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Appeals court upholds Chauvin's conviction for George Floyd's murder

The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday rejected former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's petition to throw out his 2022 conviction for the murder of George Floyd.

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/17/derek-chauvin-appeal-murder-conviction-george-floyd

Former Minneapolis officer sentenced to nearly 5 years for role in George Floyd's killing

Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao, the last officer facing state sentencing in George Floyd's death, was sentenced Monday to 4 years and 9 months in prison for his role in the May 2020 arrest that sparked global protests and a national reckoning on police brutality and systemic racism.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/07/tou-thao-sentenced-george-floyd-death/70541218007/

Officer says he assumed fellow cops were caring for Floyd

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s killing testified Tuesday that he was relying on his fellow officers to care for Floyd’s medical needs while he controlled onlookers as police tried to arrest the Black man.

https://apnews.com/article/death-of-george-floyd-george-floyd-minneapolis-thomas-lane-tou-thao-38c2df97682aa44ea09ddbfa7fda14c6

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Uninvited and Unaccountable: How CBP Policed George Floyd Protests

Thousands of pages of newly released documents detail CBP’s involvement in policing the 2020 racial justice protests.

https://theintercept.com/2023/09/21/cbp-george-floyd-protests/?

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⚖️ Derek Chauvin stabbed in prison

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured yesterday at a federal prison in Arizona, Torey Van Oot of Axios Twin Cities reports.

• Chavin was attacked at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security prison plagued by security lapses and staffing shortages.

Chauvin's stabbing is the second high-profile attack on a federal prisoner in five months. In July, disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar was stabbed by a fellow inmate at a federal penitentiary in Florida.

• Keep reading.

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Derek Chauvin’s family has received no updates after prison stabbing, attorney says

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, said Saturday that Chauvin’s family has been kept in the dark by federal prison officials after he was stabbed in prison.

https://apnews.com/article/prosecutors-say-derek-chauvin-may-survive-stabbing-23c704a8cd441d270b7b542e835b69fa?

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Inmate who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times is charged with attempted murder, prosecutors say

Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison 22 times by a former gang leader and one-time FBI informant who told investigators he targeted the ex-Minneapolis police officer because of his notoriety for killing George Floyd, federal prosecutors said Friday.

https://apnews.com/article/derek-chauvin-stabbing-suspect-d458e9c8fba02a98d5dbabb1884dc1cc?