The brothers of Phi Beta Sigma have released a statement on the Derek Chauvin trail verdict for the murder of George Floyd. The statement, which was released shortly after the verdict was announced was posted to the fraternity’s official social media channels. Read the full statement below: Share this on Facebook and Twitter. Source link […]
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who is on trial for the death of George Floyd, invoked the Fifth amendment on Thursday and will not testify. Whether or not the 45-year-old would take the stand has been a major point of speculation before and during the trial. “I will invoke my Fifth Amendment privilege […]
Courteney Ross, George Floyd‘s girlfriend, took the stand on Thursday in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial and spoke at length about their relationship as well as their struggles to overcome opioid addiction. Ross spoke at length about how the two managed their opioid addiction that resulted from physical injuries, like many others across the country. The […]
The teenage store clerk who was working at the store where George Floyd allegedly tried to cash in a fake $20 bill moments before he was killed, testified on Wednesday during the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Christopher Martin, the 19-year-old who worked at the Cut Foods where Floyd visited prior to […]
Charles McMillian, a witness to the killing of George Floyd, cried heavily on Wednesday during the trial of Derek Chauvin. The court was forced to go into recess after McMillian broke down as the video showed Floyd struggling to breathe and calling out for his mother while Chauvin and the other officers violently held him down, […]
The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd when he pressed his knee into his neck last summer, began Monday with the proceedings being broadcast live in an unprecedented first for the state of Minnesota. Chauvin has entered a plea of not guilty to second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter […]
Former University Of Kansas student Albert Wilson will get a new trial after Judge Sally Pokorny agreed that his court-appointed trial attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel, according to Fox4 KC. In 2019, Wilson was convicted of raping a 17-year-old girl that he met at a bar in Lawrence, Kansas, when he was 20. He was sentenced to […]
(BPRW) Court TV’s Coverage Of The Death Of George Floyd Murder Trial Begins (Black PR Wire) MINNEAPOLIS – Court TV, the only multi-platform network devoted to live, gavel-to-gavel coverage, in-depth legal reporting, and expert analysis of the nation’s most important and compelling trials, has begun its extensive coverage of the murder trial around the death […]
The trial of Derek Chauvin, which was scheduled for Monday, has been postponed to Tuesday while questions arise about the appropriate charges that should be set forth. On Friday, an appeals court requested that Judge Peter Cahill reconsider his original decision to dismiss a third-degree murder charge against the former officer accused of killing George […]
Nonprofit George Floyd Global Memorial (GFGM) and local organizers will be gathering on Monday for an interfaith Day of Global Prayer for Justice for George Floyd and Black Liberation. The day is intended to reignite the conversation for social justice while reflecting on the officer-involved killing of George Floyd. The day also marks the beginning of […]