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Chauvin trial: Defense begins presenting its case, calling its first witnesses AP In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, discusses motions before the court as defendant, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, and Nelson's assistant Amy Voss, back, listen, Monday, April 12, 2021, as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over the trial of Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV, via AP, Pool) By: Scripps National and last updated 2021-04-13 1...

Channels Television   Updated April 13, 2021 PORTLAND, OR – APRIL 12: Protesters clash with police near a bus stop painted with the name of Daunte Wright on April 12, 2021, in Portland, Oregon.  Nathan Howard / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP   Fresh protests broke out Monday in Minneapolis despite a curfew implemented after a police officer fatally shot a young Black man, fueling tensions in a US city already on edge because of the George Floyd murder trial. Dozens of protesters waved signs and chanted slogans in front of the police station in Brooklyn Center, the su...

Prosecutors effectively wrapped up their case Monday with tender memories from George Floyd’s younger brother and testimony from a police use-of-force expert.

Earlier Monday, the judge refused a defense request to immediately sequester the jury, the morning after the killing of a Black man during a traffic stop triggered unrest in a suburb just outside Minneapolis.

The defense for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death is set to start presenting its case