May 21, 2009 - Two men who were with Fong Lee just before his death testified in federal court this morning that Lee was a member of a street gang.
May 22, 2009 - Members of Fong Lee's family testified this morning in the wrongful death lawsuit against a Minneapolis police officer who killed Lee in 2006.
May 22, 2009 - Throughout the week, a federal jury in St. Paul has been hearing sometimes gruesome testimony in a wrongful death suit against a Minneapolis police officer. The family of Fong Lee accuses officer Jason Andersen of unjustifiably killing the 19-year-old in 2006. They also say the police planted a gun next to Lee's dead body. Brandt Williams reports the plaintiff's have had some stumbles in presenting their case.
May 22, 2009 - Two men who were with Fong Lee just before his death testified in federal court this morning that Lee was a member of a street gang.
May 26, 2009 - Testimony in the wrongful death trial of Minneapolis police officer Jason Andersen wrapped up this afternoon in federal court.
May 26, 2009 - Testimony wrapped up today in the wrongful death trial of a Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed 19-year-old Fong Lee. Officer Jason Andersen says he shot and killed Lee in 2006, because he thought the teenager was carrying a gun and feared for his life. Family members and friends say Lee didn't have a gun. And they say the police planted the gun next to his body.
May 26, 2009 - Attorneys for the family of Fong Lee rested their case this morning in federal court. Then the defense began its case in wrongful death lawsuit against Minneapolis police officer Jason Andersen.
May 27, 2009 - A jury has begun deliberations in the wrongful death trial of Minneapolis police officer Jason Andersen. Andersen shot and killed 19-year-old Fong Lee in 2006.
May 27, 2009 - Final arguments will be held today in the wrongful death trial of Minneapolis police officer Jason Andersen. Testimony wrapped up yesterday in federal court in St. Paul.
May 28, 2009 - Members of a Minneapolis family say they are angry that a city police officer who shot and killed 19-year-old Fong Lee in 2006 has been cleared of civil wrongful-death charges. Today a jury ruled that officer Jason Andersen did not use excessive force when he shot Lee eight times. Andersen had been cleared of criminal charges by a grand jury in 2007. So the family filed a civil suit against the city. They insist Lee was unarmed and that officers planted a gun near his body. Lee's older sister Shoua says the family's legal fight will continue.