April 12, 2021 Minnesota sports teams postpone games in light of Daunte Wright shooting The Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Minnesota Wild announced that they postponed their Monday games following the officer-involved shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis.
April 12, 2021 Minnesota officer meant to fire Taser, not handgun, in deadly Daunte Wright shooting, police chief says A police chief in Brooklyn Center outside of Minneapolis released the body camera footage Monday showing the officer-involved shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, categorizing the event as an "accidental discharge."
April 12, 2021 LIVE UPDATES: Prosecutors in Derek Chauvin trial may rest their case within days The murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is set to resume on Monday.
April 12, 2021 Derek Chauvin trial: Judge refuses to sequester jury in George Floyd murder case MINNEAPOLIS — The judge in the George Floyd murder case refused a defense request to immediately sequester the jury Monday, the morning after the killing of a Black man during a traffic stop triggered unrest in a suburb just outside Minneapolis.
April 12, 2021 For Chauvin's trial attorney, it's all about raising doubt Derek Chauvin's defense attorney was questioning George Floyd's girlfriend about the couple buying drugs when he abruptly shifted gears for what seemed an innocuous question: He presumed the couple had pet names for each other. Under what name, he asked, did she appear in Floyd's phone?
April 12, 2021 Deadly Minnesota police shooting sparks unrest; cop cars damaged Brooklyn Center police said that the driver of the vehicle had an outstanding warrant
April 12, 2021 Will Derek Chauvin testify at murder trial? As the state begins to wind down its case against the former Minneapolis police officer accused of murdering George Floyd last May legal experts are considering whether Derek Chauvin’s defense lawyers will call him to the stand.
April 11, 2021 'SNL' covers how Black and White people might view Derek Chauvin trial differently "Saturday Night Live" opened this weekend's show talking about the Derek Chauvin murder trial and the different ways Black and White people might view it.
April 10, 2021 Bill Maher calls Portland a 'cautionary tale': 'In a world without police,' it's 'The Purge' every night "Real Time" host Bill Maher called Portland a "cautionary tale" as riots and violence continue to plague the Oregon city.
April 9, 2021 Chauvin trial: Medical examiner who performed autopsy says police pressure was more than Floyd 'could take' The Minnesota chief medical examiner who conducted the autopsy on George Floyd’s body and deemed his death a homicide testified Friday in former officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.
