Tag: Derek Chauvin

• Wednesday, April 21st 2021 - 20:31 UTC

  Former white policeman guilty of murdering black man in racial case which sparked unrest in US - President Biden “relieved”

  

  Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts Tuesday by a jury of his peers for the killing of George Floyd in an incident that sparked racial violence all across the United States in 2020 leading up to the presidential elections. Chauvin is white; Foyd was black.

• Thursday, June 4th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  Ex Minnesota police officers involved in Floyd' homicide charged with more serious crimes

  

  Prosecutors on Wednesday leveled new criminal charges against four Minneapolis police officers implicated in the death of an unarmed black man who was pinned by his neck to the street during an arrest caught on video, sparking nine days of nationwide protest and civil turmoil.