Derek Chauvin's Sentencing Date Set For June 16
The sentencing date for Derek Chauvin has been set for June 16, following the former Minneapolis police officer's conviction on three counts in the murder of George Floyd.
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The sentencing date for Derek Chauvin has been set for June 16, following the former Minneapolis police officer's conviction on three counts in the murder of George Floyd.
Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death, copies of the original Minneapolis police statement began recirculating on social media.
Minneapolis police say a man is dead after a shooting in south Minneapolis Thursday night.
George Floyd's family plans to attend Wright's funeral services Thursday. His funeral is at noon at Shiloh Temple in North Minneapolis, led by Rev. Al Sharpton.
Two days after the Derek Chauvin verdict, one of the alternate jurors is speaking out.
Authorities in northern Minnesota say a man was hospitalized after a stabbing late Wednesday night.
Not long after a jury convicted former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin of killing George Floyd, police chiefs across the U.S. started speaking up. And it wasn't to defend the police.
The investigation will examine practices used by police and whether the department engages in discriminatory practices and will examine the department's handling of misconduct allegations.
Now that Derek Chauvin is convicted under sentencing guidelines he faces 12.5 years in prison, but the prosecution has asked the judge to consider aggravating factors that would allow him to impose up to 40 years.
Daunte Wright's girlfriend, Alayna Albrecht-Payton, who was in the car earlier this month when a Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot her boyfriend, suffered a fractured jaw during the police encounter, her family says.
A Wisconsin man was charged Wednesday with killing three people and wounding three others in a weekend shooting at a crowded bar.
A Mankato man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the overdose death of another man.
A St. Cloud woman is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly stabbing a man during an altercation in an alleyway behind her home Monday.
Authorities have identified the carjacking suspect killed by police Sunday after shooting at pursuing officers on Interstate 35W.
Judge Peter Cahill will decide if an upward sentencing departure applies to this case. Based on minimum sentencing guidelines, Chauvin will get at least 12 and a half years in prison.
