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In this image taken from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and defendant, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, listen to Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill during pretrial motions, prior to continuing jury selection in the trial of Chauvin, Thursday, March 11, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV/Pool via Pool)
Courts & Law

Minneapolis to pay $27M to settle Floyd family lawsuit

At least three weeks have been set aside to complete a jury of 12 plus two alternates for Derek Chauvin's trial. Potential jurors' identities are being protected.

5 years ago

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a vaccination site on Monday, March 8, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)
Politics & Policy

Resignation demands grow as police get Cuomo groping report

The top Democrat in the state Assembly, Speaker Carl Heastie, on Thursday backed a plan for its judiciary committee to launch an impeachment investigation.

5 years ago

Maurice Gordon and his mother, Racquel Barrett. (Provided)
Courts & Law

Suit: Race a factor in death of Black man killed by N.J. state trooper

The suit names the state of New Jersey, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, State Police Superintendent Col. Pat Callahan, and the trooper who shot Gordon as defendants.

5 years ago

Derek Chauvin will face a third-degree murder charge in the death of George Floyd, after a district court judge reversed his earlier ruling on Thursday.
(MPR News/Screenshot by NPR)
NPR
Courts & Law

Chauvin trial: Judge reinstates 3rd-degree murder charge over George Floyd’s killing

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will face an additional charge of third-degree murder, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill ruled on Thursday.

5 years ago

SEPTA Police watch Philadelphia students as they exit a subway concourse in Center City. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

SEPTA police union says a catch and release policy endangers officer safety

SEPTA’s police union is calling on agency officials to reverse a policy that delays the arrest of alleged criminal offenders on the SEPTA system.

5 years ago

L to R: A forensic sculpture of Lisa Todd. A high school photo of Lisa Todd. (NBC10)
Courts & Law

DNA technology leads to breakthrough in decades-old Bucks County ‘Jane Doe’ case

The identity of a young pregnant woman whose remains were found in a well in 1988 baffled Bucks County for decades. Now she has a name: Lisa Todd.

5 years ago

A painting of Floyd is seen outside the Hennepin County Government Center
NPR
Courts & Law

Derek Chauvin trial: Judge postpones jury selection as murder-charge question looms

A pool of potential jurors were in the court building, waiting to start the selection process. But they're being sent home for the day.

5 years ago

John Lewis stands on the Edmund Pettus Bridge
NPR
Community

For the first time in 56 Years, a ‘Bloody Sunday’ without John Lewis

This weekend marks 56 years since civil rights marchers were attacked by Alabama state troopers on a day now known as "Bloody Sunday."

5 years ago

Amanda Gorman
NPR
Community

‘This is the reality of Black girls’: Inauguration poet says she was tailed by guard

Gorman, who lives in Los Angeles, wrote on Twitter that as she approached her building, the guard demanded to know if she lived there.

5 years ago

Heather Randazzo, a grow employee at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary, trims leaves off marijuana plants in the company's grow house, Friday, March 22, 2019, in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Politics & Policy

Recreational marijuana is legal in N.J. What happens now?

Many aspects, from the legal market to the implications for policing to the expungement of past convictions, remain hazy. Here’s what we know.

5 years ago

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Agents outside the house of Gregory Fiocca and family
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

The FBI sent a dozen agents with a battering ram and long guns to arrest Johnny Doc’s nephew

“What surprises me is that this happened to someone who’s not Black,” said Rev. Mark Tyler, a police accountability advocate.

5 years ago

Rep. Karen Bass speaks during an event on police reform
NPR
Politics & Policy

House approves police reform bill named after George Floyd

The bill, which would ban chokeholds and eliminate qualified immunity for law enforcement, will now advance to the Senate.

5 years ago

The steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum
Community
Billy Penn

What happened with the arrest at the Art Museum steps, and why tourists are so important to city leaders

Photo solicitation usually merits a ticket, but this time five police officers showed up.

5 years ago

Army Maj. Gen. William Walker is seen during a joint hearing to discuss the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
NPR
Politics & Policy

DOD took hours to approve National Guard request during Capitol riot, commander says

Maj. Gen. William Walker said the DOD took three hours to approve deploying the National Guard to the Capitol on Jan. 6 after a "frantic" request from Capitol Police.

5 years ago

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)
Courts & Law

FBI chief calls Jan. 6 ‘domestic terrorism,’ defends intel

FBI Director Chris Wray condemned the January riot at the U.S. Capitol as “domestic terrorism” Tuesday as he defended the bureau’s handling of intelligence.

5 years ago

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