Former U.S. Attorney Tom Heffelfinger and former Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner weigh in on the charges the four Minneapolis police officers face in the killing of George Floyd.
President Donald Trump on Monday derided the nation’s governors as “weak” and demanded tougher crackdowns on protesters in the aftermath of another night of violent protests in dozens of American cities.
The killing of George Floyd, 46, of St. Louis Park, who repeatedly told a Minneapolis police officer he couldn’t breathe as the officer knelt on his neck on May 25, sparked mass protests at dozens of cities across the nation and days of widespread looting, fires and destruction in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Here are the details and timeline of the case.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner described George Floyd’s death as a homicide, saying he went into cardiopulmonary arrest as a Minneapolis police officer kept his knee on the neck of the prone, handcuffed man.
It has been one week since the killing of George Floyd. His death sparked several days of protest and nights of riots and arson that destroyed several businesses up and down Lake Street.
U.S. officials are seeking to determine whether extremist groups infiltrated police brutality protests across the country and deliberately tipped largely peaceful demonstrations toward violence — and if foreign adversaries were behind a burgeoning disinformation campaign on social media.
Sunday capped a tumultuous weekend and month that saw city and state officials deploy thousands of National Guard soldiers, enact strict curfews and shut down mass transit systems.
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