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POLITICO Have We Really Come That Far Since Rodney King? Three decades ago, it felt like America was finally waking up to police abuse. And yet here we are. People celebrate at George Floyd Square after the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial on April 20, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. | Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images By ERIN AUBRY KAPLAN Link Copied Erin Aubry Kaplan is a journalist in Los Angeles and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times . It can’t be said enou...

Maxine Waters says judge in Chauvin trial who criticized her protest remarks was angry and frustrated CNN 1 hr ago By Kelly Mena, CNN © CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images Representative Maxine Waters(C) (D-CA) speaks to the media during an ongoing protest at the Brooklyn Center Police Department in Brooklyn Centre, Minnesota on April 17, 2021. Rep. Maxine Waters on Saturday called the judge overseeing former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvins trial in the death of Georg...

Reform after Derek Chauvin convicted: Doing the right thing is contagious, even for police Every in-group has a culture of loyalty and a code of silence, especially officers. But we know a way out without abolishing police. Catherine A. Sanderson Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd, yet calls to “abolish the police” will undoubtedly continue to grow louder.  The recent fatal shootings of Daunte Wright — during a routine traffic stop — and ...

My name is Travis Matthews; I live in Grand Rapids and I am writing to you about the hate in our community. Last week, on Saturday I attended a peaceful protest led by the Black Student Alliance to voice our grief and anger over the death of Daunte Wright, a black man killed by an officer after mistaking her gun for her taser, and the racial inequality in the United States and our own community. I remember waking up and getting ready to protest, worried about the counter protesters, and I expec...

Mayor Frey vetoes resolution prohibiting State Patrol to use Minneapolis Park Board HQ By Rose Semenov MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed a resolution Friday that would prohibit the Minnesota State Patrol from using the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Boards headquarters. During the operation, State Patrol used the park boards headquarters for its parking lot and restrooms under an agreement with the board. At the park board meeting Wednesday, commissioners voted 5-4�...

Posted 14 hours ago [Bishops United Against Gun Violence] This week marks the 22 nd anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School. On that day in 1999, 15 people, including the two teenaged shooters, died in a mass shooting that seized the nation’s attention and galvanized parents, students and policymakers to improve school safety and advocate for gun safety measures. But today, as the students who survived that horrific day at Columbine turn 40 and the babies who were born that yea...

How many citizens of color, who have encountered similar situations as George Floyd, have been left without justice?

Rockford police sued for unlawfully arresting, jailing resident after traffic stop All the charges against 55-year-old Thurman King were later dismissed by a prosecuting attorney in the "interest of justice." Author: Emma Nicolas Updated: 11:42 PM EDT April 23, 2021 ROCKFORD, Mich. — A little over two years ago, Thurman King was on his way home from work when a Rockford cop started to follow him.  Within a matter of minutes, King would be thrown to the ground ...

“I never imagined that Id be standing here,” Katie Wright said. Published 6 hours ago Yesterday (April 22) was the funeral of Daunte Wright, the unarmed 20-year-old who was shot and killed by Brooklyn Center, Minnosta police. There were many moving moments at Shiloh Temple International Ministries but the most powerful was Daunte’s mother. "My son had a smile that was worth a million dollars," Wrights mother, Katie Wright, said, "When you walked in the room, he lit up the room. He was...

Minnesota Workers Took on the National Guard to Defend Black Lives Members of the Minnesota National Guard stand guard outside the Brooklyn Center police headquarters as protesters gather on April 13, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen / Getty Images On Sunday, April 11, a cop pulled Daunte Wright over for air fresheners hanging from the rearview mirror and expired tags. Then she murdered him, saying she couldn’t tell her gun from her taser. The killing happened 20 minut...