The head of the Minneapolis Police Department's homicide division has testified that kneeling on the neck of someone who is handcuffed and in the prone position is ``top-tier, deadly'' force and ``totally unnecessary.''
The judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in the death of George Floyd says he'll allow the jury to hear some evidence about a prior arrest in which Floyd was found with drugs.
A judge has granted prosecutors' request to add a third-degree murder charge against the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death.
The Minnesota Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a former Minneapolis police officer who is trying to block a third-degree murder charge from being reinstated in George Floyd's death.
Attorneys are questioning potential jurors for a Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death, probing their attitudes toward both police officers and Black Lives Matter.
The judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in the death of George Floyd has paused jury selection while an appeal proceeds over the possible reinstatement of a third-degree murder charge.
The Minnesota National Guard will be assisting public safety officers in the Twin Cities during the upcoming trials of former Minneapolis police officers Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao.
A Minnesota judge has approved a divorce settlement between the former Minneapolis police officer who placed his knee on George Floyd's neck and his wife.
A former Minneapolis police officer who held his knee to the neck of George Floyd for several minutes will be tried separately from three other former officers accused in his death.