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Taliban soldiers riding in Afghan army vehicles visited apartments in Kabul on Tuesday, looking for former Afghan government staff and other Afghans who worked with international organizations, according to an eyewitness who spoke with CBC News.
He noted that the opinions about the cause of death heard from the prosecution's experts countered that of Dr. Andrew Baker, the county medical examiner, who performed the autopsy on Floyd and who was also a witness for the state. Although Baker did rule Floyd's death a homicide, he said Floyd's heart gave out because of the way police held him down. He listed Floyd's drug use and underlying health problems as contributing factors. As for the use of force, Nelson argued that the case has to be analyzed from a wider perspective than the nine minutes and 29 seconds focused on by the prosecu...
CBC News14 hours ago 3:35 14 hours ago 3:35 CBC's Susan Ormiston takes a look back at 14 days of testimony at the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with killing George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who died after Chauvin pinned him to the ground by kneeling on his back and neck for about nine minutes while two other officers held him down. Recommended for you
The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million US to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd's family over the Black man's death in police custody, even as jury selection continued in a former officer's murder trial.
Posted: Mar 08, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 9 A mural of George Floyd stands in Minneapolis near the site of where he was killed by police in May 2020. Jury selection for the trial of Derek Chauvin is expected to begin this week.(Sylvia Thomson/CBC) Bishop Richard Howell Jr. thundered from his North Minneapolis pulpit Sunday that the city "is under great stress right now" as the George Floyd murder trial tests how much, if anything, will change in the U.S. almost 10 months after the killing sparked global outrage. Jury selection for the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Der...