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No, Chicago police did not tweet ‘We are all Derek Chauvin’

Chauvin Trial

No, Chicago police did not tweet ‘We are all Derek Chauvin’

Crime

Yes, the trial of 3 other officers charged in George Floyd’s death will be televised

The trial for the three other officers charged in George Floyd’s death, Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, is scheduled to start in August.
Courts

The Chauvin trial jury has no deadline for the deliberation process

Jurors will be sequestered in a hotel during deliberation as they consider murder and manslaughter charges for Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.
Chauvin Trial

Chauvin defense witness is named in a federal wrongful death lawsuit

Dr. David Fowler was a chief medical examiner in Maryland at the time Anton Black died in a manner his family says is similar to what happened to George Floyd.
Chauvin Trial

Three Minneapolis officers at scene with Chauvin are charged in Floyd’s death

The three officers were originally to share a joint trial with Derek Chauvin, but the court split their trial from Chauvin’s to maintain COVID-19 precautions.
Chauvin Trial

George Floyd’s friends, family will speak in Chauvin trial as ‘spark of life’ witnesses

A sibling and an acquaintance will be allowed to discuss Floyd’s life because of a Minnesota doctrine designed to humanize victims to the jury.
Chauvin Trial

Two of Chauvin’s past use-of-force incidents can be used as evidence in trial

The judge is allowing the prosecution to offer two past incidents as evidence against Derek Chauvin in his trial, and denied requests to use six other incidents.
Chauvin Trial

The $27 million Floyd family settlement is not connected to the Chauvin trial

The court released several jurors from the Chauvin trial in an effort to keep the settlement from impacting the criminal case.
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Is the Minneapolis police union paying for Derek Chauvin's defense?

The much larger Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association is footing the bill, not the local Minneapolis police union.
Chauvin Trial

Minnesota police association, not Minneapolis police union, is paying for Chauvin’s defense

All members of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association are backed by a legal defense fund that supports officers in criminal trials.
Chauvin Trial

Why Derek Chauvin isn’t wearing handcuffs in court during the jury trial

In Minnesota, it is less common to see a defendant in handcuffs than to see one without during a jury trial.
Chauvin Trial

The Chauvin Trial jury is more diverse than Minneapolis, Hennepin County

The exact demographics of the final jury will change at deliberation when two jurors are dismissed, but it’s currently more diverse than the local population.

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No, Chicago police did not tweet ‘We are all Derek Chauvin’

Yes, the trial of 3 other officers charged in George Floyd’s death will be televised

The Chauvin trial jury has no deadline for the deliberation process

Chauvin defense witness is named in a federal wrongful death lawsuit

Three Minneapolis officers at scene with Chauvin are charged in Floyd’s death

George Floyd’s friends, family will speak in Chauvin trial as ‘spark of life’ witnesses

Two of Chauvin’s past use-of-force incidents can be used as evidence in trial

The $27 million Floyd family settlement is not connected to the Chauvin trial

Is the Minneapolis police union paying for Derek Chauvin's defense?

Minnesota police association, not Minneapolis police union, is paying for Chauvin’s defense

Why Derek Chauvin isn’t wearing handcuffs in court during the jury trial

The Chauvin Trial jury is more diverse than Minneapolis, Hennepin County

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