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April 28, 2021

Derek Chauvin trial high school assignment sparks controversy

A high school class assignment that centered on Derek Chauvin is sparking backlash against the school and the teacher from some students and families who felt it was written with a bias toward the former Minneapolis police officer. 

April 28, 2021

Chauvin juror says guilty verdicts could have come quicker

A juror who cast one of the unanimous votes to convict a White former Minneapolis police officer of killing George Floyd said deliberations were primarily spent trying to convince one person who was uncertain about part of the jury instructions.

April 27, 2021

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's sentencing date pushed back to June 25

The sentencing date for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was recently found guilty of murder in George Floyd's death, was pushed back on Tuesday to June 25. 

April 27, 2021

George Floyd 2004 Texas case: Posthumous pardon request submitted for drug arrest

A posthumous pardon request was submitted on Monday to Texas officials on behalf of George Floyd for a 2004 drug arrest that was done by a now indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid. 

April 27, 2021

Los Angeles police officer pens letter to LeBron James requesting sitdown to talk about policing

A Black Los Angeles police officer who has worked in the city's Skid Row area for two decades invited LeBron James to have a discussion about policing following a much-criticized tweet from the Lakers star related to the fatal police shooting of a teenage girl. 

April 26, 2021

Tucker Carlson blasts Left for 'work to be done' narrative following Derek Chauvin conviction

Fox News host Tucker Carlson highlighted the work of Substack author Michael Tracey who observed that following Derek Chauvin's conviction of the murder of George Floyd, many on the Left--including businesses--parroted the line the 'more work needs to be done'

April 26, 2021

Fake Chicago Police tweet that purports to state 'We are all Derek Chauvin' not being removed by Twitter: CPD

Twitter is refusing to remove or attach a warning to a doctored image that purports to show a Chicago Police Department (CPD) tweet that states, "We are all Derek Chauvin" – despite that the post is not real and the agency has made several attempts to have it taken down, CPD officials tell Fox News.   

April 26, 2021

Michael Goodwin: Old Biden vs. New Biden – here's why the president is such a changed man

Writer Salena Zito best described the Rorschach test that Donald Trump represented. As she put it in 2016, "The press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally." Now comes another presidential dilemma: What to make of the new and radical Joe Biden? 

April 26, 2021

Derek Chauvin trial: Minnesota AG Ellison says he felt ‘a little bad’ for defendant

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who recently called for further police reforms following the conviction of Derek Chauvin, said in an interview that aired Sunday that he had a confluence of emotion after the verdict, which included a sense of satisfaction and even some sympathy for the defendant.

April 25, 2021

Kentucky AG torches Biden, Dems for polarizing nation, exploding ‘tensions’ of racial injustice

President Biden’s address to the nation following Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict discouraged the nation instead of unifying it, Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron argued on "Sunday Morning Futures."