The defense attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd has requested a new trial, saying the court abused its discretion on several points.
The defense has begun its case at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin after 11 days of testimony and a mountain of video depicting George Floyd's final moments.
White silence equals violence. That was one of the signs that really stood out to me at Sunday's protest in front of police headquarters in Billings, Montana. Well, if "white silence equals violence" then maybe it is time for us to have real conversations about who controls these cities like the city George Floyd was killed in.
It is the rioters themselves who now have their knees on the necks of innocent black business owners. Now an innocent black man was murdered in Oakland, because of the color of his uniform. These rioters aren't seeking justice they're seeing to destroy this country.
"You are doing exactly what you are accusing them of doing, you are judging them by their color, of their uniform, and stereotyping them by what you see in the news from other places."
Minnesota’s Multi-Agency Command Center has released a report on the on-going rioting, saying they have identified evidence of outside threats to the Twin Cities.