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Punishment is a fine not being yanked out of the car by your hair, thrown to the ground and having your shoulder dislocated. >> scott holmes is supervisor opportunity for the civil litigation clinic and one of bottoms attorneys, he later discovered bottom was charged in the incident. >> she was charged with speeding, 10 over, failure to heed blue lights and resisting an officer. >> reporter: why do you think they treated you this way? >> really? >> reporter: real talk. >> old black woman. and be...

In nashville over a seven year pe period, found no relationship over the number of stops and the rate of crime there. >> i talked to a number of kplees chiefs. >> reporter: unc chapel hill researcher says these type of stops do not net police a lot of guns or drugs. >> only find contraband about 1/4 of the time, that means 3/4 of the people are searched fruitlessly. >> reporter: we now know felando castile was a pretextual stop. >> have reason to pull it over, driver looks like one of our suspec...

Freshener hanging on his rear view mirror and an expired tag. wright tried to flee when officers tried to arrest him for outstanding warrant, ended in his death, shot by an officer who says she confused her gun for her taser. also near minneapolis, officer killed felando casteel after a minor traffic violation, broken tail light, saying he reached for his identification and informed the officer he had a gun which he had a legal permit to carry, but the officer claimed casteels hand was on the gu...

Of bottoms attorneys. he later discovered bottom was charged in the incident. >> she was charged with speeding 10 over and failure to heed blue rights and resisting an officer. >> why do you think they treated you this way? >> really? >> really. real talk. >> old black woman. and because of the fact that i did not stop right away. i truly believe that if i was white i wouldnt have been treated that way. >> you refused to stop. >> it was a traffic stop of a black person like many youve heard abou...

>> no to be pulled over for minor traffic stops its systemic racism. its a way for police officers to have a reasoning to pull somebody over. and it ends up in death or incarceration that doesnt need to have happened. >> once police learned write had a warrant, they tried to arrest him. wright tried to flee. >> ill taser. ill taste err taser. taser, taser. >> my god i just shot him. >> what were your hopes and dreams for dante? what did you hope for him. >> to get married one day, to watch him r...

Pulled over, said momma, im being pulled over, i said for what, because he had an air freshener in his rear view mirror. >> reporter: do you think thats a legitimate reason to pull someone over? >> no, to be pulled over for minor traffic stuff, its systemic racism, a way for police officers to have a reasoning to pull somebody over, and it ends up in death or incarceration that doesnt need to have happen. >> reporter: once police learn wright had a warrant, they tried to arrest him. wright tried...

Bank. if theyre wanted for murder. >> three minnesota law enforcement groups wrote a letter to the mayor and city council argue attention it was quote misguided and the changes will make the city less safe. >> we are determined to make it happen. our community spoke very loud and clear. and they said enough is enough. >> but theyre already running into issues. the city budget passed in december is hundreds of thousands of dollars short of what they need. >> please, please, stop [ bleep ]. >> the...

When the gun was spotted. though police admit amirs name was not listed on the warrant that officers were serving. and i go back and think about how right in minneapolis we dealt with george floyd and then dante wright ten miles outside of minneapolis. that is why we need federal laws and federal laws enforced because every time that we make steps forward, there were convictions in the trial of the policemen that did what they did to dante wright. the police woman. there was convictions in the t...

Sediment reforms to end minnesota state patrol attacks on journalists. im not quite sure why 231 years after the first amendment was established anyone needs to be suing the police for attacking journalists or why for that matter police in america continue to attack journalists. nonetheless, here we are. a federal judge approved a permanent injuks that will prohibit the minnesota state patrol from attacking or arresting journalists. this stems from the 2020 protests over the police killings of g...

Whatever it takes. >> shannon: one local business owner was forced to close or business after she was harassed for donating to the truckers. she seven or 56 your shes never seen her country so divided and full of hatred also within the last two hours or so, police in ottawa say theres been no serious injuries or fatalities in todays police action. >> shannon: thank you, ashley. >> breaking tonight were starting to get reports of looting in brooklyn center, minnesota, and we saw the protest earli...