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Court TV via AP On Thursday, the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged with murdering George Floyd, adjourned for the week. Jurors will hear closing arguments and begin deliberating on Monday. For more than two weeks, the prosecution, a team of four lawyers, presented 38 witnesses to show that Floyd died as a result of Chauvin’s knee. They put on the stand bystanders who cried recalling the moment they saw Floyd die under Chauvin’s restraint. They brought in 10 local officers, including the Minneapolis police chief, who said the use of force was unreasonable an...

Philonise Floyd, center, the brother of George Floyd, passes through security upon arrival at the Hennepin County Government Center earlier this month.Credit...Jim Mone/Associated Press With a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin set to come as early as next week, the city of Minneapolis is already preparing for protests and civil unrest. The plan, which includes nine state and local agencies, called Operation Safety Net, is one of the biggest in the state’s history, likely only trailing the response to the 2007 collapse of the Interstate 35 bridge and the protests after George Floyd died ...

Key Moments on Day 14 of the Derek Chauvin Trial Shaila Dewan, Tim Arango, Marie Fazio and Lucy Tompkins © Stephen Maturen/Getty Images The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is being held at Hennepin County Government Center. The prosecution and the defense rested their cases in the trial of Derek Chauvin on Thursday, bringing an end to testimony, which in recent days has focused on attempts by Mr. Chauvin’s lawyers to convince jurors that George Floyd was not killed by Mr. Chauvin’s actions. “The evidence is now complete for this case,” Judg...

“This evidence is being admitted solely for the limited purpose of showing what effects the ingestion of opioids may or may not have had on the physical well-being of George Floyd,” Judge Cahill told the jury on Tuesday before the video was shown. “This evidence is not to be used as evidence of the character of George Floyd.” The video showed Mr. Floyd being slow to respond to commands from the police, and the officer who wore the body camera reaching to put Mr. Floyd’s hand on the dashboard. “It escalated real quick,” said the officer, Scott Creighton, who is now retired and wh...

-0:00 Fowler Says He Would Classify Floyd’s Death as ‘Undetermined’ Dr. David Fowler, former Maryland chief medical examiner, testified on Wednesday that he would classify George Floyd’s death as “undetermined,” with a primary cause of cardiac arrhythmia during police restraint. So in my opinion, Mr. Floyd had a sudden cardiac arrhythmia, or cardiac arrhythmia, due to his atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease, or you can write that down multiple different ways. During his restraint and subdual by the police or restrained by the police, and then his significant contributor...