Three former Minneapolis police officers who arrested Mr. Floyd alongside Derek Chauvin were convicted of violating his civil rights. They still face a separate trial on state charges.
In new body camera footage shown to jurors on Tuesday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, George Floyd was seen handcuffed and sitting on the street near a Chinese restaurant, giving his name and birth date to one of the first police officers who arrived at Cup Foods after a clerk called to report that Mr. Floyd had used a fake $20 bill to buy cigarettes.
The footage was from the body camera of Peter Chang, a Minneapolis Park Police officer who arrived to back up the two rookie officers who first responded to the scene, before Mr. Chauvin and his partner arrived. Officer Chang’s testimony was the first in the trial from an officer who responded to the incident before Mr. Floyd had died.
April 5, 2021
Matt Gaetz in happier days, speaking to guests at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February.Credit.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
Bret: My intuition tells me that the name Matt Gaetz is going to make an appearance in a future Gail Collins column. Want to preview your thoughts?
Gail: Well, I did once write a book on sex scandals. I know that’s not exactly the kind of literary career you brag about, but it definitely had more interesting anecdotes than the one I did on William Henry Harrison.
Bret: I gather from this that Tippecanoe Had No Sex Scandal, Too. Go on.
6 Takeaways From the First Week of the Derek Chauvin Trial
It began with tears and shaky voices, and ended with a stunning condemnation by a senior police officer. The trial of Mr. Chauvin, charged in the death of George Floyd, will resume on Monday.
Black Lives Matter flags outside the Hennepin County Government Center.Credit.Aaron Nesheim for The New York Times
April 3, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
The first week of the murder trial of Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis was marked by emotional accounts from bystanders who watched Mr. Chauvin pin George Floyd to the ground for more than nine minutes in May.
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