The Latest Breaking News from Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS — With former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao under cross-examination for a second day, a federal prosecutor pressed him on his failure to say anything to his partners about the crowd's concerns about George Floyd falling silent while he was restrained on the street.

What’s needed is a fundamental reevaluation of "dynamic entry" tactics, which should be reserved for life-or-death emergencies.

MINNEAPOLIS — Football coaches tend to be optimists. At least, the employed ones are. They're fixers. They're confident because without confidence they couldn't function. The good ones believe that they can take their players and defeat your players, and take yours and defeat theirs.

A former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's killing is scheduled to resume testifying Wednesday, after telling the court that his role was to control traffic and onlookers

Former officer also claimed he thought squad mates were taking care of Floyd’s medical needs

MINNEAPOLIS — Breaking his public silence for the first time since George Floyd's killing, ex-Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao took the witness stand Tuesday morning and testified about his abusive childhood and Minneapolis police training techniques.

A funeral service will be held Thursday in Minneapolis for Amir Locke, the 22-year-old Black man shot by Minneapolis police executing a search warrant earlier this month

Officer training has become central to the continuing controversy over Minneapolis Police Department practices. The city administration, cops and many others say new and improved training are key to shifting the culture that has contributed to civilian injuries and deaths at the hands of police.

Federal prosecutors have rested their case against three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights

MINNEAPOLIS — Two of three former Minneapolis police officers have confirmed that they intend to testify when the defense lays out its case in the federal civil rights trial for the death of George Floyd.

MINNEAPOLIS — A University of Virginia use-of-force expert began the fourth week of testimony Monday in the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers by saying the men failed in their duty to care for George Floyd.