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Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, right, enters the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility on June 29, 2020, with his attorney Earl Gray.

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Former Minneapolis officer pleads guilty in George Floyd case

By entering the plea on Wednesday, now-former officer Thomas Lane avoided an upcoming trial on the more serious charge of aiding and abetting second-degree murder.

Minnesota

Report: Judge accepts Derek Chauvin plea deal in civil rights case

Chauvin pleaded guilty Dec. 15 to violating Floyd's civil rights. He will serve his federal sentence concurrently with his prison time from his state conviction in Floyd’s murder.

May 05, 2022 09:49 AM

Minnesota

Former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin appeals murder conviction in death of George Floyd

In the appeal filed in Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday, his lawyers raised 14 separate issues, including Judge Peter Cahill's decision to deny Chauvin's request to move the trial out of Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis, because of the intense pretrial publicity.

April 28, 2022 02:17 PM

Minnesota

Ex-officer says he feared angering Derek Chauvin would lead to firing

J. Alexander Kueng said he tried to act as a conduit between Chauvin and then-officer Thomas Lane, who asked repeatedly whether George Floyd should be turned on his side. Kueng, though, admitted he never asked Chauvin to turn Floyd over himself but echoed Chauvin’s response to “just leave him.”

February 17, 2022 05:17 PM

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Former police officers Thomas Lane, Alex Kueng and Tou Thao attend a hearing in St. Paul

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Derek Chauvin's ex-colleagues face trial over deadly Minneapolis arrest

The three are charged with violating Floyd's civil rights during the arrest of the handcuffed Black man on a road outside a Minneapolis grocery store in May 2020, video of which sparked street protests against racism and police brutality around the world.

January 24, 2022 07:14 AM

By Jonathan Allen / Reuters

National

Derek Chauvin expected to change plea to guilty in George Floyd civil rights case

The U.S. District Court in Saint Paul announced the change-of-plea hearing on Monday, an indication Chauvin, 45, would change his plea to guilty.

December 15, 2021 06:44 AM

By Reuters

Minnesota

Minnesota jurors must speak English — some worry that's a proxy for race in jury selection

After a potential juror in the Kimberly Potter trial was struck after she said she did not understand English well enough to follow the case, some observers wondered why the court didn’t offer interpreters for jurors. Worse, some wondered if language was being used as a proxy for race.

December 09, 2021 03:00 PM

By Tom Crann and Megan Burks / MPR News

Minnesota

Court order: Chauvin jurors' names to be released Nov. 1

A Hennepin County jury convicted Chauvin on April 20 of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for killing Floyd after kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest in May 2020. He was sentenced to 22½ years in prison.

October 25, 2021 04:53 PM

By Rochelle Olson, Chao Xiong / Star Tribune

Minnesota

Derek Chauvin appeals his conviction for the death of George Floyd

Chauvin's appeal to the Minnesota Court of Appeals came 90 days after his June 25 sentencing on the last day he could have done so, according to court documents. He was convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

September 24, 2021 10:18 AM

By Alex Chhith / Star Tribune

Minnesota

Minneapolis police to get bystander training following murder of George Floyd

The department is adopting a training program called Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement. It taps research and training in other fields, including surgery and aviation, to teach people how to step in when their colleague — even a senior colleague — is likely to cause harm.

September 22, 2021 01:00 PM

By Tom Crann and Megan Burks

FILE PHOTO: Former Minneapolis police officers pose for booking photographs in Minneapolis

Minnesota

4 Minneapolis ex-officers plead not guilty to federal civil rights charges in Floyd death

The charges, which run separate from the state's cases against the same officers, allege Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao used the "color of the law" to deprive George Floyd of his constitutional rights to be "free from the use of unreasonable force" when Chauvin pinned Floyd down with a knee on his neck for more than 9 minutes, and the other three did nothing to stop him.

September 14, 2021 01:00 PM

By Andy Mannix / Star Tribune

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Juror describes the moments when Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd

Journee Howard, 25, believes she was chosen as a juror because she made it clear she had a neutral mindset. Though no one is completely unbiased, neutral and down the middle, Howard said, she is open-minded and doesn't lean far one way or the other politically.

July 25, 2021 09:00 AM

By Nancy Vogt

Minnesota

Judge says he won’t change Chauvin sentencing memo in relation to four young witnesses

In Cahill’s decision Tuesday, July 13, he said that the state hadn’t proven that the girls had experienced trauma in their arguments for the aggravating factor, and that prosecutors also didn’t take the opportunity to request a separate hearing on the issue before sentencing.

July 14, 2021 10:22 AM

By Jon Collins / MPR News