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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hennepin County prosecutors on Monday filed charges in the shooting...

ABC Columbia The decision was made Friday by the Minneapolis City Council voted on the settlement unanimously Mar 12, 2021 10:30 PM EST Image: Craig Lassig/EPA via Shutterstock (ABC NEWS) —A $27 million settlement to the family of George Floyd has been unanimously approved by Minneapolis’ City Council. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died after being arrested on May 25, 2020. Video showed white police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the back of Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes while Floyd repeatedly cried out, “I can’t breathe.” Attorney Ben Crump said in a statement F...

As day four of the Derek Chauvin trial was underway in Minneapolis, the sights around George Floyd Square were peaceful.

George Floyd Square — home of a makeshift memorial to the man — has reportedly recently transformed. NewsNation relays the area originally meant to remember the Minnesota resident who passed away while in police custody has now become a Seattle-style autonomous zone. The acreage is currently blocked off, and NewsNation notes city leaders plan to remove the concrete barricade once former Officer Derek Chauvin’s trial has ended. But self-appointed rulers have claimed the territory and issued 24 demands. Until those or met, the idea goes, they won’t be stepping aside. From the outlet: T...

Pictured: Youth mentor, 30, shot and killed in George Floyd square as his aunt slams activists in the autonomous zone who wouldn't let Minneapolis cops in to treat him and dumped him outside of it The George Floyd Square has seen renewed protests this week as Derek Chauvin's trial started - the officer accused of murdering Floyd last year  Imez Wright, 30, was gunned down on Saturday inside the 'autonomous zone'  Woman identifying herself as his aunt says police were barred from entering  'It is an atrocity because his life was taken, and I mean who knows whether or not he would have survi...