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Chauvin trial: The death of George Floyd

This is a collection of resources related to the trial for the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin

Media coverage

"I Can't Breathe:4 Minneapolis Officers Fired After Black Man Dies in Custody
New York Times. 5/26/2020
"Please I can't breathe"
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 5/27/2020
"Minneapolis Protests Turn Violent as Outrage Grows"
New York Times, 5/28/2020
"Violent Protests Intesify"
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 5/28/2020
"In George Floyd’s Death, a Police Technique Leads to a Too-Familiar Tragedy"
New York Times, 5/29/2020
"Demonstrations Spread Across U.S. as Ex-Officer Charged With Murder in George Floyd's Death"
Wall Street Journal, 5/29/20
"What we know about the events surrounding George Floyd’s death and its aftermath: a timeline"
MinnPost, 5/29/2020
"MEDICAL EXAMINER: FLOYD DEATH HOMICIDE"
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 6/02/2020
"Autopsy examiner in Floyd case defended as 'fair-minded'"
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 6/19/2020
"Chauvin defense's focus: Floyd's health, drug use"
Washington Post, 3/11/2021

Magazine articles/Analysis

"So Brutal A Death"
Edwidge Danicat, New Yorker, 6/22/2020
"Grieving and Frustrated: Black Scientists Call Out Racism in the Wake of Police Killings"
Nature, June 8, 2020
"Racism, the Public Health Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore"
The Lancet, June, 2020
"Autopsies are more important than ever. Here's what they can tell us"
Popular Science, July 1, 2020
"Police Reform is Not Enough"
The Atlantic, 9/1/2020
"An Attorney's Guide to Autopsy:A Medical-Legal Overview"
University of Louisville Law Review, Fall, 2020
"No More Rocks and Bottles"
Police Chief, 3/3/2021 Police perspective on responses to excessive force incidents