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As Ross contends with her searing personal loss, she has also sought to make sense of her place as a White woman in the struggle for racial justice.

Tweet A simple post to close out a long Tuesday. Yesterday the Daily Caller published a series of man-on-the-street interviews. The gimmick here is that their reporter was speaking to people in two different locations. The first was Brooklyn Center where police officer Kim Potter shot Daunte Wright. The other was Washington, DC. As you’ll see, there’s a very different response in the two locations. The respondents closest to the “unrest” aren’t very tolerant of the idea that riots a...

Officer Joe Gutierrez’s actions showed how white supremacy has shaped the attitudes of many Latinos – often with deadly consequences.

The funding plan comes a week after a Hennepin County jury handed down a guilty verdict for former police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd.

A funeral will be held next Monday for Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot and killed by North Carolina deputies, with the Rev. Al Sharpton delivering the eulogy. Lawyers for Brown’s family said that the funeral will take place at noon on Monday in Elizabeth City. Other details of the arrangements were still being settled. Brown was shot and killed last week by Pasquotank County deputies serving drug-related search and arrest warrants. Brown’s family asked Sharpton to deliver the eulogy be...

Hennepin County Board rejects resolution condemning use of chemical weapons and less-lethal projectiles Commissioners also discussed the use of the Government Centers public plaza for protests.  By David Chanen, Star Tribune April 27, 2021 — 5:56pm Text size Copy shortlink: The Hennepin County Board narrowly defeated a resolution Tuesday to condemn the use of chemical weapons and less-lethal projectiles by law enforcement officers ...

Jessica Beauvais Made Podcast Rant Against Police Hours Before Crash Killed NYPD Officer On 4/28/21 at 10:00 AM EDT Suspected drunk driver Jessica Beauvais ranted against police in a Facebook livestream just hours before she allegedly killed a New York police officer during a hit-and-run. Beauvais, 32, uploaded a nearly two-hour long livestream on her Facebook page, under the name Phoenix Michel, on Monday evening, which opened with the N.W.A song "F*** Tha Police." She went on to share her vie...

The funding plan comes a week after a Hennepin County jury handed down a guilty verdict for former police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd.

Activists reexamine what ‘justice’ means in wake of Derek Chauvin verdict Public reacts to Derek Chauvin verdict Replay Video UP NEXT "Justice for George Floyd" became one of several demands that sparked a movement against police brutality and racism in policing in the summer of 2020. Now, organizers, activists and lawmakers alike are reexamining what justice actually means. “We know that what justice would look like in a perfect world -- it would be that George Floyd is alive,” sai...

She leans on her husband — a retired Minneapolis Police lieutenant — to view viral videos of police killings. She trusts his perspective. “I’ve never been able to watch any of them,” Friestleben said. “He’ll tell me honestly that, ‘It might be hard to watch that one. But as a police officer, I don’t have a problem with that shooting.” But in May 2020, the officer in the video was wearing the same uniform that her husband, Lt. Mike Friestleben, wore before he retired. “I ha...