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On April 20, 2021, the jury found Chauvin guilty of all charges, including second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. [ 160 ] [ 161 ] He was the first white Minnesota police officer to be convicted of murdering a black person.
Murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020; Killing of Dolal Idd in Minneapolis on December 30, 2020; Killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center on April 11, 2021; Killing of Winston Boogie Smith in Minneapolis on June 3, 2021; Killing of Leneal Frazier in Minneapolis on July 6, 2021; Killing of Amir Locke in Minneapolis on February ...
Rankin was found guilty of manslaughter, but not guilty of murder. [80] 4 April 2015: Michael Slager 2 May 2017 (pleaded guilty) North Charleston Police Department (South Carolina) Slager fatally shot 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back as he fled after being stopped for an inoperative brake light. Slager then dropped his Taser by Scott's ...
A fired police officer involved in the death of George Floyd pleaded guilty to a state charge in Minnesota on Monday. J. Alexander Kueng, who knelt on Floyd’s back during the fatal 2020 ...
A former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. As part of the plea deal, a count ...
State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin was an American criminal case in the District Court of Minnesota in 2021. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was tried and convicted for the murder of George Floyd, which occurred during an arrest on May 25, 2020, and led to global protests over racial injustice and police brutality.
Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright in April 2021, was released from prison on Monday after serving just over a year behind bars.
On April 30, 2019, following a jury trial, Noor was convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. [55] [56] Under Minnesota law, third-degree murder is defined as "a person causing the death of another by perpetrating an act eminently dangerous to others and without regard for human life, but without intent to cause the death ...