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Shaila DewanReporting from Minneapolis
Much of Eric Nelson’s defense case has rested on hypotheticals, like whether the prone position is dangerous if you’re sunbathing in Florida; whether George Floyd was feigning a need for medical attention to avoid arrest; and whether a reasonable police officer might have thought that Floyd had “excited delirium” though multiple experts testified that he did not show the symptoms of excited delirium, itself a controversial medical diagnosis.
April 19, 2021, 1:45 p.m. ETApril 19, 2021, 1:45 p.m. ET Nicholas Bogel-BurroughsReporting from Minneapolis
It’s surprising to see how much video of the arrest of George Floyd that Derek Chauvin’s lawyer is playing for the jury. Much of the video evidence in the case has been considered helpful to the prosecution, but Chauvin’s lawyer, Eric Nelson, seems to think there are moments that also show that the officers may have acted reasonably. (Notably, Nelson has focused on the officers’
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The proposed money would significantly bolster education, health research and fighting climate change. In the House, Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida faces an ethics panel inquiry into sexual misconduct allegations.
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President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris during a White House appearance on Thursday.Credit.Amr Alfiky/The New York Times
President Biden proposed a vast expansion of federal spending on Friday, calling for a 16 percent increase in domestic programs as he tries to harness the governmentâs power to reverse what officials called a decade of underinvestment in the nationâs most pressing issues.
After Capitol Riot, Pentagon Announces New Efforts to Weed Out Extremism Among Troops
Defense Department officials acknowledge that rooting out far-right extremist thinking from a military of 1.3 million active-duty troops will be an uphill slog.
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III warned in a memo on Friday that “any extremist behavior in the force can have an outsized impact.”Credit.Alex Brandon/Associated Press
April 9, 2021
WASHINGTON One young soldier said that for the first four months after he joined his Army unit, a flag representing the right-wing militia the Three Percenters hung in the entry hall of his barracks.
A Black Marine described feeling sick when he saw the iconic red-and-gold flag of his military service being waved by rioters during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
Last spring, when the coronavirus outbreak was surging in New York, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s daily briefings became appointment television for many, as he authoritatively ticked through the latest statistics on infections, hospital beds and deaths. Behind the scenes, Mr. Cuomo was often obsessed with another set of numbers: his ratings.