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Michael B. Thomas / Special to St. Louis Public Radio Listen / When a Minneapolis jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd, Janett Lewis wanted to jump up and down. Like other African Americans in the St. Louis region, Lewis is long accustomed to seeing juries acquit police officers charged with killing Black people. For a moment, last week, Lewis thought the justice system might start holding police officers accountable. But as Chauvin’...

[Opinion] Kansas City NWSL Kicks Off Home Opener by Demanding Justice for Daunte Wright Jay Connor © Screenshot: @KCWoSo If you’re a sports organization, your home opener is kind of a big deal. Not only does it kick off your season, but it helps establish expectations for the year moving forward. It sets a tone for your entire franchise and is the culmination of grueling offseason preparation. So if you’re gonna make a statement, your season opener is your best opportunity...

Dear White People, Empty Allyship Contributes to the Loss of Black Lives | Opinion Meggie Abendschein , founder, Moxie Mouth On 4/27/21 at 1:30 PM EDT "I cant believe this keeps happening." Ive heard white people say this with routine shock as we learned about the horrific killings of 20-year-old Daunte Wright and 15-year-old MaKhia Bryant. If we find the tragic killing of yet another Black person shocking, were still not paying attention. I am furious, heartbroken and devast...

Share this: Demonstrators hold signs honoring George Floyd and other victims of racism as they gather during a protest outside Hennepin County Government Center on March 28, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Credit: KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education. Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get stories like this delivered directly to your inbox. As teachers we are often nervous about discussing current even...

CNY native wins Oscar for short film ‘Two Distant Strangers’ Updated 10:30 AM; Facebook Share Central New York native Mickey Meyer has won an Oscar for the short film “Two Distant Strangers.” The Observer-Dispatch reports Meyer, who was born and raised in Clinton, N.Y., was an executive producer for the live-action short starring rapper Joey Bada$$ as a Black man stuck in a time loop and forced to relive a deadly run-in with a cop (Andrew Howard). Writer-director Travon Free and co-dir...

Demonstrators in Minneapolis ahead of the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who has since been convicted of murdering George Floyd. One week ago, people celebrated in the streets of Minneapolis as a judge read the guilty verdicts in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted of murdering George Floyd. In the days since, the Justice Department announced it would investigate whether the police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, where Breonna Taylor was killed ...

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Reactions to Chauvin guilty verdict: Only a first step to justice April 22, 2021 11:00 AM CDT By PAI Celebrations broke out nationwide after the verdict was read. Here, the scene outside AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington. | AP WASHINGTON—The overwhelming reaction to the Minne...

United StatesKansas City NWSL wear Justice for Daunte Wright shirts before game Reuters 2 minutes read A poster of Daunte Wright at George Floyd Square after the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial was announced at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi Members of Kansas Citys National Womens Soccer League team wore shirts reading "Justice for Daunte Wright" ahead of Mondays game against Houston Dash in support of Wright, a Black man fa...

By Bret Stephens, Opinion Columnist …But what about a case like that of Ma’Khia Bryant, a Black teenager who was shot and killed last week by Nicholas Reardon, a white police officer in Columbus, Ohio, at the instant that she was swinging a knife at a woman who had her back against a car? Ben Crump, the Floyd family’s lawyer, accused the Columbus police in a tweet of killing “an unarmed 15yo Black girl.” Valerie Jarrett, the former Obama adviser, tweeted that Bryant “was killed beca...

Daunte Wright (Twitter: @kimvhyatt) "Yeah, the female officer in the Daunte Wright incident f***ed up big time, she made a huge mistake, its awful, its horrible, but at least she had the b**ls to wear the badge and do the job for 26 years in an area like Minneapolis," he said. He also went on to imagine "the amount of good" Potter had done in her 26 years on the force. "Endless crimes that have been prevented probably saved a few lives even," he said. "But none of that stuff matters now. Its al...