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George Floyd's legacy: Three years after his death, what has changed in the US?

Exactly three years ago, George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American, was killed by a White police officer, Derek Chauvin. Floyd's death triggered widespread protests across the United States and around the world, with calls to end police violence and systemic racism. Chauvin was eventually sentenced to more than 22 years…

France 24

Three years on - how George Floyd's murder changed the face of America and the world

George Floyd was killed after he was restrained by officers, with one keeping their knee on his neck for almost 10 minutes as Mr Floyd repeatedly told them he "can't breathe" and that they were "going to kill" him

Daily Mirror

George Floyd death anniversary: Reckoning with police violence in limbo

The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police was three years ago today, and the fervent protests that erupted around the world in response, seemed like the catalyst needed for a nationwide reckoning on racism in policing

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In new book, Keith Ellison goes behind the scenes of Derek Chauvin prosecution

MINNEAPOLIS — In a new book "Break the Wheel," released Tuesday, Attorney General Keith Ellison pulls back the curtain on the massive effort behind the pandemic-era prosecution of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.

Tribune News Service

Top prosecutor in trial of officer who killed George Floyd writes book recounting case

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison reveals in a new book how worried prosecutors were that a judge would move the trial of former officer Derek Chauvin out of the city where he killed George Floyd

The Independent UK

The AG who prosecuted George Floyd's killers has ideas for how to end police violence

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison kept notes as lead prosecutor in the state's case against Derek Chauvin. He's sharing them in a new book, Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence.

WEKU

Keith Ellison to publish George Floyd trial diary Tuesday, with intro by Floyd's brother

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison kept a diary in 2021 as he directed the prosecution of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. Tuesday, the world will be able to read those diaries.

Tribune News Service

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Man who watched Derek Chauvin kill George Floyd sues Minneapolis for emotional distress

Donald Williams filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court

The Independent UK

US policeman who held back crowd convicted in George Floyd murder

Minneapolis (AFP) - The last of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd has been found guilty of manslaughter.

AFP

Former Minneapolis officer Tou Thao guilty of aiding and abetting manslaughter in George Floyd’s murder

Attorney General Keith Ellison calls conviction ‘one more measure of accountability’ three years after Floyd’s death

The Independent UK

Judge finds former Minneapolis police officer guilty for role in George Floyd's death

Thao, who has maintained his innocence, waived his right to a jury trial in favor of a bench trial.

Axios

Ex-officer Thao convicted of aiding George Floyd’s killing

A judge has found a former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd guilty of aiding and abetting manslaughter

The Independent UK

Former cop who held back crowds during George Floyd's killing is convicted

Tou Thao held back bystanders while his colleague killed George Floyd in an incident that sparked protests worldwide. Thaohas been convicted of aiding and abetting manslaughter

Daily Mirror

Former US police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright released

Kim Potter, Minnesota officer who mistook gun for Taser and killed Wright in 2021, is freed after 16 months in prison.

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The Independent UK

Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright freed

Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who mistook her gun for a Taser and killed Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from prison early Monday

WEKU

The former Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright will be freed Monday

Kim Potter, who was convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser in the 2021 incident, is set to be released from prison after serving 16 months. Daunte Wright was 20 years old.

The Independent UK

Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright to be freed

A white ex-police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser and fatally shooting a Black motorist in suburban Minneapolis in 2021 is set to be released from prison on Monday

Tribune News Service

Former Minnesota officer Kim Potter to leave prison, 2 years after fatally shooting Daunte Wright

MINNEAPOLIS — Former police officer Kim Potter gets out of prison Monday, two years after fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in a Brooklyn Center neighborhood.

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Minnesota Court of Appeals rejects Derek Chauvin's request for new trial in George Floyd killing

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday rejected former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's appeal for a new trial outside Hennepin County.

Evening Standard

Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction upheld in George Floyd killing

Mr Floyd, 46, died in 2020 after Chauvin pinned him to the ground with a knee on his neck

The Independent UK

Derek Chauvin loses appeal on George Floyd murder conviction

Minnesota’s Court of Appeals has upheld Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's second-degree murder conviction for the May 2020 killing of George Floyd

Daily Mirror

George Floyd killer cop Derek Chauvin's appeal against 22.5 year murder conviction FAILS

Derek Chauvin's lawyers tried to argue that because of the massive pretrial publicity the murder case should have been tried elsewhere - a state attorney said the arguments 'do not come close to justifying reversal'

Axios

Minnesota appeals court upholds Derek Chauvin's conviction for the murder of George Floyd

Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in April 2022 for Floyd's murder.

The Independent UK

Chauvin murder conviction upheld in George Floyd killing

Minnesota’s Court of Appeals has upheld Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's second-degree murder conviction for the May 2020 killing of George Floyd

The Guardian - US

Mayor says George Floyd would be alive if Derek Chauvin had been fired in 2017

Jacob Frey makes remark during announcement that Minneapolis reached $8.9m settlement in two excessive force lawsuits

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