Social Issues

What the Chauvin trial feels like for the neighbors keeping vigil in George Floyd Square
Every day, visitors and an international media scrum flock to George Floyd Square. At the same time, trial witnesses return to their neighborhood after their testimony. In conversations with Sahan Journal, people in the community talk about Black liberation, “vulturistic” visitors and why there’s not a TV showing the trial.
Chauvin trial: Former cop says Floyd was not a threat when officers used force
The prosecution’s final witness in the trial of Derek Chauvin was a use-of-force expert who testified that placing George Floyd in a prone restraint position on the street was unreasonable. Earlier Monday, the judge rejected the defense’s request for the jury to be sequestered due to a fatal police shooting in Brooklyn Center.
Dozens of White Bear Lake High School students walked out of class Friday to demand school leaders do more to address racist incidents.
Chauvin trial: Police restraint on Floyd 'tipped him over the edge,' medical examiner says
Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker stood by his finding that George Floyd’s death was a homicide, telling jurors in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial the police restraint was more than Floyd could take given his underlying conditions.
How the Spokesman-Recorder is covering the Chauvin trial from the Black perspective
The Spokesman-Recorder was founded on the mission of telling stories from the Black perspective in Minnesota. Now its small team of journalists have taken on covering the Derek Chauvin trial.