Chauvin segregated in prison
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin spent his first night in prison since his conviction for murdering George Floyd segregated from the other inmates, according to the Minnesota Department of Corrections.
Chauvin, found guilty Tuesday in connection with Floyd’s death on May 25, is being housed under a form of solitary confinement called “administrative segregation” for the fired Minneapolis police officer’s own safety while being held at the Oak Park Heights Prison until sentencing in June, said agency spokeswoman Sarah Fitzgerald.
He is residing in the Administrative Control Unit, “the state’s most secure unit,” Ms. Fitzgerald said.
“Administrative segregation is used when someone’s presence in the general population is a safety concern,” she added.
Ms. Fitzgerald said Chauvin “will have on average an hour a day out of his cell for exercise alone, (and his) meals are delivered to his cell.”
Sheriff: N.C. deputy fatally shot Black man
A North Carolina deputy shot and killed a Black man while executing a search warrant Wednesday, authorities said, spurring an outcry from a crowd of dozens that immediately gathered at the scene and demanded accountability.
The Pasquotank County Sheriff’s deputy was placed on leave pending a review by the State Bureau of Investigation, Sheriff Tommy Wooten II said at a news conference. He said the deputy shot Andrew Brown Jr. at about 8:30 a.m. while serving the warrant with the assistance of a nearby sheriff’s office in Elizabeth City, a municipality of about 18,000 people 170 miles northeast of Raleigh.
Sheriff Wooten said he didn’t know Mr. Brown’s age and he didn’t release the name of the deputy, who was wearing an active body camera at the time of the shooting.
A large crowd later stood outside City Hall while the City Council held an emergency meeting, some holding signs proclaiming “Black Lives Matter” and “Stop killing unarmed Black Men.”
“The police didn’t have to shoot my baby,” said Martha McCullen, an aunt of Mr. Brown who said she raised him after his parents died. Ms. McCullen stood on the stoop of Mr. Brown’s rental home, her eyes moist with emotion.
Israel claims Syria hit after missile attack
A missile launched from Syria struck southern Israel early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor, the Israeli military said. In response, it said it attacked the missile launcher and air-defense systems in neighboring Syria.
The incident, marking the most serious violence between Israel and Syria in years, pointed to likely Iranian involvement. Iran, which maintains troops and proxies in Syria, has accused Israel of a series of attacks on its nuclear facilities, including a sabotage at its Natanz nuclear facility on April 11, and vowed revenge.
The Israeli army said the missile landed in the Negev region and the air raid sirens were sounded in a village near Dimona, where Israel’s nuclear reactor is located. There was no word on whether anything had been struck, but explosions were reported across Israel.