The Latest Breaking News from Derek Chauvin

The former Minneapolis officer's 57-month sentence is based largely on the premise that he was "in the best position" to save Floyd.

Tou Thao facilitated Floyd’s death because he ‘stood by and allowed it to happen’, lawyers said

Tou Thao sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for holding crowds back as other officers restrained George Floyd

“I did not commit these crimes,” Tou Thao said in lengthy, sometimes rambling remarks at his sentencing hearing Monday.

The last former Minneapolis police officer to face sentencing in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd is expected to learn Monday whether he’ll spend any additional time in prison

Derek Chauvin was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison in the 2020 killing of George Floyd. Minnesota’s highest court denied his request to review his case.

Minnesota’s highest court rejected his appeal after the officer was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison

Minneapolis must make policing changes under a newly approved settlement reached in the wake of George Floyd's killing

MINNEAPOLIS — On Friday morning, John Pope answered his phone while boarding a flight to Atlanta. The U.S. Department of Justice had just released the results of a scathing federal investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department, including 28 recommendations for institutional change.

The Justice Department has issued a scathing assessment of Minneapolis police, alleging that racial discrimination and excessive force went unchecked before George Floyd’s killing because of inadequate oversight and an unwieldy process for investigating complaints

These patterns represent a litany of violations of the public’s constitutional rights, the report finds