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[…] suspect Donald Trump is guilty of a catalogue of serious crimes, though my speculation is based largely on (credible) news reports from the last four years. But Derek Chauvin? That man killed George Floyd. This I know without a shadow of doubt, because, like the rest of the world, I watched him commit the horrific […]

*(CNN) — The inmate accused of stabbing Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted in George Floyd’s killing, has been charged with attempted murder, according to court documents. According to the federal complaint, at approximately 12:30 p.m. local time on November 24, Chauvin was in the law library at FCI-Tucson when John Turscak, 52, attacked […]

Derek Chauvin (with mic) and lawyer in court / YouTube screenshot *Prosecutors are seeking a 30-year sentence for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in April of the murder of George Floyd.  Chauvin, a white man, was found guilty on April 20 on all counts of murdering Floyd, a Black man, […]

*Here’s some news that’s going to piss off a lot of people. Derek Chauvin could receive more than $1 million in pension benefits during his retirement years even if he is convicted of killing George Floyd. Chauvin, who was fired from the Minneapolis police force,  has been the subject of national fury since Memorial Day […]

George Floyd and Derek Chauvin *As far as Keith Ellison, the Minnesota Attorney General is concerned, Minnesota’s guidelines for locking up criminals does not go far enough for the heinous crime that Derek Chauvin perpetrated on George Floyd. He describes what the ex-cop did to Floyd as “particular cruelty.” Earlier this week, Ellison filed docs […]

*(CNN) — The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected Derek Chauvin’s Appeal in George Floyd‘s Killing. Chauvin, who was convicted of murder in the 2020 killing of George Floyd. Chauvin was found guilty in April 2021 of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death. He was sentenced to 22 1/2 years […]

* Derek Chauvin, the ex-cop who killed George Floyd in front of the world,  has had his bail increased to $1.25 million as he made his first appearance in court today. Judge Denise Reilly acknowledged Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank’s assertion that the case had prompted, “a strong reaction in the community to put it […]

*A judge has dismissed a lesser murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.  Chauvin was charged with 3rd-degree murder after he was captured on video in May pressing his knee on the neck of Floyd for almost 10 minutes before he died. On Thursday, Hennepin County Judge […]

[…] family of George Floyd, has revealed that Hollywood superstar George Clooney has been emailing him to weigh in on the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.  Clooney specifically takes issue with Chauvin’s defense attorneys suggesting that Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nearly 10 minutes didn’t cause his death, but rather drugs […]

Derek Chauvin mugshot *Black officers in Minnesota have been barred from interacting with Derek Chauvin, who is being held on a second-degree murder charge in the death of George Floyd.  Eight Ramsey County corrections officers have filed discrimination charges with the state’s Department of Human Rights after they were reportedly told by a supervisor […]

Darnella Frazier, Twitter *Darnella Frazier, the teenager who filmed former police officer Derek Chauvin’s fatal encounter with George Floyd last May, is speaking out about Tuesday’s verdict in Chauvin’s murder case.  “I just cried so hard,” Frazier, 18, wrote in a social media post following the verdict. “This last hour my heart was beating so […]

George Floyd and Derek Chauvin *(Via NY Post) – We exist in a period of ideological purity tests and zero tolerance for what F. Scott Fitzgerald described as “the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” For that reason, it is necessary to […]

*We’ve just been informed that Derek Chauvin, the now ex-Minneapolis cop who was charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, has posted bond and has been released from prison. As has been widely reported, Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death after  video shot by a […]

Derek Chauvin kneeing George Floyd *A Bay Area school is under fire for encouraging a “white student support circle” in the wake of the Derek Chauvin verdict.  Randall Brooker, Superintendent of the Piedmont Unified School District has called an email the school sent to students about the whites-only support group “a poor choice of […]

[…] one of the most human of all mankind’s traits. The constant need to contextualize and categorize every dag-blasted thing we come across. But when it comes to Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd, it’s only natural that we become concerned that Noor’s release as a potential roundabout vehicle to release […]