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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Amy Forliti

In this Sept. 17, 2021, file photo, Zoe Nassimoff looks at white flags that are part of artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's temporary art installation, "In America: Remember," in remembrance of Americans who have died of COVID-19, on the National Mall in Washington. Nassimoff's grandparents who lived in Florida died from COVID-19. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
October 2, 2021, 2:20 am
US COVID cases are falling, but country on brink of 700,000 dead
While fourth wave appears to have peaked, officials are concerned about coming winter season with 70 million eligible Americans still refusing vaccinations
By Amy Forliti and Carla K. Johnson
In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over Chauvin's sentencing on June 25, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
June 25, 2021, 11:39 pm
Minnesota cop Derek Chauvin gets 22.5 years in prison for George Floyd’s murder
Punishment falls short of 30 years prosecutors requested; with good behavior, ex-officer could be paroled after serving two-thirds of sentence for crime that shocked the nation
By Amy Forliti and Steve Karnowski
In this image from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, center, is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin's trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
April 21, 2021, 12:14 am
Ex-cop Chauvin convicted of murder, manslaughter in death of George Floyd
Celebrations outside court as former officer convicted of all charges, could face decades in jail for killing that set off heated debate across US and beyond over racism, policing
By Amy Forliti, STEPHEN GROVES and TAMMY WEBBER
In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, accompanied by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin speaks as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Monday, March 29, 2021, in the trial of Chauvin, in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
March 30, 2021, 4:27 am
Jurors shown video of George Floyd’s death as ex-cop goes on trial
Prosecutor says Derek Chauvin knelt on neck of victim, whose death triggered global protests against racism, ‘until the very life was squeezed out of him’
By Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti
In this image taken from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, defendant and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, and Nelson's assistant Amy Voss, back, introduce themselves to potential jurors on March 23, 2021, as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over jury selection in the trial of Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Court TV, via AP, Pool)
March 29, 2021, 7:35 pm
Trial underway for former officer charged with killing George Floyd
Prosecutor says Derek Chauvin ‘squeezed life out of’ Floyd; family members and demonstrators gather outside courthouse
By Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti
A woman wearing a protective mask walks past graffiti in Berlin's Mauer Park depicting George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis after a white policeman kneeled on his neck for several minutes. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
March 12, 2021, 11:16 pm
Minneapolis reaches $27 million settlement with family of George Floyd
Lawyer hails ‘one step on the journey to justice’ with largest pretrial settlement ever for a civil rights claim; move comes as jury selection continues in murder trial
By Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti
Defendant and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, listens as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over pretrial motions before jury selection, March 9, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Court TV screen capture, via AP, Pool)
March 9, 2021, 9:58 pm
Jury selection begins in trial of ex-cop in George Floyd’s death
First potential juror excused after saying it was ‘not fair’ of Derek Chauvin to not remove his knee from Floyd’s neck
By Amy Forliti
This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, shows Derek Chauvin, from left, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by him and the other Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Kueng, Lane and Thao have been charged with aiding and abetting Chauvin. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP)
June 3, 2020, 10:59 pm
Prosecutors charge 3 more officers in George Floyd’s death
Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck until he died, to be charged with second-degree murder
By Amy Forliti and Steve Karnowski
George Floyd. (Christopher Harris via AP)
June 1, 2020, 11:15 pm
Contradicting official findings, family autopsy says Floyd died of asphyxiation
Official autopsy of US black man killed by white cop concluded there was nothing ‘to support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation’
By Amy Forliti
In this screen capture of video from May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneels on the neck of George Floyd, who was handcuffed and pleading that he could not breathe, in Minneapolis. (Darnella Frazier via AP)
May 29, 2020, 10:00 pm
Minneapolis cop who knelt on handcuffed black man’s neck charged with murder
Minnesota state investigators arrest Derek Chauvin for role in death of George Floyd while in custody that sparked protests across the US and violence in Minneapolis
By Tim Sullivan and Amy Forliti
A protester carries a US flag upside down, a sign of distress, next to a burning building Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
May 29, 2020, 8:45 am
Minneapolis police station torched as protests spread across US
On 3rd day of mass demonstrations following handcuffed black man’s killing by officer, no signs of anger abating
By Tim Sullivan and Amy Forliti
A car burns near the Third Police Precinct on May 27, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during riots speaked by the police killing of George Floyd. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images/AFP)
May 29, 2020, 1:12 am
National Guard called to Minneapolis amid violent riots over man’s death
Protesters clash with police, loot stores, burn buildings after handcuffed black man dies in police custody in Minnesota
By Tim Sullivan and Amy Forliti
People gather and pray around a makeshift memorial, May 26, 2020, in Minneapolis, near the site where a black man, who was taken into police custody the day before, later died. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)
May 27, 2020, 12:38 am
Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man choked during arrest
‘Being Black in America should not be a death sentence,’ says city mayor after film emerges of man pleading that he could not breathe as a white officer knelt on his neck
By Amy Forliti and JEFF BAENEN
Vietnam Veteran Kitch Kichula, wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus, pays his respects at the at the Vietnam War Memorial on Memorial Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 25, 2020. (AP/Matt Rourke)
May 26, 2020, 2:44 am
Pandemic brings smaller, subdued US Memorial Day observances
Coronavirus forces Americans to honor war dead, and virus fatalities, with online tributes and small processions instead of parades as outbreak’s US death toll nears 100,000
By Amy Forliti and MATTHEW BROWN
A convoy of Italian Army trucks is unloaded upon arrival from Bergamo carrying bodies of coronavirus victims to the cemetery of Ferrara, Italy, where they will be cremated, Saturday, March 21, 2020. The transfer was made necessary since Bergamo mortuary reached maximum capacity. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)
March 21, 2020, 7:40 pm
Italy: Record 800 dead from virus in a day, with almost 5,000 fatalities in all
New York state weighs temporary hospitals on college campuses and in New York City’s main convention center for possible onslaught of coronavirus patients, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says
By Amy Forliti and Frank Jordans
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