Tag: Minneapolis

• Saturday, March 13th 2021 - 08:28 UTC

  Minneapolis City agrees to pay US$ 27 million to George Floyd family

  

  The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay US$27 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of George Floyd over his death in police custody, a case that stirred national protests over racial injustice and police brutality. Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died in May as Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes

• Monday, June 8th 2020 - 07:01 UTC

  George Floyd homicide: Minneapolis police to be dismantled and rebuilt

  

  The police department in the US city of Minneapolis will be dismantled and rebuilt, city councillors said late Sunday after the death in custody of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests about racism in law enforcement.

• 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.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 07:44 UTC

  Independent autopsy contradicts official document: George Floyd died from asphyxiation

  

  Two doctors who carried out an independent autopsy of George Floyd, the black man whose death in Minneapolis police custody last week triggered nationwide protests, said on Monday that he died from asphyxiation and that his death was a homicide.

• Saturday, May 30th 2020 - 08:28 UTC

  Minneapolis in flames following violent night protests, despite deployment of troops

  

  The Minneapolis police officer accused of killing an unarmed African American man was arrested and charged with murder on Friday as authorities sought to restore peace after three nights of violent protests left parts of the city in flames.

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 07:46 UTC

  Rioting in US Twin Cities following the death by police of a handcuffed black man

  

  Authorities in Minneapolis and its sister city St Paul got reinforcements from the National Guard on Thursday as they girded for fresh protests and violence over the shocking police killing of a handcuffed black man.