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CNN —Roxie Washington, acting on behalf of her daughter with the late George Floyd, has retained attorneys after Kanye West made a claim about fentanyl and Floyd’s death. The artist, designer and entrepreneur, who has changed his name to Ye, spoke about Floyd’s death during a recent episode of the podcast “Drink Champs.”“I watched the George Floyd documentary that Candace Owens put out. While that’s not legally possible because George Floyd is deceased, Merritt said, there are other legal avenues to pursue, including the Floyd family possibly suing for intentional infliction of emotional distress. “I have put together a working team to investigate [West’s] statements and to investigate the source of those statements,” Merritt said. CNN has reached out to Merritt for comment on the cease-and-desist letter.

☆ George Floyd’s family considering lawsuit against Kanye West after fentanyl claim
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Kanye West’s latest controversial remarks could land him in a legal battle. Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, who has represented the Floyd family, tweeted Sunday that they are considering legal action against West. “While one cannot defame the dead, the family of #GeorgeFloyd is considering suit for Kanye’s false statements about the manner of his death,” Merritt tweeted. “I have put together a working team to investigate [West’s] statements and to investigate the source of those statements,” Merritt said. Video of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes sparked protests and calls for justice around the world.

☆ Minnesota candidate on coming out as queer midcampaign: 'I felt it was important'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Julie Moreau | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Moriarty, a candidate for Hennepin County attorney — whose jurisdiction includes Minneapolis — came out as queer on the campaign trail in January. “It could be a risky thing, coming out publicly during the campaign, but I felt it was important,” Moriarty told NBC News. She spent over three decades as a public defender in Hennepin County, and in 2014 she became the county’s first female chief public defender. “I had been talking about race and the policies of the current public attorney. I got accused of calling a justice partner a racist in public.”Moriarty wasn’t reappointed as chief public defender after that, she said.

In lieu of being incarcerated, he agreed to complete a court-supervised treatment program at Hennepin County Veterans Court. Minnesota’s new law establishes a consistent set of standards for every criminal court in the state, depending on the offender’s criminal history and the severity of the crime. But the Hennepin County Veterans Court has started to see some of its early impacts. At least 22 veterans have graduated its treatment program since the law went into effect on Aug. 1, 2021. The lack of data on the issue led the Council on Criminal Justice to launch a national commission to examine over the next two years why so many veterans land behind bars.

That spike in demand pushed prices higher, and was exacerbated by the retirement of coal-fired and nuclear plants, in favor of electric generators. Meanwhile, natural gas production has been slow to come back online after waves of shutdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, the price of natural gas is at levels not seen in more than a decade. The company said the increases are directly related to higher natural gas prices. "For many struggling families, higher prices can mean being forced to choose between heat, food or medication," the association said.

Thomas Lane, a former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison. Lane held down Floyd's legs as he cried out that he couldn't breathe, while another former officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on Floyd's neck for 9 ½ minutes on May 25, 2020. As part of Lane's plea deal, a charge of aiding and abetting second-degree murder was dismissed, a spokesman for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, whose office prosecuted the case, previously said. Cahill said Lane’s state sentence will be concurrent with his federal sentence and that he will serve his time in a federal institution. Two other former officers, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao, are scheduled to stand trial next month on charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

REUTERS/Eric MillerSept 21 (Reuters) - A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting in the killing of George Floyd, a Black man whose death outraged people around the world, was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday. The video sparked daily protests against racism and police brutality in cities across the United States. A jury found Chauvin guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, among other charges, at a state trial in 2021 and he was sentenced to 22-1/2 years. In July, Chauvin received a concurrent sentence of 21 years in prison on federal charges of violating Floyd's civil rights. read moreLane, who is also white, accepted a plea deal with prosecutors from the Minnesota attorney general's office earlier this year.

☆ VIDEO/ Un fost ofițer de poliție din Minneapolis care ar fi provocat moartea lui George Floyd, condamnat
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-21 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Un fost ofițer de poliție din Minneapolis, Derek Chauvin, a fost condamnat marți, 21 aprilie, pentru uciderea lui George Floyd. Verdictul judecătorilor tribunalului din Minneapolis a luat în considerare declarațiile a 45 de martori, inclusiv polițiști și experți medicali. Potrivit sursei citate, jurații au rămas nemișcați în timp ce verdictul a fost citit. Totodată, pe George Floyd Square din Minneapolis, intersecția în care a fost ucis Floyd și care a fost numită ulterior în cinstea sa, oamenii au țipat, au aplaudat și unii au aruncat bancnote de dolar în aer. O filmare apărută ulterior arată că trei polițiști, nu unul, stăteau cu genunchii pe George Floyd, bărbatul afro-american pe care îl trântiseră la pământ.

