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Mayor Frey vetoes Park Boards resolution to end agreement with State Patrol The Park Board on Wednesday voted to end its space-sharing agreement with the Minnesota State Patrol. Author: Google Streetview On a 5-4 vote Wednesday, the MPRB passed the resolution that prohibits the State Patrol from using the MPRB headquarters to take breaks, process reports or recharge their equipment. But on Friday, Mayor Frey vetoed the move, writing in his veto letter, "This resolution is not about good policym...

The emotional upheaval that came with the guilty conviction of Derek Chauvin was quickly followed Thursday’s traumatic funeral service for Daunte Wright. Amid continued calls for police accountability, the demand for justice is clear, but the strategy on how to get there is ever-evolving.

How Kalamazoo-area policing has changed in wake of George Floyd protests Updated 2:10 PM; Today 2:10 PM Police use tear gas to disperse protesters for violating curfew in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell Facebook Share KALAMZOO, MI – There have been months of protests and discussions about changing policing in Kalamazoo County since the May 25, 2020 death of 46-year-old Black man George Floyd. The man responsible for Floyd’s dea...

Brett Favre Fumbled What Legally Happened When Jurors Convicted Derek Chauvin of Murdering George Floyd Aaron Keller Brett Favre said Wednesday that he didn’t think convicted murderer Derek Chauvin “intentionally meant to kill George Floyd.” Derek Chauvin was never charged with trying to intentionally kill George Floyd. Eric Bolling is Favre’s co-host. Bolling asked for Favre’s reaction of the news. “You know, I — I find it hard to believe — and I’m not def...

Michael Harriot is on assignment this week. Before he left, he asked someone to fill in for today’s mailbag but everyone on staff was really busy, so The Root hired me as a one-time freelance writer to fill in. Honestly, I was surprised to get the call. After all of the insults and draggings I’ve received from writers here, I thought they hated me. Perhaps The Root is trying to appear as if they are fair and balanced. Advertisement Anyway, I’ve never done this before so I thought I’d ...

April 23rd, 2021 By Ty Ross Less than two weeks after his death at the hands of then officer Kim Potter, 20 year old Daunte Wright was laid to rest on Thursday. What started as a traffic stop ended with a tragic and avoidable death. Officer Potter, a 26 year veteran of the Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb, police force mistook her service pistol for her taser, and shot the young man to death. Wright’s funeral was held at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis, and was at...

Palm Springs Desert Sun California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday directed the states top oil regulator to immediately begin crafting a regulation to halt new hydraulic fracturing permits by 2024. In addition to his order to the states Geologic Energy Management Division, Newsom asked the California Air Resources Board to study ways to phase out all oil extraction across the state by no later than 2045.  “The climate crisis is real, and we continue to see the signs every day,” Newsom said ...

George Floyds Texas friend seeks solace in Minneapolis George Floyds Texas friend seeks solace in Minneapolis She hadnt wanted to come to Minnesota, but she needed to make peace with her friends death.  April 23, 2021 — 12:18pm Text size Copy shortlink: Tiffany Cofield knelt on Chicago Avenue, surrounded by flowers, hoping to feel her lost friends spirit. Nearly a year had passed since she last heard George ...

Minnesota National Guard walks a fine line on Minneapolis streets Geoff Ziezulewicz keyboard_arrow_down Members of the National Guard stand ready in downtown Minneapolis on April 20 as the jury deliberates in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. (Ted Shaffrey/AP) MINNEAPOLIS — Posted up outside a grocery store on a chilly, windswept street in downtown Minneapolis earlier this week, rifle over his shoulder, the sergeant first class knew he and his so...

After her death at the hands of police on Tuesday, the world knows Ma’Khia Bryant as a knife-wielding Black girl. But it’s important to remember that one instance outside her foster home does not paint an accurate picture of Ma’Khia. The image seen in the bodycam footage from the vantage point of the officer responsible for her death, is not who Ma’Khia was. Ma’Khia Bryant was a 16-year-old girl with dreams. Ma’Khia’s death came on the same day as Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict ...