael is breaking down the music industrys barriers The singer-songwriter talks to V about the concept behind the song 6 Jaguars, making music in quarantine and white supremacy. The singer-songwriter talks to V about the concept behind the song 6 Jaguars, making music in quarantine and white supremacy. April 19, 2021 On a flight from New York City to Dallas, Mi...

SU alum accuses police of harassing reporters at Daunte Wright protests in Minnesota Updated 9:47 AM; Today 9:38 AM Demonstrators press against a perimeter security fence during a protest over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright during traffic stop, outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn.AP Photo/John Minchillo Facebook Share Syracuse University alumna Liz Sawyer and her fellow journalists are accusing police in Brooklyn Center, Minneso...

BREITBART 19 Apr 2021 April 19 (UPI) — Attorneys began making their closing arguments on Monday in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who’s charged with killing George Floyd almost a year ago. Closing arguments began the final phase of the trial before jurors get the case. In his remarks, prosecutor Steve Schleicher told jurors that Chauvin’s restraint of Floyd during the May 25, 2020, arrest was excessive and “not policing.” Schleicher repeatedly sai...

by Tyler Durden Monday, Apr 19, 2021 - 01:52 PM As the National Guard takes up positions across Minneapolis ahead of the Derek Chauvin verdict, Facebook has announced that it will be heavily moderating its platform to remove posts promoting civil unrest or violence in Minneapolis, according to Bloomberg. The social media giant will remove posts that celebrate or praise the death of George Floyd - however theres no indication from the report that Facebook will be removing posts used to coordina...

Derek Chauvins defense attorney Eric Nelson called for a mistrial after the jury retired on Monday  He cited Rep Maxine Waters comments on the case as he argued that there was no way the jury could be unbiased given constant media coverage  Now that we have US representatives threatening acts of violence in relation to this trial it’s frankly mind-blowing, Nelson said Judge Peter Cahill replied: I grant you Congresswoman Waters may have handed you grounds for appeal and the turning over of ...