Persons: Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Reuters, Hennepin, Floyd Organizations: CNN, Black Locations: Minneapolis, Hennepin, american

„S-a făcut dreptate, astăzi, pentru familia lui George Floyd și pentru comunitatea de aici, din Minneapolis. Verdictul de astăzi are implicații importante nu doar pentru acest oraș, ci și pentru țară și pentru lume. Mulțimea de oameni adunată în apropierea tribunalului din Minneapolis, locul în care a fost citit verdictul, a izbucnit în urale și aplauze în momentul în care judecătorul a citit verdictul „vinovat” pentru cele trei capete de acuzare. Juraţii Tribunalului din comitatul Hennepin au stabilit că fostul agent de poliţie Derek Chauvin este vinovat de omor neintenţionat de gradul doi, omor de gradul trei şi omor prin imprudenţă de gradul doi, informează CNN. O filmare apărută ulterior arată că trei polițiști, nu unul, stăteau cu genunchii pe George Floyd, bărbatul afro-american pe care îl trântiseră la pământ.

Persons: George Floyd, Floyd, Derek Chauvin Organizations: CNN, Black Locations: Minneapolis, SUA, America, Hennepin, american

☆ Reacția familiei lui George Floyd după verdictul în procesul lui Derek Chauvin: „Astăzi putem respira din nou”
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-21 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: GettyImagesReacția familiei lui George Floyd după verdictul în procesul lui Derek Chauvin: „Astăzi putem respira din nou”Familia lui George Floyd spune că verdictul dat marți seara în procesul fostului polițist Derek Chauvin, găsit vinovat pentru uciderea bărbatului afroamerican în mai 2020, este o victorie, dar că lupta pentru dreptate nu s-a încheiat, relatează CNN. „Astăzi putem respira din nou”, a spus Philonise Floyd, unul din frații lui George Floyd. După mai bine de 10 ore de deliberări, jurații l-au găsit pe Derek Chauvin vinovat de uciderea lui Floyd. Trebuie să protestăm în continuare, pentru că se pare că acesta este un ciclu fără sfârșit”, a spus Philonise Floyd. Terrence Floyd, un alt frate al lui Floyd, a descris verdictul drept „monumental” și a spus că este recunoscător și mândru de fratele său.

Persons: George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, CNN ., Floyd, Floyd ., George, Împreună, Terrence Floyd, Ben Crump, Daunte Wright Organizations: CNN Locations: Minneapolis, Statele Unite, SUA, Hennepin

Derek Chauvin, agentul de poliţie care l-a imobilizat pe afro-americanul George Floyd, decedat în incidentul produs pe 25 mai 2020 în oraşul american Minneapolis, a fost găsit vinovat pentru toate acuzaţiile. George Floyd, un afro-american în vârstă de 46 de ani, a murit după ce poliţistul Derek Chauvin i-a ţinut genunchiul pe gât mai multe minute, pe 25 mai 2020, în timp ce îl imobiliza. Nu am uitat că ceilalţi trei agenţi de poliţie care au avut roluri în decesul lui George Floyd trebuie traşi la răspundere pentru faptele lor”, a comunicat avocatul Ben Crump, care a reprezentat în instanţă familia lui George Floyd. Supremaţia albilor nu îşi are loc în democraţie, mai ales într-o democraţie care ar trebui să ne garanteze libertatea de a trăi”, a transmis asociaţia. „Nu aş numi verdictul de astăzi dreptate, întrucât dreptatea presupune restabilirea deplină, dar este vorba de tragere la răspundere, ceea ce este primul pas spre dreptate”, a declarat procurorul Keith Ellison.

Persons: Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Keith Ellison, George, Ben Crump, George Floyd ., îşi, asociaţia, Keith Ellison . Organizations: CNN, Mediafax, Black, Foundation, Keith Ellison . Filiala, Amnesty International Locations: american Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, american, Statele Unite, Minneapolis, America, Americii, SUA

☆ Ex-Officer Who Held Back Crowd During George Floyd’s Killing Is Convicted
▼ + stars: | 2020-05-25 | by ( Joe Barrett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao, in glasses, and his attorney Robert Paule in St. Paul, Minn., last year. Photo: David Joles/Zuma PressTou Thao , the ex-Minneapolis police officer who kept a group of onlookers at bay as three other officers knelt on a handcuffed George Floyd until he lay lifeless in the street, was convicted Tuesday of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. The verdict came after a bench trial in which Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill considered agreed-upon evidence from the two sides and is the final conviction in state and federal court of the four officers involved in the May 25, 2020, killing that led to a summer of unrest in Minnesota and across the U.S.

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