by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Mar 19, 2021 | Articles, Crime & Punishment
Did you see the video? The one where George Floyd is pulled out of the SUV, upset, crying, and scared to death police would kill him? You are likely thinking of the May 25, 2020 video made on the day Mr. Floyd died. But there is another video. This one, prosecutors...
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Mar 13, 2021 | Articles, Law
Benjamin Crump has turned racial strife and tragedy into another monster payday for himself and George Floyd’s family. In a Friday afternoon press conference, Mr. Crump announced that Minneapolis would pay $27 million to settle the civil suit Crump brought on...
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Mar 8, 2021 | Articles, Law
Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin pinned alleged fraudster George Floyd to the ground with his knee for over nine minutes, and then Mr. Floyd died. On Monday, Chauvin will be in court for the first day of his trial for both murder and manslaughter...
by James Fite | Jun 28, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Gunslinger, Law, Politics, Social Issues, The Left
Editor’s note: Miss some of this week’s news, public policy, and politics? Stay current, keep up, and get out ahead of the pack with Liberty Nation’s Sunday News Round-up. Yeehaw! Who Really Needs Reform? Both houses of Congress have been working on police reform...
by Kelli Ballard | Jun 27, 2020 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Law, Politics, Social Issues
Since the death in Minneapolis, MN, of George Floyd, Defund the police has become 2020’s war cry. It has been heard across the nation, and while the left moves to drastically reduce budgets for law enforcement, the White House fights for police reform. However, when...