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Minnesota Attorney General Who Won Chauvin Conviction âAppalledâ by 2013 Police Shooting
The prosecutors who won a conviction for the murder of George Floyd say they are focused anew on the case of a young Black man killed by Minneapolis police in 2013. Terrance Franklin was 22 when he was shot 10 timesâfive times in the headâby SWAT officers in a confrontation that Franklinâs family called anâŚ
LaTanya Gordon Lost Two Sons to Gun Violence in Three Months. A Year Later, Both Cases Remain Unsolvedâa Lack of Closure That Haunts Many Fatal Shootings
Historically when it comes to homicides in poor and disenfranchised Black communities, many cases are left unsolved
Uncle of Darnella Frazier Struck, Killed by Minneapolis Police in Pursuit of Robbery Suspect
The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) car crash that led to the death of Leneal Lamont Frazier, the uncle of Darnella Frazier, the Minneapolis teen who filmed George Floydâs murder last summer. Leneal Frazier, 40, was reportedly in his car at an intersection in north Minneapolis at around 12:30 amâŚ
Minneapolis Police Were Cleared in the 2013 Killing of Terrance Franklin. A Video Complicates the Storyâand Now the Case May Be Reopened
A long-overlooked video and its scratchy audio are key to demands that Terrance Franklin's shooting death by Minneapolis police in 2013 be re-examined
Blue Bailout: Covid-19 Cash Is Militarizing Cops Across the Country
How police departments are using pandemic funds to bulk up their high-tech arsenals
âStill So Much Work To Be Done.â Buoyed by Chauvin Trial Results, the Police Reform Movement Looks Ahead
A collective sighâwhether of release, relief, shock or discomfortâwas felt across the city of Minneapolis, and much of the U.S., on April 20, as Judge Peter Cahill read a juryâs verdict for all three charges filed against former Minneapolis police department (MPD) officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd: guilty of second-degree murder,âŚ
Bodycam Footage Shows Chicago Police Shooting 13-Year-Old Boy With His Hands Up
Officials had claimed Adam Toledo had a gun in his hand when he was killed, but the new footage suggests those claims were false
Reckoning With One Police Shooting and Another Police Trial, Minnesota Activists Are Weary, and Wary of Reform Goals
With jury deliberations in the Chauvin trial set to begin, attention is now shifting between the verdict and another contentious legal battle
Cop Who Shot Daunte Wright Charged With Manslaughter
Kim Potter appeared to mistake her handgun for her Taser before fatally shooting the 20-year-old
Amid Derek Chauvin Trial, Minnesota Grapples With Another Police Killing of an Unarmed Black Man
As the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged with the May 2020 murder of George Floyd, entered its eleventh day on Monday, another police killing of a Black man in Minnesota has grabbed the stateâsâand the nationâsâattention. Daunte Wright, 20, was shot and killed by a police officer in the city ofâŚ
Itâs a âNightmare Being Replayedâ as a Cop Faces Trial in George Floydâs Death
As Derek Chauvin goes on trial, the family of another Black man in Minneapolis who died after a police chokehold hopes for justice