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explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. In late May and early June last year, when hundreds of thousands nationwide amassed on the streets to vent their anger over the death of George Floyd and thunder for racial equality, more than 30 Times reporters bore witness. Covering cities from Seattle to Atlanta to New York to Minneapolis, where the protests began after Floyd was killed by police, they followed the marches, he...

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Jewish groups had pressed Biden to speak out “forcefully."

The attorney for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted last month of the murder of George Floyd, said Monday he was not the source who leaked information about a possible plea deal to the New York Times earlier this year.

Eric Nelson wrote in a March affidavit that while he received emails from a New York Times reporter, he didn't dish about the Chauvin case.

The decision to delay the trial for Derek Chauvin’s alleged accomplices was unopposed, but came at the end of a contentious hearing on other issues. From left: Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. (Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office via AP, File) MINNEAPOLIS (CN) — The state-court trial of three former Minneapolis police officers accused of aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd has been delayed until next year pending the resolution of federal civil rights c...

What Is Your Reaction to the Verdict in the Derek Chauvin Trial? Do you feel that justice has been served? Does the verdict mark a turning point in American history, or is there much work still to be done? A celebration at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a former police officer, was found guilty of murder on Tuesday.Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York Times April 20, 2021 Note to teachers: The trial of Derek Chauvin, and recounting of the murder of George Floyd, inc...

Shaila DewanReporting from Minneapolis Much of Eric Nelson’s defense case has rested on hypotheticals, like whether the prone position is dangerous if you’re sunbathing in Florida; whether George Floyd was feigning a need for medical attention to avoid arrest; and whether a reasonable police officer might have thought that Floyd had “excited delirium” — though multiple experts testified that he did not show the symptoms of excited delirium, itself a controversial medical diagnosis. A...

Daunte Wright Live Updates: Protest Outside Police Station Fades Last Updated April 13, 2021, 2:06 a.m. ETApril 13, 2021, 2:06 a.m. ET The police killing in a Minneapolis suburb adds to tensions around the trial of Derek Chauvin. Protesters there defied a 7 p.m. curfew. Police officers fired tear gas and made arrests. Video Protesters gathered outside the Police Department in Brooklyn Center, Minn., for a second night, in violation of the city’s curfew. Officers fired tear gas to disperse the...

Officer Kim Potter in 2007.Credit...Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune, via Getty Images Minnesota officials on Monday identified the police officer who shot Daunte Wright as Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, and said she had been placed on administrative leave. The state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in a brief statement that Officer Potter had been placed on “standard administrative leave.” The statement did not elaborate, citing an active investig...