Posts Tagged ‘chauvin’

Murder Of Daunte Wright Ruined Derek Chauvin Show Trial

The Black-murder-by-cop next door to Minneapolis shows the world the dehumanization that is built into the white supremacist DNA of settler-colonialism will continue to produce crimes against our collective humanity. “The murder of George Floyd was no more an aberration in U.S. society than the election of Donald Trump in 2016 was.” The fix was […]

Judge in Chauvin Trial Won’t Allow Admission of Statements From Passenger in George Floyd’s Car

The man who was in a car with George Floyd on the day that Floyd died described in detail last year Floyd’s demeanor and taking of drugs, but those statements will not be allowed to be shown to the jury in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Morries Hall will appear in […]

Protests intensify against Wright shooting, Chauvin trial – watch

Protesters gathered on Monday night to decry the police shooting of Daunte Wright earlier in the day. Less than 10 miles away was the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer currently on trial for George Floyd’s death. The name of the police officer who shot Wright has been revealed as Kim Potter, a 26-year […]

Derek Chauvin trial: 3 questions America needs to ask about seeking racial justice in a court of law

Image Credit: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images There is a difference between enforcing the law and being the law. The world is now witnessing another in a long history of struggles for racial justice in which this distinction may be ignored. Derek Chauvin, a 45-year-old white former Minneapolis police officer, is on trial for third-degree murder and […]

Derek Chauvin trial: George Floyd’s coroner says police restraint ‘more than he could take’

George Floyd died ‘because he had no oxygen in his body’, medical expert says Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr Andrew Baker is expected to testify today in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Dr Baker is the only person who performed an autopsy on George Floyd, following his death in May 2020 […]

Derek Chauvin And The Myth Of The Impartial Juror

As a space for democratic deliberation and decision-making, the jury box still has the potential to shift the criminal legal system – but first  we must change who is able to serve on a jury. “The legitimacy of the criminal legal system is in tatters, and rightfully so.” Did you, or someone close to you, participate […]

BLM Activist Warns Buildings Will Burn If Chauvin Isn’t Convicted Of George Floyd’s Murder

If former cop Derek Chauvin is acquitted of George Floyd’s killing “all hell is going to break loose” according to a warning by a prominent Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist. Amid a wave of condemnation and without explanation, model and activist Maya Echols deleted her post. You can unsubscribe any time. By subscribing you agree […]

Derek Chauvin ‘betrayed his badge’, prosecutors argue as George Floyd murder trial begins

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin “betrayed his badge” when he knelt on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes during his arrest last May, a jury heard on Monday on the opening day of the closely watched murder trial. In his opening statement, prosecutor Jerry W Blackwell said: “Derek Chauvin betrayed his badge […]

George Floyd news: Witness says Derek Chauvin used ‘blood choke’ as Floyd ‘pleaded for his life’

Derek Chauvin trial witness says he heard George Floyd ‘pleading for his life’.mp4 The first day of Derek Chauvin’s trial over the death of George Floyd has come to an end, with the former Minneapolis police officer’s defence saying that the use of force is “not attractive” but is a necessary part of policing. After […]

Trial of Derek Chauvin, former officer in George Floyd’s death, gets underway

A former Minneapolis police officer went on trial Monday in the death of George Floyd, which sparked outrage across the U.S. and beyond. Floyd, 46, died in May 2020 after Derek Chauvin held him to the ground with a knee to the neck for nearly nine minutes despite the Black man crying out that he […]

‘The Nation’ on Derek Chauvin Jury: System Set up by Whites to ‘Go Free’ for Killing Black People

The Nation published an article Thursday blasting the “deeply flawed” jury selection process for the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd, asserting the jury system “set up by white people” allows “white people [to] go free when they kill black people.” The piece, penned by Nation justice correspondent […]

Hundreds Protest On The Eve Of Derek Chauvin’s Trial

Hundreds Protest On The Eve Of Derek Chauvin’s Trial By Adolfo Flores, Buzzfeed. March 9, 2021 Above photo: Protesters march in Minneapolis on March 7. Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters. Jury selection for Derek Chauvin, who is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter, is expected to start Monday. A day before jury selection in the murder trial of […]

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