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April 20, 2021

OJ Simpson says Derek Chauvin 'deserves' to be convicted for George Floyd's death

OJ Simpson on Tuesday said he believes former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin "deserves" to be convicted for the death of George Floyd.

April 20, 2021

Derek Chauvin trial verdict: How long do juries typically deliberate?

A panel of jurors is deliberating the fate of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was charged in the May 2020 death of George Floyd, but there’s no clear answer as to how long it will take for the panel to deliberate charges against Chauvin.

April 20, 2021

NYPD's top cop blasts Maxine Waters’ words to Minnesota protesters as ‘reckless’

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea blasted Rep. Maxine Waters’ comments urging Minnesota protesters to "get more confrontational" as "incredibly reckless" — and said he has "even stronger feelings" he won’t air publicly.

April 20, 2021

Dem Rep. Dingell snaps over police, race: 'I am tired of people making us make false choices'

Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell said she is "tired" of having to make "false choices" between racial justice and public safety in a spirited moment on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, as the country awaits a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial in Minnesota.

April 20, 2021

Biden 'praying' Chauvin jury reaches 'right verdict,' calling case 'overwhelming'

As the nation awaits a verdict by the jury in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, President Biden said on Tuesday he is "praying the verdict is the right verdict."

April 20, 2021

House Republicans prepare to introduce resolution to censure Maxine Waters

House Republicans are pushing forward with a resolution to censure Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., for her charged rhetoric before demonstrators in Minnesota that even drew a rebuke from the judge in the former police officer Derek Chauvin murder trial.

April 20, 2021

What happens now that jurors in Derek Chauvin's murder trial are sequestered?

Sequestering a jury is where jurors are separated from other people in order to prevent outside influences from swaying a decision. 

April 20, 2021

Derek Chauvin trial: Who is Judge Peter Cahill?

Presiding over the murder trial for ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill is handling what’s viewed by many as a defining moment for law enforcement and race relations in America following the death of George Floyd last May.

April 20, 2021

Biden offered support in call with George Floyd family, who says protests should be 'peaceful'

The brother of George Floyd said Tuesday that President Biden called him to offer support as closing arguments ended and jury deliberation begins in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

April 20, 2021

Jurors weigh Chauvin's fate, staying out of sight but center stage

The jurors who sat quietly off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in Derek Chauvin's murder trial in George Floyd's death moved into the spotlight Tuesday, still out of sight but now in control of verdicts awaited by a skittish city.