Posts tagged as “Derek Chauvin”

Watch Live: Derek Chauvin Found Guilty On All Counts

April 20, 2021

By Tyler Durden Update (1705ET): After deliberating for more than 10 hours, the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial has found the former Minneapolis police officer…

LIVE: Jurors Hand Out Verdict to Derek Chauvin

April 20, 2021

By EPOCH VIDEO Jurors have decided on a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. “A verdict has been reached and…

Jury Reaches Verdict In Derek Chauvin Trial; To Be Read Imminently

April 20, 2021

By Tyler Durden The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin in the May 2020 death of George…

Illinois Gov. Deploys 125 National Guard Troops to Chicago Ahead of Chauvin Verdict

April 20, 2021

By ISABEL VAN BRUGEN Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday authorized the deployment of the Illinois National Guard to Chicago ahead of the verdict in the trial of…

Outrage of the war on cops: Devine

April 20, 2021

By Miranda Devine How does this work? On Friday the NYPD saves New York from God-knows-what by arresting an Ohio man allegedly toting an AK-47 and a bag…

Judge Criticizes Rep. Maxine Waters for ‘Confrontational’ Remarks During Chauvin Trial

April 20, 2021

By JACK PHILLIPS The judge presiding over the murder trial for former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin made a critical comment about Rep. Maxine Waters’ (D-Calif.) recent remarks…

No, Chauvin’s knee was not on Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes — fully debunked

April 12, 2021

By M. Dowling We don’t know if Derek Chauvin should or will be found guilty. What we do know is twofold: there will be riots…

Teacher to Students: Let’s Watch George Floyd Die but Don’t Tell Mom

April 7, 2021

By Jim Thomas By now, practically everyone on earth has seen or heard of George Floyd, the Derek Chauvin trial and circumstances surrounding Floyd’s death.…

Derek Chauvin, Human Sacrifice

April 2, 2021

Ann Coulter The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com. In modern America, we periodically offer up white…

When WHITE became illegal in America

June 24, 2020

06/22/2020 / By S.D. Wells We are all to believe that Derek Chauvin represents every white police officer in America, and this coming from a racist…

George Floyd, Derek Chauvin Had Tense Encounters While Working at Same Nightclub: Former Coworker

June 10, 2020

BY ZACHARY STIEBER June 10, 2020 Updated: June 10, 2020 George Floyd and the police officer who knelt on his neck for around 9 minutes before he died…

Sunday Talks: Crump on Floyd – “We Don’t Understand”…

June 1, 2020

Posted on May 31, 2020 by sundance Our old friend Ben ‘objectib ebidense’ Crump, the defense lawyer for the Floyd family, appears on Face the Nation with Margaret…

George Floyd & Fired Killer Cop Derek Chauvin Knew Each Other & Worked Together “For 17 Years,” Minneapolis Official Says

George Floyd and Derek Chauvin—the now-fired Minneapolis Police Department officer who was seen on video kneeling on Floyd’s neck before he died in police custody—actually knew each other and worked together at a restaurant for nearly two decades, according to a Minneapolis City councilor. Speaking during live TV coverage of the protests and riots that have sparked in Minneapolis over Floyd’s killing, Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins said Thursday night (May 28) that Floyd and Chauvin worked as bouncers at the El Nuevo Rodeo club on Lake Street—which, coincidentally, is right across the street from a MPD precinct that was set on fire by protesters. “George Floyd worked at that restaurant, so did Officer Chauvin,” Jenkins explained. “They were both bouncers at that restaurant for seventeen years.” Jenkins continued: “So Officer Chauvin…he knew George,…they were co-workers.” Andrea Jenkins, vice president of Minneapolis City Council, says George Floyd and Officer Chauvin worked at restaurant near Third Precinct. "They were coworkers for a very long time." pic.twitter.com/IrwJvmxchI — MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 29, 2020 The owner of the building, Maya Santamaria, also said that Floyd and Chauvin once worked together as security guards at the restaurant. “Chauvin was our off-duty police for almost the entirety of the 17 years that we were open,” Santamaria told KTSP-TV Thursday afternoon. “They were working together at the same time, it’s just that Chauvin worked outside and the security guards were inside.” Though councilwoman Jenkins said the two knew each other, Santamaria said she didn’t know for sure whether they knew each other or not because there were usually a dozen security guards, including off-duty cops, working at the restaurant at the same time on any given night. Santamaria said she didn’t recognize George at first in the now-viral video showing Chauvin kneeling on his neck not far from where they used to work together. “My friend sent me (the video) and said this is your guy who used to work for you and I said, ‘It’s not him.’ And then they did the closeup and that’s when I said, ‘Oh my God, that’s him,'” she said. “I didn’t recognize George as one of our security guys because he looked really different lying there like that.” The disturbing footage showing George Floyd being suffocated to death as he begs for his life and says “I can’t breathe!” has sparked outrage nationwide. The four officers involved in Floyd’s arrest and subsequent death—Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao, Thomas Lane, and J. Alexander Kueng—were fired the day after the fatal incident, however, many—including Floyd’s family and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey—are calling for them to also be arrested and criminally charged. “Why is the man who killed George Floyd not in jail?” Frey inquired in a news conference Wednesday (May 27). “If I had done it, or if you had done it, we would be behind bars right now. We cannot turn a blind eye, it is on us as leaders to see this for what it is and call it what it is.” In a separate news conference Thursday, Mayor Frey said Floyd would “be alive today if he were white.” Frey added: “I’m not a prosecutor, but let me be clear, the arresting officer killed someone.”

George Floyd & Fired Killer Cop Derek Chauvin Knew Each Other & Worked Together “For 17 Years,” Minneapolis Official Says

May 31, 2020

By GOT News George Floyd and Derek Chauvin—the now-fired Minneapolis Police Department officer who was seen on video kneeling on Floyd’s neck before he died…

Officer who knelt on George Floyd had 17 previous internal complaints filed with Minneapolis police

May 29, 2020

The officer at the center of George Floyd’s death has a history of poor behavior. Documents from the Minneapolis Police Department released Thursday reveal that officer Derek…