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George Floyd: Jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of murder

April 20, 2021 World Justice News 0
A US jury has found a former police officer guilty of murder over the death of African-American George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year. Derek Chauvin, 45, was filmed kneeling on Mr Floyd’s neck […]
Kim Potter
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Daunte Wright shooting: Ex-officer Kim Potter charged over killing

April 15, 2021 World Justice News 0
A white former police officer who shot dead a black motorist in Minnesota has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, prosecutors say. Kim Potter was arrested and later released on $100,000 (£72,000) bail. Police say Mrs […]
Brooklyn Center protests
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Daunte Wright shooting: Dozens arrested in fresh unrest in Minnesota

April 13, 2021 World Justice News 0
About 40 people were arrested just north of Minneapolis in a second night of unrest over the police shooting of a black man. Protesters in the city of Brooklyn Center defied a curfew and threw […]
George Floyd Mural
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Minneapolis to pay George Floyd family $27m

March 13, 2021 World Justice News 0
The city of Minneapolis has reached a $27m (£19m) settlement with the family of George Floyd, the unarmed US black man whose death last May sparked protests worldwide. Mr Floyd’s death after being trapped under […]
Derek Chauvin
Lead Story

George Floyd death: Ex-officer charged with murder in Minneapolis

May 30, 2020 World Justice News 0
A former Minneapolis police officer has been arrested and charged with murder following the death of an unarmed black man in custody. Derek Chauvin, who is white, was shown in footage kneeling on 46-year-old George […]
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Four Minnesota cops fired after death of unarmed black man

May 27, 2020 World Justice News 0
Four Minnesota police officers have been fired after the death of a black man who was taken into custody and seen on video being pinned down by his neck. Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said […]
Justine Damond
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Justine Damond: US city of Minneapolis pays family $20m

May 4, 2019 World Justice News 0
The family of an Australian woman shot dead by a police officer has been promised $20m (£15.5m) in compensation by the US city of Minneapolis. Mohamed Noor shot Justine Ruszczyk Damond as she approached his […]
Justine Damond and Mohamed Noor
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Justine Damond: US policeman guilty of Australian’s murder

May 1, 2019 World Justice News 0
A former policeman in the US state of Minnesota has been found guilty of murdering an unarmed Australian woman. Mohamed Noor shot Justine Ruszczyk Damond as she approached his patrol car to report a possible […]
Emmanuel Aranda
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Man charged with attempted murder after child falls from balcony

April 13, 2019 World Justice News 0
A US man has been arrested after a five-year-old sustained life-threatening injuries from being pushed or thrown off a balcony at a shopping centre. The boy tumbled two storeys from the balcony at Minnesota’s Mall […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

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