All posts tagged "Floyd"

Washington (AFP) - Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of the murder of George Floyd, plans to change his not guilty plea to separate civil rights charges, according to a court filing on Monday. Chauvin, 45, appears likely to change his plea from not guilty to guilty to the federal charges of violating the civil rights of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man. A change of plea hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in US District Court in St Paul, Minnesota. Chauvin was sentenced in June to 22 and a half years in prison for Floyd's May 2020 death, which sparked protests against......

Minneapolis (AFP) - Supporters and relatives of George Floyd marched Sunday ahead of the first anniversary of his murder by a white policeman, a killing that prompted a reckoning on racial injustice in the United States. About 1,500 marchers in Minneapolis listened to speeches and joined members of the Floyd family and relatives of other Black people who died in encounters with the police. Floyd, 46, was killed on May 25, 2020 by city police officer Derek Chauvin who knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes. Chauvin, convicted by a jury of murder and manslaughter, is to be sentenced on Jun......

Washington (AFP) - "Day of Enlightenment." That's how the George Floyd Memorial Center wants to commemorate May 25, the anniversary of the 46-year-old Black man's death under the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis. "This day of brutality opened the world's eyes to the plight of Black Americans," the website of the Memorial Center says. The aftershocks of Floyd's death are still being felt a year after his death. Death captured on videoOn Memorial Day weekend, the police were called after Floyd bought a pack of cigarettes at Cup Foods, where Floyd was suspected of using a counterfeit......