Trials in Death of George Floyd

Prosecutors and defense attorneys for two former Minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd have filed more than 100 motions to limit testimony or evidence at trial — with many requests relying heavily on what happened at the previous two trials in Floyd’s death.

Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng have rejected last and final plea offers, and will go to trial this fall. 

The final two former Minneapolis police officers who violated George Floyd's civil rights were sentenced Wednesday in federal court.

Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 20 ½ years in prison on Thursday after reaching a plea agreement on federal charges that he violated George Floyd's civil rights in 2020, as well as those of Jonathan Pope, a Black teenager, in 2017. 

The trial for the two former Minneapolis police officers charged in connection with George Floyd's murder has been rescheduled, again. 

The trial for two former Minneapolis police officers who are charged in connection to George Floyd's murder has been pushed back again. 

Two years on, the legacy of the protests that spread across the country after the murder of George Floyd is still being defined.

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane has pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the murder of George Floyd. 

A complete jury was seated Thursday after one day of jury selection in the federal trial of the three former Minneapolis Police Department officers facing charges for violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the deadly arrest on May 25, 2020.  

Three former Minneapolis police officers federally charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights were in court Tuesday for a pre-trial hearing. 

The four former Minneapolis police officers accused of violating George Floyd’s civil rights pleaded not guilty to the charges against them in federal court Tuesday.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 270 months, or 22 1/2 years, in prison for the murder of George Floyd.

“Let us not feel we are here to celebrate because justice would have been George Floyd never having been killed,” Rev. Al Sharpton said in the wake of the sentencing of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

George Floyd’s 7-year-old daughter Gianna shared a heartbreaking message for her late father during the sentencing of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin.

Minnesota legal experts are sharing their predictions for Friday’s sentencing of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill says he will consider an aggravated durational departure from the sentencing guidelines for Derek Chauvin.

Derek Chauvin’s attorney filed a motion asking the court to throw out his guilty verdicts and schedule a new trial Tuesday.