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Vigil, rally planned for 2nd anniversary of Floyd killing

A candlelight vigil to honor George Floyd’s memory at the intersection where he died was among the remembrances scheduled for the second anniversary of the Black man’s killing at the hands of Minneapolis police officers

The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson's unlikely defender

Pulitzer-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald is now helping launder Tucker Carlson's white supremacist rhetoric

Salon

His Name is George Floyd by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa review – the murder that shamed the US

A welcome humanising of Floyd might have benefited from a wider focus, including Black women’s experiences of racism and a global perspective

The Guardian - UK

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Ex-Minnepolis Officer Thomas Lane pleads guilty to manslaughter charge for role in George Floyd's murder

MINNEAPOLIS — Ex-Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane pleaded guilty Wednesday to aiding and abetting manslaughter in the murder of George Floyd two years ago on a south Minneapolis street, avoiding a trial next month in Hennepin County District Court.

Tribune News Service

Ex-Minneapolis police officer pleads guilty in George Floyd case

By entering the plea, Thomas Lane avoided the more serious charge of aiding and abetting second-degree murder.

Al Jazeera

Ex-MPD officer Thomas Lane pleads guilty to manslaughter charge for role in George Floyd's murder

MINNEAPOLIS — Ex-Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane pled guilty Wednesday to aiding and abetting manslaughter in the murder of George Floyd two years ago on a south Minneapolis street, avoiding another trial next month in Hennepin County District Court.

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A former Minneapolis cop pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd killing

Thomas Lane pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in George Floyd's killing. The state is recommending a sentence of three years in prison.

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George Floyd: Ex-Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane admits aiding and abetting manslaughter

In a plea deal, Thomas Lane will have a count of aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder dismissed

Evening Standard

Ex-Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd’s killing

Thomas Lane, 38, is one of four men who were indicted in connection with the murder of George Floyd

The Independent UK

Ex-cop pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd’s death

A former Minneapolis police officer has pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd

The Independent UK

Black lives and Black death

Marc Lamont Hill on how George Floyd's martyrdom changed America, and why cops and prisons can't deliver justice

Salon

Judge accepts plea deal in Derek Chauvin's civil rights case

The judge in the civil rights cases of four former police officers in the killing of George Floyd said that he has accepted Derek Chauvin's plea agreement and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years.

WEKU

Derek Chauvin to be jailed for 20 to 25 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights after taking plea deal

Chauvin has filed a motion to have his conviction overturned

The Independent UK

Judge overseeing Chauvin civil rights case accepts plea deal

The judge overseeing the federal civil rights cases of four former Minneapolis police officers in the killing of George Floyd has accepted the terms of Derek Chauvin’s plea agreement and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years in prison

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Derek Chauvin appeals murder conviction for killing George Floyd

Former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of murder, sentenced to more than 22 years in prison last year.

The Independent UK

Chauvin appeals murder conviction for killing George Floyd

The former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murder in the killing of George Floyd has appealed his conviction, saying among other things that the jury was intimidated by ongoing sometimes violent protests and prejudiced by excessive pre-trial publicity

The Guardian - US

Minneapolis police engaged in pattern of racial discrimination, inquiry finds

Report released by Minnesota’s human rights department says agency and city will negotiate an agreement to address problems

Al Jazeera

Minneapolis police engaged in racial discrimination, probe finds

Investigation by Minnesota state authorities after George Floyd killing finds ‘pattern or practice’ of discrimination.

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Report: Minneapolis police engaged in pattern of illegal racial discrimination

MINNEAPOLIS – The Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in a pattern of racial discrimination in violation of the state's civil rights law, according to a scathing report published Wednesday morning by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.

Salon

Police go after LA journalist for exposé

Reporter Alene Techekmedyian is under investigation for reporting on a deputy that knelt on an inmate's neck

The Independent UK

State wraps probe of Minneapolis police after Floyd killing

Minnesota’s Department of Human Rights is set to announce findings from its investigation into whether the Minneapolis Police Department had a pattern of racial discrimination in policing

The Independent UK

Derek Chauvin files appeal to overturn conviction in George Floyd murder

Venue and publicity around April 2020 trial were also criticised

The Independent UK

Trial of 3 ex-officers in Floyd death won't be livestreamed

A Minnesota judge has ruled that the trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd’s killing will not be livestreamed

Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara: Elon Musk is not social media's biggest problem

If you had to manufacture a hot-take contest topic, Elon Musk offering to buy Twitter would do just fine. Twitter thrives on disagreement, and few people are as divisive as Musk.

The Independent UK

Officer's camera misses key moment of Patrick Lyoya's death

Body camera footage of Patrick Lyoya’s fatal encounter with a Michigan police officer shows a close-up view of an intense struggle -- but the video goes dark 42 seconds before the officer shoots the Black man in the head

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