The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday voted to approve a change to the city's use-of-force policy, requiring that police officers only use deadly force as a "last resort."A citizen oversight group will now have the opportunity to weigh in on the decision, which marks a change from the recommendation for police reform the group submitted, according to The Sacramento Bee.The policy change, which cleared the city council in an 8-1 vote, calls.
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Maxine Waters says my words don t matter after Derek Chauvin judge warned her remarks could be grounds for an appeal as she defends calling for confrontation if no conviction
California Congresswoman Maxine Waters on Saturday travelled to Minneapolis and told protesters to get more confrontational if Derek Chauvin is acquitted
Republicans were enraged by her rousing the crowd on the eve of the jury retiring to consider their verdict
Judge Peter Cahill said it was abhorrent that politicians weighed in in the midst of a trial but said her opinion really doesn t mean much
Waters on Monday insisted she was right to air her views and claimed the judge said my words don t matter
George Floyd is dead is because Mr Chauvin’s heart was too small : Prosecution rebuttal blasts defense s closing statement that kneeling on his neck WAS the reasonable action for a cop as jury retires and Minneapolis braces for protests
Trial attorney Jerry Blackwell concluded the state s case against Derek Chauvin on Monday by telling the jury: The reason George Floyd is dead is because Mr Chauvin s heart was too small
The jury was dismissed for deliberation before Chauvin s attorney Eric Nelson called for a mistrial
Nelson took issue with Blackwell s characterization of the defense s case as nonsense and a story - as well as the possibility that media attention could bias the jury
Derek Chauvin s defense attorney Eric Nelson called for a mistrial after the jury retired on Monday
He cited Rep Maxine Waters comments on the case as he argued that there was no way the jury could be unbiased given constant media coverage Now that we have US representatives threatening acts of violence in relation to this trial it’s frankly mind-blowing, Nelson said
Judge Peter Cahill replied: I grant you Congresswoman Waters may have handed you grounds for appeal and the turning over of this trial
But Cahill refused to grant a mistrial and adjourned the court until the jury comes back with a verdict