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Apr 11 2024
News
No track, all field for Williamsburg’s Derek Weisskopf
Prep track and field: He wins the high jump and discus at the Bobcat Invitational, and nearly adds the shot put title From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on a track night, the options are many. Don’t bother looking inside the fence surrounding the track. That’s unlikely. His duties are elsewhere. “It’s a little stressful,” said Williamsburg senior Derek Weisskopf, field-event wizard. “I’ve got to make sure
Cedar Rapids GazetteApr 21 2021
Opinion
America's Streets Are Spared, But Was Justice Done in the Chauvin Trial?
I spent an entire talk show Tuesday morning telling the audience why I found reasonable doubt dripping from multiple layers of the case against Derek Chauvin. A unanimous jury verdict to the contrary does not change my mind in the least.
However, I am now tasked with how to process this result as relief and celebration spread across the land, amid talk of healing and renewed faith in
TownhallDec 02 2023
News
Prisoner, who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times, is ex-FBI informant, who says he planned attack as tribute to BLM
Federal prosecutors said Derek Chauvin was stabbed 22 times in prison by a gang leader, who was also a former FBI informant. John Turscak was charged with assault with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault resulting in serious bodily injury on Friday. The attempted murder and assault with intent to commit murder charges are each punishable by up to 20 years in
The BlazeApr 21 2021
News
‘Last Straw’: Americans confront racism, violence in Chauvin trial
The trial and conviction of former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd came with America at a crossroads, a moment of anguish, but also of possibility, which historians and activists compared to the Civil Rights era.
From policing and race relations to the criminal justice system, the three-week trial of Derek Chauvin became "a symbol and stand in for our
ReutersApr 11 2021
Analysis
Did George Floyd say he ‘ate too many drugs,’ as Derek Chauvin's defense claimed?
The legal defense for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer on trial for murder in the death of George Floyd, tried unsuccessfully to get two witnesses to testify that Floyd said he "ate too many drugs" as he was pinned under Chauvin’s knee.
Defense attorney Eric Nelson did not come away with the answer he sought during the eighth day of Chauvin’s trial. But the brief
PolitiFactMay 14 2024
News
Jamie Foxx Hangs with Tom Brady, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Deion Sanders: 'Goat Herd'
Jamie Foxx continues to get back into the swing of things in his career following his health scare last year — and he's getting to meet a few sports G.O.A.T.s in the process. As the host of FOX’s popular game show Beat Shazam , Foxx led FOX's Upfronts on May 13, where he previewed new seasons of The Masked Singer and Animal Control and highlighted the upcoming MLB Negro League tribute game for
PeopleNov 24 2023
News
Derek Chauvin, ex-cop convicted of killing George Floyd, stabbed in prison, may have required 'life-saving measures': Report
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of killing George Floyd, was seriously injured in a stabbing attack at the facility where he is currently serving his sentences, the Associated Press reported. On Friday, Chauvin, 47, was stabbed by a fellow inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, a medium-security prison with about 380 inmates, a
The BlazeMay 20 2024
News
Trump trial turns rowdy as defense mounts its case in hush money trial
Former President Trump’s hush money trial briefly devolved into a rowdy scene on Monday after the judge admonished a witness brought to the stand by Trump’s defense team.
The witness, lawyer Robert Costello, elicited a tense exchange with Judge Juan Merchan over his decorum in the courtroom, where at one point the judge demanded to know if he was being stared down.
Monday began
The HillApr 13 2021
News
Derek Chauvin's defense begins its case by highlighting George Floyd's prior arrest
Derek Chauvin's defense team highlighted George Floyd's arrest and drug use in May 2019 in court on Tuesday after the prosecution rested its case against the former Minneapolis Police officer.
The defense's first witness was retired Minneapolis Police officer Scott Creighton, who testified that he approached Floyd on the passenger side of a red Ford Explorer on May 6, 2019. He ordered
CNN DigitalApr 21 2021
News
Derek Chauvin will likely appeal his guilty verdict in George Floyd's murder. But the odds aren't good.
Now that fired police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all three counts against him, he can still file an appeal. But the odds are not good, considering some 90% of appeals are denied across the United States.
An appeal in the case is a virtual certainty. But what issues Chauvin's lawyers raise to the appellate court are an open question, according to criminal defense experts
USA TODAY