The medical examiner who conducted George Floyd’s autopsy testified Friday that he ruled the death a homicide because police restraint and neck compression caused Floyd’s heart to stop. Hennepin ...

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The second full week of testimony in the trial of former officers Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd included scientific and technical details of the investigation and autopsy. Several ...

Black people are seven times more likely to die following police contact but no officers involved in such cases have ever been prosecuted for racism, new data analysis has revealed. The huge disparity ...

Two officers stood on Fernando Rodriguez’s outstretched arms, handcuffs connecting his wrists. Another stood on the shackles binding the 24-year-old’s legs. A fourth officer kneeled on Rodriguez’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The deaths of three men who died after being restrained by police in Frederick County should have been classified as homicides, an ...

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In this image from Hampton Police Department body-camera video, officers restrain Fernando Rodriguez in the middle of a street in Hampton, Ga., on Sept. 20, 2019. A county coroner ruled his death a ...