High anxiety follows police encounters for Black people in U.S., survey shows
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A protestor holds a sign reading Black Lives Matter during the Justice For All march on December 13, 2014, in Washington, D.C. File Photo by Gabriella Demczuk/UPI | License Photo
NYPD Police Officers arrest Black Lives Matter protesters when they clash in the days of the Coronavirus pandemic in Union Square in New York City on Thursday, May 28, 2020. Protests continue in Minneapolis and in other cities over the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police. All four officers involved in the incident have been fired from the Minneapolis Police Department. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Prosecutors seek longer sentence for Derek Chauvin
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Sheridan Lair of Minneapolis, Minn., holds up a sign as she protests in front of the site of the Derek Chauvin murder trial at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on April 19. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI | License Photo
Protestors and local residents gather at the George Floyd memorial at the corner of Chicago Avenue and 38th Street, the site of the murder of Floyd, to hear the verdict announcement following jury deliberations in the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis, Minn., April 20. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI | License Photo
Protestors and local residents gather at the George Floyd memorial at the corner of Chicago Avenue and 38th Street, the site of the murder of Floyd, to hear the verdict announcement following jury deliberations in the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis, Minn., April 20. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI
Maryland AG: Work of ex-medical examiner who testified in Chauvin trial should be reviewed
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Demonstrators march in Baltimore last year as they protest the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. File Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI | License Photo
April 24 (UPI) Maryland s attorney general office said there should be a review of the work of a former medical examiner who testified for the defense in the Derek Chauvin trial this week in Minneapolis.
The trial ended Tuesday with a Minnesota jury finding Chauvin, 45, guilty of second-and third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the murder of George Floyd, 46. Chauvin is slated to be sentenced June 16, a Minnesota court said Friday, and Chauvin s attorneys will have 60 days to appeal, NBC News reported.
Derek Chauvin trial: Closing arguments over George Floyd s death begin
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A mural of George Floyd is on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 12, 2020. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
A Palestinian woman walks past a graffiti mural of George Floyd on the Israeli separation wall in Bethlehem, West Bank, on June 8, 2020. File Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI | License Photo
A Palestinian man walks past a mural depicting George Floyd in Gaza City on June 21, 2020. File Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI | License Photo
A mural depicts Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, who were all killed by police, in Vernon, Calif., on September 11, 2020. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Officer, police chief resign after Daunte Wright shooting
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April 13 (UPI) The Brooklyn Center, Minn., police chief and the officer who fatally shot a 20-year-old Black man during a traffic stop resigned Tuesday.
Officer Kimberly Potter submitted her resignation letter to the Law Enforcement Labor Services, a public safety labor union.
Advertisement I have loved every minute of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of my ability, but I believe it is in the best interest of the community, the department and my fellow officers if I resign immediately, she wrote.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said the city didn t ask Potter, a 26-year veteran, to resign.