When police kill people, they are rarely prosecuted and hard to convict Updated: 2 hours ago Published 2 hours ago
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Print article The footage plays inside the downtown Minneapolis courtroom where Derek Chauvin is on trial, charged with murder. It shows George Floyd, a Black man, gasping for air under the White police officer’s knee. That video is the centerpiece of the case against Chauvin, which prosecutors emphasized by urging jurors to “believe your eyes.” But prosecutors face a steep legal challenge in winning a conviction against a police officer. Despite nationwide protests, police are rarely charged when they kill someone on duty. And even when they are, convictions often are difficult.
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WSU Names 2021 Brady Distinguished Professors
April 2, 2021
OGDEN, Utah – Two Weber State University professors, acclaimed for contributions to their disciplines of economics and English, have been named Weber State University’s 2021 Brady Presidential Distinguished Professors.
Economics professor and former WSU provost Michael Vaughan, and English professor Mikel Vause will be honored at this year’s virtual convocations event, April 29 at 7 p.m. The event will be streamed live at weber.edu/commencement.
The honor was established in 2006 to recognize WSU faculty members who have demonstrated the highest quality teaching, scholarship, research and community service. A generous gift from Rodney and Carolyn “Mitzi” Brady made recognition funding possible. The late Rodney Brady served as WSU president from 1978 to 1985.
Derek Chauvin s superior previously referred to George Floyd s death as murder
5 April 2021 • 4:49pm
Derek Chauvin received extensive training and would have been well-versed in police de-escalation techniques, the Minneapolis Police Chief told a courtroom on Monday in rare testimony against a former officer.
Medaria Arradondo told Mr Chauvin s murder trial that officers in his department receive extensive annual training, including in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and crisis intervention tactics, regardless of how long they have been in the job. Training is absolutely vital and essential to us as a department, he told the court.
The prosecution s decision to call the city s police chief to testify against one of his own former officers is highly unusual.
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