Authorities say three people were killed in separate shootings in Minneapolis early Saturday, though none of the shootings were related to protests over the fatal shooting of Winston Smith by sheriff’s deputies earlier in the week.
The four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights will be arraigned on the federal charges in September. A magistrate judge ruled Friday that the case is complex and not subject to time restraints under the Speedy Trial Act.
Family members identified the man who was fatally shot by authorities Thursday as 32-year-old Winston Boogie Smith. Officials said Smith was wanted for illegally possessing a gun. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the shooting.
The court reversed the conviction of a sergeant who used his police car computer to access and then sell a license plate number in exchange for $5,000.
The U.S. Marshals Service says one person died when authorities who were part of a task force fired their weapons after the person displayed a handgun in Minneapolis’ Uptown district.
Mayor Jacob Frey said Thursday’s clearing of barriers at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue was the start of a reopening of the site, which has been closed in the year since George Floyd was murdered. Some, though, called the process an affront to Floyd’s memory.
Near the epicenter of protests launched in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, organizations in one pocket of Minneapolis say they’re working to build a better, more just community.
A federal bankruptcy judge cleared a plan for final vote by Purdue Pharma's creditors that would release members of the Sackler family and their financial empire from liability for the opioid crisis.
Prosecutors are seeking a 30-year sentence for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd, but a defense attorney is asking that Derek Chauvin be sentenced to probation and time already served.
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