Army Sergeant Daniel Perry was found guilty of murdering Garrett Foster at a Black Lives Matter rally in Austin last July. Recently unsealed documents revealed Perry had expressed discontent with the protests and looting that followed the police killing of George Floyd, and had posted white power memes and messages about killing demonstrators on social media. The jury found Perry guilty of murder after deliberating for less than two hours, sparking debate over the use of lethal force in self-defense and the potential for racial bias in the justice system.
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Minneapolis has agreed to pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two people who said former police officer Derek Chauvin used excessive force on them years before he killed George Floyd. The settlement is part of the city's efforts to address police brutality and reform the police department, and is a reminder that the fight for justice for George Floyd and other victims of police brutality is far from over.
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police Officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020, pleaded guilty to two counts of tax evasion in a Washington County court on Friday. His ex-wife had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of underreporting their income and failing to file tax returns. Chauvin is currently serving a 40-year sentence for the murder of Floyd, and faces a maximum of five years in prison for the tax evasion charges, with a sentencing hearing scheduled for August 12.
Derek Chauvin's attorney argued in an appeals court that his client was deprived of a fair trial due to legal and procedural errors. Chauvin was convicted in April of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, a Black man. The appeals court did not immediately rule on Chauvin’s attorney’s request to overturn the conviction, and is expected to issue a written opinion in the coming weeks.