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Apr 21, 2021 05:41 AM EDT
(Photo : Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images) House Minority Whip Steve Scalise And House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney Hold News Conference
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 20: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaks during a press conference following a House Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on April 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. The House Republican members spoke about the Biden administration s immigration policies and the coronavirus pandemic.
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) called out Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for not censuring Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) for gaslighting the trial of Derek Chauvin. Saying the Democrat s rhetoric is uncalled for.
Why did Liz Cheney say Maxine Waters words were inflammatory?
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The criminal-justice system alone cannot remedy a distinctly American pattern.
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Aviation deaths once looked like an intractable problem. Then the federal government began probing every plane crash with an eye toward preventing future loss of life. Our skies got much safer as a result. A similar approach could reduce police killings. A federal agency should investigate every single killing and significant injury caused by American police officers, who have long killed people at higher rates than cops in many other wealthy democracies.
Police killings and protests against them have loomed large in United States politics for at least the past seven years. Right now the nation is focused most closely on the trial of Derek Chauvin, who infamously knelt on George Floyd’s neck, even as new protests erupt in Minneapolis over the killing of Daunte Wright, who was shot to death by a police officer who says she intended to discharge her taser.
Testimony ends in Chauvin trial without ex-officer taking stand; closing arguments Monday
By: Scripps National
and last updated 2021-04-15 09:25:40-04
The murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will continue Thursday as the defense continues witness testimony.
Thursdayâs proceedings come a day after Judge Peter Cahill denied a motion to acquit Chauvin and after a lengthy testimony from a medical expert who testified that George Floydâs death was caused by a sudden cardiac arrythmia.
Lawyers for both the prosecution and defense spent most of Wednesday questioning David Fowler, the former chief medical examiner for the Maryland Department of Health.
Testimony ends in Chauvin trial without ex-officer taking stand; closing arguments Monday
and last updated 2021-04-15 12:52:12-04
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. â Both the prosecution and defense rested their cases Thursday after wrapping up their witness testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd.
Next, both sides will deliver their closing arguments on Monday. After that, the jury will be sequestered as they deliberate whether to find Chauvin guilty in Floydâs death.
Though it was speculated that Chauvin was possibly going to take the stand, he did not. Instead, he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination Thursday morning.