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Prosecution: Floyd told officers "thank you" when they initially pulled him out of the car Prosecutor Steve Schleicher delivers the state's closing arguments on April 19. Pool Prosecuting attorney Steve Schleicher played footage from Derek Chauvin's body camera and told the jury that as officers pulled George Floyd out of the car and put him on the ground, he said "thank you." Schleicher told the jury that once Floyd was on the ground he did not resist. "A reasonable officer in the defendants position at that time should have recognized and understood, he wasn't trying to escape. He wasn...

Several Minnesota municipalities under curfews tonight From CNN’s Keith Allen Protestors gather in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on Tuesday, April 13. A 10 p.m. CT curfew has been called for St. Paul, Minnesota, tonight, according to a statement on their official website. Like the previous curfew notice from Minneapolis, there are certain exemptions including members of the press, first responders, law enforcement, community patrol organizations and those traveling to or from work. The order in St. Paul expires at 6 a.m. CT on Wednesday, the city said. Operation Safety Net also announced ...

Kim Potter, a Brooklyn Center officer for 26 years, was put on administrative leave after she shot Wright on Sunday afternoon, April 11. Pressure has been growing for officials to terminate Potter.

A white police officer who fatally shot a black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned on Tuesday (Apr 13), as did the city's ...

Note: This article has been corrected. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — A white police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city's police chief — moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest. But police and protesters faced off once again after nightfall Tuesday, with hundreds of protesters gathering again at Brooklyn Center’s heavily guarded police headquarters, now ringed by concrete barriers and a tall metal fence, and where polic...