“One Guilty Verdict Doesn’t Satisfy That Appetite for Actual Change”: Why Derek Chauvin’s Trial Is Not the End of the Fight
Protesters demonstrate outside the Hennepin County Government Center on March 9, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ImageSpace/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Late Tuesday afternoon, the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin delivered its verdict: guilty on…
Derek Chauvin Was Just Found Guilty on All Three Counts for Murdering George Floyd
Rodney Floyd leads family members including Philonise and Keeta Floyd to the Hennepin County Government Center.Mark Vancleave/TNS/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.After just 10 hours of deliberation, the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial found…
Chauvin’s Lawyer Uses the “Everything but the Knee” Defense
Court TV Pool/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Wednesday, in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white Minneapolis police officer accused of murder, a defense witness introduced a brand new theory of what killed George…
The Cop Who Shot Daunte Wright Will Be Charged With Manslaughter
Henry Pan/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Kim Potter, the former police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright this weekend, will be charged with second-degree manslaughter, a Minnesota prosecutor announced Wednesday. The announcement of charges…
One Trial Can’t Change American Policing
SIPAPRE/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Just 10 miles away from where the state of Minnesota is prosecuting former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, officer Kim Potter, who is white…
Maryland Legislators Override a Veto to Usher in Sweeping Police Reform
Baltimore police face protestors after Freddie Gray’s 2015 death.Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun/Tribune via Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In Minnesota, Derek Chauvin’s trial in the killing of George Floyd is on the verge of its third…