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The family of George Floyd plans to file a $250 million lawsuit against Ye

The announcement of the lawsuit comes after Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, made comments about Floyd's death on the podcast Drink Champs.

WEKU

Kanye West being sued for $250million by George Floyd's daughter

George Floyd's family have sent a cease-and-desist letter to rapper Kanye over his remarks about Floyd's death, claiming that they have been 'retraumatised'

Daily Mirror

After Kanye West disputes cause of death, George Floyd’s family sues rapper for $250 million

After weeks of spewing antisemitic and controversial remarks, Kanye West has found himself at the center of a $250 million lawsuit filed by the family of police brutality victim George Floyd.

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George Floyd’s family sues Kanye West for saying he died from drug abuse

Rapper alleged Floyd died from a fentanyl overdose on a podcast, sparking a $250m lawsuit

The Guardian - US

Cops killed George Floyd — not fentanyl

Parroting drug war propaganda, Ye repeats the lie that fentanyl and methamphetamine killed George Floyd

Salon

Mother of George Floyd’s daughter sues Kanye West for $250m

Rapper sparked controversy when he claimed that police officer’s knee ‘wasn’t even on his neck like that’

The Independent UK

Family of George Floyd considers legal action over Kanye West comments

Rapper alleges on podcast that Floyd died from drug abuse, despite former police officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction for murder

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Kanye West claims George Floyd died by fentanyl; Floyd’s family considers lawsuit

Kanye West continues to create outrage.

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Kanye West sparks fresh controversy as he claims George Floyd’s killer didn’t really have knee on his neck

Rapper made the claims in an appearance on the Drink Champs podcast

The Independent UK

Ahead of manslaughter trial this month, litany of motions heard for ex-officers in George Floyd killing

MINNEAPOLIS — The joint trial scheduled for a pair of ex-Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd's killing later this month will mark the latest proceeding after two and a half years in and out of state and federal courtrooms amid the nationwide reckoning in policing reignited…

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Litany of motions heard ahead of ex-Minneapolis officers' trial this month for George Floyd's killing

MINNEAPOLIS — A litany of 170 motions were argued in Hennepin County District court ahead of the joint trial of two ex-Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd's killing, and who are already serving federal sentences for violating Floyd's civil rights.

Tribune News Service

State, cops seek to bar evidence in trial over Floyd killing

Prosecutors and defense attorneys for two former Minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd have filed more than 100 motions to limit testimony or evidence that will be allowed at trial

The Independent UK

2 guilty of violating Floyd's rights to begin federal term

Two of the four former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights are scheduled to begin serving their federal sentences Tuesday

The Independent UK

In Minnesota, abortion keys Keith Ellison's 2nd term hopes

Keith Ellison gave up a safe seat in Congress to run for Minnesota attorney general, saying it was his best chance to push back against the policies of Donald Trump

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Former Minneapolis police officer gets 3 years in prison in Floyd killing

A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting in the killing of George Floyd, a Black man whose death outraged people around the world, was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Thomas Lane: Former police officer jailed for ‘aiding and abetting’ death of George Floyd

A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd has been sentenced to three years.

Tribune News Service

Ex-officer Thomas Lane sentenced for manslaughter in George Floyd killing

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced to three years in prison in Hennepin County District Court for his role in George Floyd's killing more than two years ago.

WEKU

A former Minneapolis officer is sentenced to 3 years for aiding George Floyd's death

Former police officer Thomas Lane, who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd, was sentenced on Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

Ex-cop Lane to be sentenced for aiding in George Floyd death

A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday

WEKU

Texas denies a posthumous pardon for George Floyd over a drug charge

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer.

Reuters

George Floyd denied posthumous pardon for 2004 Texas drug conviction

A Texas state agency has decided against recommending that the governor grant a posthumous pardon to George Floyd for a 2004 drug conviction, in a reversal of a decision made last year.

Tribune News Service

Charges: Witness in Chauvin trial choked ex-girlfriend outside State Fair, threatened officers

MINNEAPOLIS — A key prosecution witness in the Derek Chauvin murder trial choked his former girlfriend outside the State Fair and then threatened to kill the police officers who arrested him, according to charges.

The Independent UK

Chauvin moved to Arizona federal pen in George Floyd killing

Derek Chauvin has been moved from a Minnesota state prison where he was often held in solitary confinement to a medium-security federal prison in Arizona, where the former police officer convicted in George Floyd’s killing may be held under less restrictive conditions

Tribune News Service

Derek Chauvin to serve time in federal prison in Arizona for killing George Floyd

MINNEAPOLIS — Fired Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was taken by U.S. marshals from a state prison and is heading to a federal facility to serve his time for killing George Floyd more than two years ago, a Minnesota corrections spokesman said.

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Chauvin taken from state prison, heading to federal facility to serve time for killing George Floyd

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