Amy Forliti, Author at Valley News

Jennifer Starr Dodd, center, and other supporters react to the sentencing of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, Friday, June 25, 2021, at George Floyd Square where Floyd was killed, in Minneapolis. Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Ex-officer sentenced to 22 1/2 years in George Floyd’s murder

by Amy Forliti Associated Press, and Steve Karnowski Associated PressJune 25, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in…

AniYa A motions as she walks through Times Square in New York, while talking on her cell phone after a Minnesota jury found Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Floyd died last May after Chauvin, a white officer, pinned his knee on or close to the 46-year-old Black man's neck for about 9 1/2 minutes. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death

by Amy Forliti Associated Press, Stephen Groves Associated Press, Tammy Webber Associated Press, and Steve Karnowski Associated PressApril 20, 2021

Demonstrators gather in St. Paul, Minn. on Friday, June 5, 2020. Protests continue over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Minneapolis City Council advances plan to disband police department

by Steve Karnowski Associated Press, and Amy Forliti Associated PressJune 26, 2020

FILE- In this June 25, 2018 file photo, a memorial is set up in the alley where Thurman Blevins was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in Minneapolis. Authorities in Minneapolis released body camera video Sunday, July 29 from two police officers in the fatal shooting of Blevins, with the footage showing the man shot from behind after a frenetic foot chase and what appeared to be a gun in his hand. (Anthony Souffle /Star Tribune via AP, File)

No Charges Against Minneapolis Officers in Black Man’s Death

by Youssef Rddad Associated Press, and Amy Forliti Associated PressJuly 31, 2018

Nurse Alex Wubbels speaks during an interview Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in Salt Lake City. Wubbels followed hospital policy and advice from her bosses when she told Salt Lake City police Detective Jeff Payne that he could not get the blood sample without a warrant or consent from the patient, said her lawyer, Porter. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Utah Nurse’s Arrest Raises Evidence Collection Issues

by Amy Forliti Associated PressSeptember 3, 2017

In this photo provided by the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, director of the social and advocacy arm of Reform Judaism, speaks at the 2017 Consultation on Conscience conference in Washington. Pesner supports the Johnson Amendment, an IRS regulation which allows a wide range of advocacy on political issues but bars electioneering and outright political endorsements from the pulpit, calling it “a gift to preachers. ... It gives me the freedom, from the pulpit, to peach about values and policy, but to be protected from partisanship.” (Ralph Alswang/Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism via AP)

Preachers Praise, Rebuke Trump Order

by Amy Forliti Associated PressMay 7, 2017

Ramsey County attorney John Choi, second left, walks away from the podium Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, after announcing that officer Jeronimo Yanez has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the killing of Philando Castile, a black man whose girlfriend streamed the gruesome aftermath of the fatal shooting live on Facebook. To Choi's left is Don Lewis, special prosecutor in the case and to his right is Richard Dusterhoft, criminal division director at the Ramsey County DA's office. (David Joles /Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota Officer Charged in Shooting

by Kyle Potter Associated Press, and Amy Forliti Associated PressNovember 16, 2016

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2007 file photo, Prince performs during the halftime show at the Super Bowl XLI football game at Dolphin Stadium in Miami. The disclosure that some pills found at Prince's Paisley Park home and studio were counterfeit and contained the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl strongly suggests they came to the superstar illegally. Prince died April 21, 2016, of an accidental fentanyl overdose. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Prince Had Fentanyl-Laced Pills When He Died

by Amy Forliti Associated Press, and Michael Tarm Associated PressAugust 22, 2016

FILE - In this April 26, 2008 file photo, Prince performs during the second day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. A law-enforcement official says that tests show the music superstar died of an opioid overdose. Prince was found dead at his home on April 21, 2016, in suburban Minneapolis. He was 57. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Autopsy: Prince Died of Accidental Overdose

by Michael Tarm Associated Press, and Amy Forliti Associated PressJune 3, 2016