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GOP, Democrats grapple with post-Chauvin trial world Julia Manchester © Getty Images GOP, Democrats grapple with post-Chauvin trial world Republicans and Democrats are grappling with how to move forward on issues of race and policing after the Derek Chauvin trial, a watershed national moment that will almost certainly play a role in the 2022 midterms. Democrats are seizing on the moment to push for police reform, but are wary over the backlash in 2020 to "defund the police," ...

When I theorized a few days ago that the person who shot and killed an unarmed woman during the kerfuffle on Capitol Hill on January 6th was a black police officer, I wasn’t channeling my inner Nostradamus, I was merely being logical. For one thing, although the FBI has been busy rounding up everyone who was in our nation’s capital that day, even if they were only there to take inspiring pictures of the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Monument and Donald Trump, the shooter had not be...

Patrick T. Fallon/Reuters Police are trained as warriors in military-style training that emphasizes shooting without hesitation. Officers are not equipped to "serve and protect." They are equipped to protect their own lives.  Robert Evans is an investigative journalist for Bellingcat and has worked as a conflict reporter in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine. This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.  In June of 2020 I was reporting on a pro...

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...

Reports have said Brown, 42, was shot in the back on Wednesday as he tried to drive away. In a press conference on Friday the Pasquotank county sheriff, Tommy Wooten II, expressed condolences to Brown’s family and pledged that if any deputies are found to have violated laws or policies, “they will be held accountable”. Wooten confirmed that at least one deputy was wearing an active body camera. No timetable was given for release of the footage. Under North Carolina law, a judge must sign...

USA TODAY MINNEAPOLIS — The young Black man stood up in the back of the pickup, a megaphone to his mouth, surrounded by hundreds of chanting marchers who ignored the honks from drivers as they blocked the street.  "If George dont get it?" activist Brandyn Tulloch, 24, yelled to the crowd. "Shut it down!" they screamed as one. "If George dont get it?" "Shut it down!" "Shut. It. Down!" The crowd roared approval at the idea that their movement would gridlock the city if jurors hearing the case ...

Senator Ted Cruz says violence is never acceptable and supports the House resolution to censure Rep. Maxine Waters for encouraging protesters to get more confrontational. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., defended her "get more confrontational" comments to protesters before the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial and rejected any notion that her words in Minnesota could be any grounds to overturn the ex-police officers guilty verdict on an appeal.  Chauvins attorney asked for a mistrial in the ...

If Ashli Babbitt had been a liberal activist protesting abortion, the American public might know the name of the officer who shot her, and he might be facing criminal charges for killing an unarmed woman, according to Sgt. Betsy Smith, spokeswoman for the National Police Association.  

United StatesUnrest flares again in Minnesota after fatal police shooting of Black motorist Jonathan Allen 1/9 An activist paces in front of officers at the Brooklyn Center Police Department after an officer-involved killing of Daunte Wright, 20, following a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, U.S., April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi Read More A suburban Minneapolis police officer apparently drew her gun by mistake, instead of her Taser, when she shot a young Black man to death duri...

Portland mayor says its time take our city back from violent mob Annabel Grossman For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo The Mayor of Portland says he is determined to reclaim the city from the anarchistic mob that has inflicted criminal intimidation and violence on its streets over the past year.  Mayor Ted Wheeler called on the pubic to help him identify the people responsible for the rioting and destruction Portland so he could unmask them, arrest the...