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The judge in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis policeman charged with George Floyd's deadly arrest last May, denied a defense request on Monday to sequester the jurors after police in a neighboring city fatally shot a Black man.
The Derek Chauvin trial continues today in Minneapolis.
Court TV/Pool via AP Originally published on April 12, 2021 4:37 pm Updated April 12, 2021 at 4:12 PM ET Philonise Floyd, George Floyd's younger brother, took the witness stand on Monday to testify in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Philonise Floyd, 39, lives in Houston, where he is married with two children. Testifying for the prosecution, he reflected on a childhood in Houston with his oldest brother George as the two played Tecmo Bowl and Double Dribble on Nintendo. MPR News via / YouTube George "was a leader in our household," his brother said, helpin...
George Floyd grew up obsessed with basketball and stood out even among his siblings for the way he adored his mother, his younger brother Philonise Floyd testified on Monday in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Prosecution witness Dr. Jonathan Rich testified in Derek Chauvin's murder trial that Floyd died as a result of asphyxia caused by police restraint.