A former Minneapolis police officer will be sentenced on his murder and manslaughter conviction in June, a Minnesota court affirmed last week. The former officer, Derek Chauvin, was convicted earlier this month on two counts of murder and a separate manslaughter charge in connection with the 2020 death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man … Read more
Qualified immunity has been used as an effective defense in law enforcement cases. Congress could soon limit how it is used.
Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and Alexander Kueng have been charged with aiding and abetting manslaughter and murder in connection with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Three other officers connected to the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd will likely face accomplice charges in the future.
Elected prosecutors don’t want to lose high-profile cases involving cops, criminal defense attorney Mark Reichel explains.