The City of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $600,000 to Patty Day, a former Public Works Department employee, who alleged that ex-police officer Derek Chauvin once knelt on her back during an arrest. The settlement was approved by the city council following Day’s claims that Chauvin used excessive force against her.
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed in federal prison by another inmate on Friday.
The Supreme Court denied former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s appeal of a ruling sentencing him to more than 20 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin asked a Minnesota appeals court on Wednesday to throw out his conviction over the death of George Floyd.
The white father and son convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting after they chased the 25-year-old Black man through a Georgia neighborhood were sentenced Monday to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.
Actor Matthew McConaughey visited Washington, D.C., this week to push for what he termed “reasonable, practical, tactical regulations” on gun rights, such as background checks, red-flag laws, and higher age limits.
