Ben Henry Created: May 12, 2021 05:03 PM
Through experiencing a culture you’re perhaps unfamiliar with, you can help in the fight to end anti-Asian American hate crimes right from your home.
The Minnesota Rice project was organized by some of the metro’s most successful chefs and bartenders – all are Asian American.
For at least $100 through the month of May – which is also Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month – you can have access to virtual cooking and bartending videos.
“They saw the rise in anti-Asian sentiment and violent crimes and wanted to do something about it,” Jonathon Janssen, bar and product manager with Brother Justus Whiskey Company, said about the organizers.
Feds plan to indict Chauvin, 3 other officers Ex-cop would face federal charges in two cases; three others just in Floyd case. April 28, 2021 7:42pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Leading up to Derek Chauvin s murder trial, Justice Department officials had spent months gathering evidence to indict the ex-Minneapolis police officer on federal police brutality charges, but they feared the publicity frenzy could disrupt the state s case.
So they came up with a contingency plan: If Chauvin were found not guilty on all counts or the case ended in a mistrial, they would arrest him at the courthouse, according to sources familiar with the planning discussions.
Feds plan to indict Chauvin, other 3 ex-officers on civil rights charges in Floyd s death
If the grand jury votes to indict, the former officers will face the new civil rights charges on top of the state s cases, meaning all four could be headed toward yet another criminal trial in federal court.
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Derek Chauvin booking photo, April 20, 2021. (Photo courtesy Minnesota Department of Corrections)
MINNEAPOLIS Leading up to Derek Chauvin s murder trial, Justice Department officials had spent months gathering evidence to indict the ex-Minneapolis police officer on federal police brutality charges, but they feared the publicity frenzy could disrupt the state s case.
Former police officer Brandon Tatum reacts to the conclusion of the George Floyd murder trial.
The U.S. government is planning to bring federal civil rights charges against former Minneapolispolice officers Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, according to a Minneapolis Star Tribune report.
A week after Chauvin was found guilty of the murder and manslaughter of George Floyd, the Star Tribune reported that the Justice Department had been gathering evidence for months and had developed a contingency plan to arrest Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis if there was a mistrial or if the jury failed to convict him on all three counts.