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Thomas Lane Released From Federal Prison, Convicted For His Role in George Floyd’s Murder in 2020

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LITTLETON, CO (KVRR/FOX9) — Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, who was convicted for his role in George Floyd’s murder in 2020, is released from prison. Lane has completed his state and federal sentences. It was just his fourth day on the job when he held down Floyd’s legs while former officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck. A federal…

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Lawsuit says ex-Officer Chauvin kneeled on woman’s neck, just as he did when he killed George Floyd

A former employee sued the city of Minneapolis on Tuesday, alleging ex-police Officer Derek Chauvin hauled her from her minivan and pinned her to the ground with his knee in January 2020, just as he did four months later when he killed George Floyd.
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FILE – In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse, June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis. A former employee sued the city of Minneapolis on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, alleging Chauvin injured her when he hauled her from her minivan and pinned her to the ground with his knee…

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Top Stories Of 2023 For The Red River Valley

Some major events changed our entire region forever in 2023. KVRR's Adam Ladwig put together a list of some of the biggest stories, both good and bad, that impacted the Red River Valley this year
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  FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Some major events changed our entire region forever in 2023. KVRR’s Adam Ladwig put together a list of some of the biggest stories, both good and bad, that impacted the Red River Valley this year. 2023 started with dashed hopes. The NDSU Bison made yet another FCS Championship game, this time against arch rival South…

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Inmate who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times is charged with attempted murder

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TUSCON, AZ (AP) – Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison 22 times by a former gang leader and one-time FBI informant who told investigators he targeted the ex-Minneapolis police officer because of his notoriety for killing George Floyd, federal prosecutors said Friday. John Turscak was charged with attempted murder a week after the Nov. 24 attack at the Federal Correctional Institution…
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Inmate stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times, charged with attempted murder

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Derek Chauvin(AP) – A federal inmate was charged Friday with attempted murder in the prison stabbing of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd. John Turscak stabbed Chauvin 22 times in the law library at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, with an improvised knife, federal prosecutors said. Turscak, 52, told correctional officers he…

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Ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin stabbed in prison

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(AP) – Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a federal prison in Arizona. The attack happened at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security prison that has been plagued by security lapses and staffing shortages. The person was not authorized to publicly discuss details…

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Ex-Minneapolis officer sentenced to nearly 5 years on state charge for role in George Floyd’s death

Tou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd, was sentenced Monday to 4 years and 9 months
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd, was sentenced Monday to 4 years and 9 months. Thao had testified that he merely served as a “human traffic cone” when he held back concerned bystanders who gathered as former Officer Derek Chauvin, who is…

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US attorney general in Minneapolis to share results of police department probe

The findings of a two-year investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department, prompted by the death of George Floyd, are expected to be announced Friday by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland
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FILE – Damarra Atkins pays respect to George Floyd at a mural at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, April 23, 2021. Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of Floyd’s death, Attorney General Merrick Garland will be in Minneapolis on Friday, June 16, 2023, “on a civil rights…
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Chauvin appeals conviction in George Floyd’s murder to the Minnesota Supreme Court

Man who witnessed George Floyd murder by police suing Minneapolis over officers' actions
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Derek ChauvinST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin appealed his murder conviction in the killing of George Floyd to the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday, saying the district judge’s decision not to move the proceedings out of the city deprived him of a fair trial. His attorney, William Mohrman, filed a petition for review with the state’s highest…
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Court Hears Appeal By former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin

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Derek ChauvinST. PAUL — An attorney for Derek Chauvin asks an appeals court to throw out the former Minneapolis officer’s convictions in the murder of George Floyd. He told the Minnesota Court of Appeals the trial judge should have moved the case out of Minneapolis because of the extensive pretrial publicity, and fears of violent protests that led to unprecedented…