George Floyd

Closing arguments in the Chauvin trial begin Monday. The NBA told its teams to be cautious in reactions to the verdict.

"We all know how this ends, to the point that they're literally closing schools because of it," one user tweeted.

The court reported an incident where the judge had allegedly asked a Black family court facilitator about using the N-word while the two were riding in a vehicle.

Judge Peter Cahill said jurors should "plan for long, hope for short" as the defense rested its case on Thursday after two days of testimony. Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer, faces second- and third-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd.

"Justice would bring our son home to us," Katie Wright said.

Closing arguments and jury deliberations in the Derek Chauvin trial are set to begin Monday at 9 a.m.

"For us to be able to reopen and be the light in the city that people expect us to be and all our community actions, it's tough to know that we have to close again," store owner Moh Habib said.

The families came together following the Sunday shooting of Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, who was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

While taking the stand in the murder trial against Chauvin, a former Santa Rosa, California, police officer, Barry Brodd said, "That isn't an incident of deadly force. That's an incident of an accidental death."

We should learn from the three success cities. As Simpson put it, "Newark has a chance to be 'a guiding light' for the rest of the country."

"Peaceful protest? Understandable," the president said.

Derek Chauvin's attorney asked the judge to sequester the jury because they may have been exposed to news of civil unrest following the fatal shooting of Wright.

The civil rights attorney, who represents the Floyd family, spoke after 20-year-old Daunte Wright was fatally shot by police in Brooklyn Center during a traffic stop.

A petition launched in June by Black Lives Matter's co-founder Patrisse Cullors called for police funding to be slashed. Calls to "defund the police" have resurfaced following the killing of Daunte Wright.

Twenty-year-old Wright died after he was shot by an officer during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center.

Wright, 20, was shot by police on Sunday afternoon at around 1:50 p.m. after being pulled over for a traffic stop. He then re-entered his car and drove a few blocks before crashing the vehicle.

Putting former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on the stand could humanize him, but it also opens him up to a tough cross-examination.

The police shooting of Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, has set off protests in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center.

Wright was shot by an officer in Brooklyn Center on Sunday afternoon after his vehicle was pulled over.

Protests erupted in the Minneapolis suburb after 20-year-old Wright was shot dead during a traffic stop on April 11.

His family say that the 20-year-old man was shot by police after being pulled over for a traffic stop. He then got back in the car and crashed several blocks away.

Saturday Night Live's cold open saw anchors on a fictional news program share differing views on the Derek Chauvin trial.

A 64 percent majority of Americans believe that prosecutors were right to charge Derek Chauvin with George Floyd's murder, with a majority also agreeing that the former police officer should be convicted, according to the new poll.

Does Chelsea Handler speak for most Americans when it comes to due process for unpopular defendants?

On Day 8 of the Derek Chauvin trial the jury heard traces of drugs were found in the patrol car Floyd was put in after his arrest.

"Give this family strength that they can bear the recurring sight of seeing their brother with a knee on his neck," the Reverend Al Sharpton said.

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified on Monday that Chauvin kneeling on Floyd may have been reasonable at first but went on for far too long.

"It is unfathomable to me that you felt it appropriate to force my child to watch George Floyd's murder on television in your classroom," the Cedar Hill High School parents' letter to administrators read.

Cher said in a Twitter post, shared with her 3.9 million followers: "Maybe if I had been there. I could have helped."

"First of all, pulling him down to the ground face down and putting your knee on the neck for that amount of time is just uncalled for," the top-ranking police officer in the department's homicide unit testified on Friday.