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The IndependentTed Cruz argues Biden’s comments could mean Chauvin goes free on appeal
President took unusual step of talking about Chauvin trial once jury was sequestered
- The Independent
Fox, Newsmax, Taylor Greene and Cruz question jury as conservatives cope with Chauvin murder verdict
Conservatives argue that a Minneapolis jury was intimidated into finding Chauvin guilty
- The Independent
Who is Derek Chauvin, the officer charged with murdering George Floyd?
He was on the Minneapolis police force for nearly 20 years and had previously documented incidents of using force with arrestees
- The Independent
Derek Chauvin news – live: Floyd killer in solitary as police defend Nicholas Reardon shooting Ma’Khia Bryant
Follow latest updates from Minneapolis
- Kansas City Star
Police fatally shoot North Carolina man while serving a search warrant, officials say
The shooting occurred in Elizabeth City.
- Kansas City Star
Driver in fatal Johnson County crash showed signs of alcohol consumption, report says
The April 3 crash killed a 34-year-old Mission man when a driver from Kansas City went the wrong way on Interstate 35.
- Associated Press
Teen's death puts focus on split-second police decisions
Thirteen-year-old Adam Toledo dropped the gun he'd been holding, turned and began raising his hands just as the officer had commanded. The graphic video that became the latest tragic touchstone in the nation’s reckoning with race and policing puts a microscope on those split-second decisions with far-reaching and grave consequences. Investigators are still sorting through exactly what happened, but the shooting has raised difficult questions about why the boy wasn't given more time to comply and whether the deadly encounter could have been prevented in the first place.
- The Independent
Tucker Carlson calls support for George Floyd an ‘attack on civilisation’
Fox News host uses show to question validity of Derek Chauvin verdict, asking: ‘Can we trust the way this decision was made?’
- The Independent
Ma’Khia Bryant: Ohio police tell bystanders ‘blue lives matter’ after girl shot dead as Chauvin verdict delivered
Force releases body camera footage showing moment teenager was killed
- Associated Press
Pearson, Sutter score 2 each as Canucks beat Maple Leafs 6-3
Tanner Pearson and Brandon Sutter each scored twice, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 Tuesday night. Quinn Hughes had a goal and two assists for Vancouver, Nils Hoglander also scored and J.T. Miller had two assists. Braden Holtby stopped 37 shots for the second straight game after the Canucks' return from a massive COVID-19 outbreak.
- The Independent
‘She was a child’: White House calls fatal police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant ‘tragic’
Jen Psaki says killing of 16 year old ‘came just as America was hopeful for a step forward’ after Chauvin guilty verdict
- The Independent
What happened to the other officers arrested over George Floyd death?
Three former police officers who responded to George Floyd call now face trial in August
- Reuters
Algerian Islamists eye first election win since civil war
Islamist parties in Algeria expect to win parliamentary elections in June and take a major role in government, part of a strategy to gradually build clout within a system long dominated by a secular military that regards them with distrust. While the military will retain ultimate power, the Islamists are taking advantage of political ructions caused by the mass protests that forced out veteran president Abdelaziz Bouteflika in 2019. The largely secular Hirak protest movement still holds weekly demonstrations to demand a full purge of the old ruling elite and is boycotting the election, viewing it as a charade so long as the military and its allies hold ultimate power.
- Charlotte Observer
You now can easily find walk-in COVID vaccine appointments in Charlotte. Here’s how.
Among the big changes with expanded options, anyone age 16 and up can get a shot at the Bojangles Coliseum vaccine site without an appointment.
- The Independent
Can you tell the difference between an inkblot and a gerrymandered congressional district?
Inkblots produce random, alien-like shapes with no logic to them. The same is true of gerrymandered congressional districts, report Richard Hall and Charlotte Hodges.
- The Independent
Val Demings and Jim Jordan clash over police funding
‘Law enforcement officers deserve better than to be utilised as pawns! And you and your colleagues should be ashamed of yourselves!’ Demings thunders at Jordan
- The Independent
Ma’Khia Bryant: Everything we know about the police shooting of a teenage girl
Ohio’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation leading investigation into fatal police shooting
- The Independent
Upbeat assessments buoy hopes for revival of Iran nuclear deal
Despite numerous obstacles, both Tehran and Washington shift to cautiously optimistic tone about nuclear deal
- The Independent
Stacey Abrams condemns ‘racial animus’ in GOP-backed bills to restrict ballot access
‘If the effect is deleterious to the ability of people of colour to participate in elections, then that is problematic and that is wrong,’ Abrams says
- INSIDER
'We don't have time to grieve': Families of Wright, Floyd, and Castile are channeling trauma into protest
Derek Chauvin was convicted. But Minnesota's been a hub of police violence. Victims' families channel their grief to call for reform.