Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Thursday invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and declined to testify in his trial in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin took a microphone and was asked by his lawyer, Eric Nelson, if he understood that he had a right not to take the stand. “Yes,” Chauvin…

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on April 15 invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and declined to testify in his trial in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin took a microphone and was asked by his lawyer, Eric Nelson, if he understood that he had a right not to take the stand. “Yes,”…

A Minnesota judge on Wednesday ruled that a man who was in George Floyd’s vehicle on the day Floyd died does not have to answer a single question during the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Morries Hall has described himself as a “key witness” to the fateful events of May 25, 2020….

Then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin used an unreasonable amount of force on George Floyd, who was accused of using counterfeit money and then resisted arrest, an expert told jurors in Chauvin’s trial on April 12. “Both the knee across Mr. Floyd’s neck and the prone restraint were unreasonable, excessive, and contrary to generally accepted police…

The judge presiding over the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Monday rejected a motion from the defense to sequester the jury. Chauvin’s lawyer, Eric Nelson, asked Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill to order jurors be isolated because of violence that erupted on Sunday after an officer-involved shooting in Brooklyn Center left one…

The judge presiding over the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on April 12 rejected a motion from the defense to sequester the jury. Chauvin’s lawyer, Eric Nelson, asked Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill to order jurors be isolated because of violence that erupted on April 11 after a black man died was shot…