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Heres your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin!) IN LOCAL NEWS: • Scary COVID-19 news for our state: The Oregon Health Authority reported 989 new positive cases and six deaths yesterday and 993 new cases today. More worrying news: We could see as many as 300 new hospitalizations within the next week. For the sake of everyone, please recommit to WASHING YA DAMN HANDS, WEAR...

MIAMI HERALD Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the murder of George Floyd is something of an anomaly in America. In the past 15 years, only five non-federal law enforcement officials have been convicted of murder in an on-duty shooting that wasn’t later overturned, according to the WLRN is committed to providing the trusted news and local reporting you rely on. Please keep WLRN strong with your support today. Donate now. Thank you. As the nation reacted to Tuesday’s guilty conviction of the...

Hundreds of mourners have attended the Minneapolis funeral of Daunte Wright, who was was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop earlier this month.

22 Apr 2021 On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” attorney Benjamin Crump said that it “seems to be” that the fatal police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant in Columbus, OH is different from the killings of Daunte Wright and George Floyd because Wright and Floyd didn’t have a weapon in their hands, but it’s “very troubling” that “there were other officers on the scene before him, why did they not try to de-escalate the matter?” Crump said, “Well, it seems to be, fro...

A woman and her cat watch over a vigil at Duryee Memorial AME Zion Church from a window following the verdict announcement in the Derek Chauvin trial on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 in Schenectady, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 41of53 Black Lives Matter supporters outside South Station, listening to Derek Chauvins trial coverage and waiting for verdict. Paul Buckowski / Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 42of53 43of53 Outside the Albany Police Depar...

Canchola is a graduate student pursuing a master’s of arts in interdisciplinary studies from Oregon State University focusing on underprivileged communities in the United States. She lives in Lemon Grove. This is nothing new and it is not an isolated case — if anything, this global pandemic has provided a spotlight — but this has been happening since the inception of this country. Let’s put it out there plain and simple: Black people have continuously been mistreated since they were fo...

Apr 23, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Daunte Wright, the young Black man shot by an officer during a traffic stop in suburban Minneapolis, was not “just some kid with an air freshener,” but a “prince” whose life ended too soon at the hands of police, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Thursday during an emotional funeral. Hundreds of people wearing COVID-19 masks packed into Shiloh Temple International Ministries to remember Wright, a 20-year-old father of one who was shot by a white police officer...

CAPAC Chair’s Statement on Conviction in Murder Case of George Floyd Posted On WASHINGTON — Rep. Judy Chu (D-Pasadena), chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, issued the following statement on April 20 after a jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the death of George Floyd. “Today’s verdict brings accountability for the murder of George Floyd, who should and would be al...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12:16 am NEARLY a year after the heinous murder of George Floyd, 46, by a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, justice was finally served on Tuesday when a Hennepin County District Court found the officer guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. That this would be the first time in Minnesota State that a white police officer would be charged and convicted for the death of a black civilian signal h...

Colorado Guard JAG officer suing superiors over his participation in BLM protests 4 hours ago Army Cpt. Alan Kennedy of the Colorado Army National Guard poses for a selfie where he was teargassed on May 30, 2020. He is suing his superiors for allegedly restricting his off-duty freedom of speech. (Courtesy of Alan Kennedy) The Colorado National Guard is investigating the disciplinary actions and potential reprisal by a senior officer after one of the state’s part-time soldiers filed a fed...