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An officer with the Minneapolis Police Department was struck in the head with a heavy trash can lid and knocked to the ground during a chaotic night of looting and unrest in the city on Wednesday night.
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Two officers with the Minneapolis Police Department were seriously injured—and hospitalized—Wednesday night as protesters became violent, and began damaging property and looting local stores.
Read More →"[Dr. Andrew Baker] said that if Mr. Floyd had been found dead in his home (or anywhere else) and there were no other contributing factors he would conclude that it was an overdose death,” the June 1 memo said.
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A City Council committee on Thursday approved spending $3.6 million to sublease the building for three years and $1.2 million to renovate it. The building is about a half-mile (0.8 kilometers) from the 3rd Precinct headquarters that was burned by rioters on May 28 after officers were ordered to evacuate.
Read More →In Monday’s filing, Gray doubled down on the idea that Floyd swallowed drugs while the officers were attempting to take him into custody, pointing to the disappearance of a white spot on Floyd’s tongue in the body camera video.
Read More →A recent poll conducted by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, MPR News, and KARE-TV revealed that more than two thirds of the Minneapolis registered voters disapprove of the police department.
Read More →State prosecutors have rejected an argument by a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death that he was "just a rookie overridden by a senior officer at the scene."
Read More →The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission on Thursday demoted the city's police chief to the rank of captain.
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A man in Minneapolis has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming he was shoved to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer during an incident near the site where George Floyd died in police custody in May.
Read More →The attorney said he will argue that the charges against Thao are not supported by probable cause. Prosecutors must prove that Thao knew former officer Derek Chauvin and others were going to commit a crime and “intended his presence or actions to further the commission of that crime,” the motion says.
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