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The Austin Justice Coalition is holding a rally Thursday afternoon to call for continued activism against racial injustice and police violence following the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial Chauvin was a Minneapolis police officer last year who, while arresting George Floyd, was caught on a bystanders video pressing his knee against Floyds neck for more than 9 minutes as pleaded that he couldnt breathe. Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of second-degree unintentional murder, ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KARE/CNN) – The anguish of a grieving mother is reaching a community, a statehouse, and Capitol Hill. Katie and Aubrey Wright, the parents of Daunte Wright, were moved by words spoken at their son’s funeral Thursday in a Minneapolis church. The 20-year-old was shot and killed by a now-former Brooklyn Center Police Officer during a traffic stop 11 days ago. The fatal police shooting happened against the backdrop of the Derek Chauvin trial in the murder of George Floyd, fa...

By LI YANG | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-04-23 08:07 Share CLOSE People stand on a police cruiser as protesters take to the streets after Brooklyn Center police shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop on April 11, 2021 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. [Photo/Agencies] Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday on all counts in the death of George Floyd on May 25 last year. The jury found Chauvin g...

At Daunte Wright Funeral, Minneapolis Mourns the ‘Prince of Brooklyn Center’ The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy for Mr. Wright, the 20-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minn., last week. Video -0:00 Funeral for Daunte Wright Held in Minneapolis The family of Daunte Wright joined faith leaders, politicians and the relatives of other Black Americans killed by the police to honor his memory at a funeral service in Minneapolis on Thu...

Published: 4/22/2021 8:51:51 PM NORTHAMPTON — The Rev. Donald Morgan, pastor of Haydenville Congregational Church, said he watched bits and pieces of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd last May. “Of course I tuned in to the verdict,” Morgan said, standing at the front of the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence church on Thursday afternoon. “Since that time I have celebrated, and I have rejoiced,” he said. “But I was...

Watching Daunte Wrights funeral from afar: It’s a sense of trying to provide healing. Local pastor weighs in on watching the service privately, while publicly supporting police reforms in city where Wright was killed. Author: Jennifer Hoff (KARE 11) Published: 6:09 PM CDT April 22, 2021 Updated: 6:17 PM CDT April 22, 2021 BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — From his podium at his church in Brooklyn Park, Pastor Francis Tabla usually preaches to about 700 p...

When I did my post and analysis of the body camera footage of the extrajudicial killing of Daunte Wright, I referenced some of the really problematic education and training that is available to law enforcement officers in the US. Specifically that of Bill Lewinski and his Force Science Institute and LTC (ret) Dave Grossman who has pioneered the concept of killology. This is what Grossman is teaching: And here’s a slightly longer treatment of Grossman: LTC (ret) Grossman, who is either a retir...

NYPD: 6 arrested, monument vandalized at protest near Central Park RADIO.COM 2 hrs ago © Provided by WCBS Radio New York Protest NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – Six people were arrested and statues were vandalized with paint as protesters clashed with police near Central Park on Thursday night, the NYPD said. Statues at the USS Maine Monument were spray-painted with profanities and anti-police graffiti near the entrance to the park at Columbus Circle, video from the NYPD shows. We respects everyon...

The verdict was not what I expected. I didn’t think former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin would be convicted on all three charges for the death of George Floyd. I wasn’t sure his actions would be legally labeled “murder,” both because of the details of Minnesota law and because we’ve seen the same scenario so many times before without this outcome. Anycharges—let alone murder charges, let alone murder convictions—are incredibly rare when police officers kill. But here we...

Created: April 22, 2021 04:39 PM An alternate juror in the State versus Derek Chauvin trial says she too would have voted to convict the former police officer in the murder of George Floyd. The jury found Chauvin guilty of second and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter on Tuesday. Lisa Christensen — often referred to as Juror No. 96 — was an alternate juror and she shared some of her experience about sitting on the jury.  Initially, Christensen says she didnt k...