Minneapolis settles lawsuits over Chauvin
Minneapolis agreed to pay nearly $9 million to settle two lawsuits alleging violent behavior from the former officer who went on to kill George Floyd. Lilia Luciano reports.
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Minneapolis agreed to pay nearly $9 million to settle two lawsuits alleging violent behavior from the former officer who went on to kill George Floyd. Lilia Luciano reports.
Both lawsuits stemmed from 2017 — three years before Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd with a knee to the neck.
Activist Ja'Mal Green spoke to CBS News' chief justice and homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues about the guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin's trial for the murder of George Floyd. Green said that "this isn't something we see on a day-to-day basis." Watch his remarks and read more here.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison delivered a statement after fired Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd. "I would not call today's verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. But it is accountability, which is the first step towards justice." Watch his remarks and read more here.
CBS News chief justice and homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues spoke with people outside the Minneapolis courthouse where Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all charges in the death of George Floyd. Read more here.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo chipped away at the "blue wall of silence" when he testified in the murder trial of former officer Derek Chauvin. Lorenzo M. Boyd, Ph.D., chief diversity officer at the University of New Haven and a nationally recognized leader on police-community relations, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" with more on the impact of law enforcement testimony and why he thinks policing will change in the aftermath of Chauvin's guilty verdict.
Former police officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty to violating George Floyd's civil rights in December.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 21 years in a federal prison for violating George Floyd's civil rights. Chauvin had pleaded guilty to the charges in December, after being convicted of murder in state court. CBS Minnesota has the latest.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd's civil rights. Chauvin pleaded guilty last year to the federal charges after admitting he used excessive force as he knelt on Floyd's neck. Joe Tamburino, a criminal defense attorney at Caplan and Tamburino Law Firm, joins CBS News' Jamie Yuccas to discuss the sentencing.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 21 years in prison on federal civil rights charges in the murder of George Floyd.
The city of Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis agreed to pay $3.2 million to the family of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot during a traffic stop in April 2021.
Under the plea agreement, which Chauvin signed, both sides agreed Chauvin should face a sentence ranging from 20 to 25 years, with prosecutors saying they would seek 25.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison last year for the murder of George Floyd.
The investigation, announced after the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, examined whether the city and the police department were using racially discriminatory practices and policies.
Jury selection begins Thursday in the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers who were at the scene when Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd. They are facing federal charges of willfully depriving Floyd of his civil rights. Mola Lenghi reports.
Prosecutors have argued that the officers violated their training by not rolling Floyd onto his side or giving him CPR.
Jury selection has begun in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers facing civil rights charges in connection with George Floyd's death. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson joins CBSN to discuss the case.
Floyd, 46, died on May 25, 2020, after former Officer Derek Chauvin's pinned him to the ground with his knee on Floyd's neck for 9 1/2 minutes.