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Gascoyne Community Centre. Picture: SHG - Credit: Archant Residents on a Homerton estate provided eight families with laptops after months of home schooling saw some young people find it difficult to access online education.  Volunteers from Gascoyne Estates Tenants and Residents Association (TRA ) identified those who would most benefit from extra support. Laptops were provided using funding from social landlord Sanctuary Housing, matched by the estates TRA.  Teen Junior Donnelly, wh...

I know that Derek Chauvin’s knee on George Floyd’s neck is at the center of the former cop’s trial. But it’s Chauvin’s stone-cold face that still gets to me. And also the faces of the many witnesses openly weeping on the stand. If you’re watching the trial or clips from the trial or reading stories about the trial, you know of the many emotional witnesses who have testified. What’s remarkable — and remarkably tragic — is that most of these witnesses ...

We have a duty of care: Prosecutors say Derek Chauvin betrayed George Floyd by not giving him medical aid Tami Abdollah and Grace Hauck, USA TODAY © AP Defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, says an angry, insulting crowd of bystanders distracted police officer Derek Chauvin from helping George Floyd. MINNEAPOLIS – The prosecution of Derek Chauvin in George Floyds death has focused not only on its arguments that the former police officer is culpable but a more elementary issu...

USA TODAY MINNEAPOLIS – The prosecution of Derek Chauvin in George Floyds death has focused not only on its arguments that the former police officer is culpable but a more elementary issue: That he failed to carry out his duty to provide basic care when Floyd was in medical distress and became unresponsive. Minneapolis Police Department officials testified Chauvin violated department policy by failing to move Floyd on his side to ease his breathing once he had been restrained  on the gr...

Derek Chauvin Trial: Who are the witnesses? By FOX 9 Staff MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Both the State of Minnesota and the defense team for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will call several witnesses throughout the trial in the death of George Floyd. So far, the court has heard from witnesses who were at the scene on May 25, 2020, as well as Minneapolis police officers who train those on the force. Here is a rundown of who has testified so far.  Monday, March 29 Jena Scurry: A 911 d...

National News Apr 7, 2021 In this image from video, witness Derek Smith answers questions as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Thursday, April 1, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool) As Derek Chauvin’s defense attorney attempted to shift blame from the former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s deat...

KXLY April 7, 2021 10:53 AM Erin Robinson Updated: - ABV: 6.5% - User score: 4.07 It wasn’t until WWII, when brewers replaced rationed grain with rice, that America crafted a lager to call its own. Typically lower in ABV and bitterness, the style’s primary focus is less on bringing together complex flavors and more on creating straw-colored, drinkable brew. Modist Brewing Co.’s take on an American lager has a strong coffee punch layered with sweet notes and a sc...

We have a duty of care: Prosecutors say Derek Chauvin betrayed George Floyd by not giving him medical aid Tami Abdollah and Grace Hauck, USA TODAY © AP Defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, says an angry, insulting crowd of bystanders distracted police officer Derek Chauvin from helping George Floyd. MINNEAPOLIS – The prosecution of Derek Chauvin in George Floyds death has focused not only on its arguments that the former police officer is culpable but a more elementary issu...

Totally Unnecessary THE CHAUVIN TRIAL-In more damning, searing testimony on the fifth day of Derek Chauvins trial for murdering George Floyd, Minneapolis most senior police officer condemned Chauvins use of force against Floyd as "totally unnecessary." Lt. Richard Zimmerman, head of the police departments homicide unit and 36-year veteran of the force, added, “Pulling him to the ground facedown and putting the knee on the neck for that amount of time is just uncalled for.”  Zimmerm...

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press As Derek Chauvins defense attorney attempted to shift blame from the former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death, he questioned paramedics on delays in their efforts to resuscitate Floyd. But one paramedic told jurors that he thought Floyd was already dead when he checked for a pulse while Chauvin was still pinning Floyd to the ground. The testimony struck at central questions of the trial: When and how did Floyd die? Questioning...