George Floyd

The judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in the death of George Floyd on Monday paused jury selection for at least a day while an appeal proceeds over the possible reinstatement of a third-degree murder charge.

Court proceedings have begun in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of George Floyd. Attorney Michael Starr Hopkins joined LX News to explain the importance of the first phase of the trial — jury selection.

Anger, frustration and calls for justice echoed through downtown Minneapolis on the eve of the murder trial of former police officer Derrick Chauvin, who stands accused of killing George Floyd. The final minutes of Floyd’s life, caught on camera by witnesses, triggered a massive outcry against police brutality and sparked a nationwide call for reform and racial justice.

Legal experts say the murder case against the Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck is no slam dunk, despite powerful bystander video from the scene

Dozens of people gathered in front of the Minnesota governor’s mansion to demand accountability for police officers, days before a former Minneapolis officer is set to go on trial in the death of George Floyd

Minneapolis leaders say they’ll reopen a barricaded intersection known as George Floyd Square after the murder trial of the officer accused of killing him.

An appeals court ruled Friday that a lower court must reconsider reinstating a third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused in the killing of George Floyd. His trial begins Monday. The trial judge, Peter Cahill, of the Fourth Judicial District Court, which serves Hennepin County, dismissed a third-degree murder count in October for lack of probable...

Minneapolis and Hennepin County officials will spend at least $1 million to put up fences and other barricades ahead of the trial for the former officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd

The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is groundbreaking legislation. But even if the U.S. Senate finds the Republican votes needed to pass it, its impact on local law enforcement will be limited. Kadeem Cooper of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights joined LX News to explain why local action is also crucial.

As the trial approaches for a Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in George Floyd’s death, prosecutors are putting the time Derek Chauvin’s knee was on Floyd’s neck at about nine minutes.

The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act passed the U.S. House on Wednesday, and now moves to the Senate, where it faces a tougher road to becoming law. Howard Henderson, a professor at Texas Southern University, joined LX News to make a case for why a national standard for policing is needed.

House Democrats have rushed to pass the most ambitious effort in decades to overhaul policing.

Chauvin, who is charged with second-degree murder in Floyd’s death, was named in more than a dozen complaints that resulted in no disciplinary action and one that led to a “letter of reprimand.” Several people, including LaSean Braddock, Zoya Code and Julian Hernandez, recalled violent encounters with Chauvin in interviews with NBC News and The Marshall Project.

A bill named after George Floyd has been reintroduced by House Democrats that would impose police reforms on the federal level to create more accountability and transparency. Democratic strategist Michael Starr Hopkins joined LX News to discuss how the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act would help Black Americans feel safer in the hands of police, and what work still...

Barbed wire and concrete barriers surround the courthouse where the white former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd is due to soon go on trial.

It’s billed as a haunting piece of theater. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. To see the play, click here..

It’s been almost a century since historian and scholar Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week, which almost a half-century later was expanded to Black History Month. And like clockwork, every February, the same question comes up: Is Black History Month still relevant?

The family of a Navy veteran who was going through an episode of paranoia says he died after a Northern California police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes.

A group of Black women decided that after the death of George Floyd, they were not going to be angry and protest, but they would instead celebrate black joy. Vikki Vargas reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Feb. 18, 2021.

LAPD said it’s trying to determine where it came from and who shared or liked the image. Eric Leonard reports Feb. 16, 2021.