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George Floyds Sister Smiled Watching Derek Chauvin Being Handcuffed: "Hes Paying" People 2 days ago © Provided by People CNN Derek Chauvin LaTonya Floyd was overjoyed watching Police Officer Derek Chauvin being put into handcuffs after being found guilty on all charges related to the May 2020 death of her brother, George Floyd. "All I could do was smile," says LaTonya tells PEOPLE. "Hes paying." Jurors on Tuesday convicted Chauvin of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and mansla...

In his senior year, he was captain of our high school football team and president of the student council. So, when he asked me, a lowly junior, to hang out with him and a couple of his buddies, I couldn’t resist. Oh, and he was Black. The evening started well. We cruised the town in his dad’s car, visited the usual hangouts. Talked about girls, grades, cars, college. He and his pals were being recruited by big-time football schools. Life held promise. As the night wore on, we got a li...

A funeral service will be held Thursday in Minneapolis for Daunte Wright, who was shot and killed by a Brooklyn Center police officer during a traffic stop. 

Minneapolis, Minnesota – The US midwestern city Minneapolis is in mourning on Thursday as it prepares for the funeral of Daunte Wright after a week of victories for the city’s growing civil rights movement. Wright, 20, a Black man, was killed by former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter on April 11, in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb. Potter is white. Body-worn camera footage from Potter appears to show the 26-year veteran confuse her gun for a Taser during a tumultuous traffic...

The unconscious bias in travel bans Newsroom 4 hrs ago © Provided by Newsroom Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. As long as we make decisions on the basis of discretion or intuition, like the banning of flights from India, many of these decisions will invariably fall prey to bias - no matter how well-meaning we are, writes Ananish Chaudhuri In the aftermath of New Zealand ...

Al Sharpton says Minnesota needs ‘air freshener’ for ‘stench of police brutality’ at Daunte Wright’s funeral Josh Marcus © Provided by The Independent When police in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center pulled over Daunte Wright on 11 April, he told his mother on the phone he thought it was because he had an air freshener blocking his rearview mirror. Moments later, officer Kimberly Potter fatally shot Mr Wright, an unarmed 20-year-old Black man, mistaking her g...

Sharpton decries ‘stench of racism’ at Daunte Wright funeral Daunte Wright to be laid to rest By AARON MORRISON | April 22, 2021 at 1:00 AM EDT - Updated April 22 at 4:19 PM MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —Daunte Wright, the young Black man shot by police 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 fu...

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announce investigation into Minneapolis Police Department. Image: Youtube/Associated press Reuters – The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday launched a sweeping civil investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis following a jury’s verdict that former city police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. The probe is the first major action of Attorney General Merrick Garland, after President Joe Biden vowed to address systemic racism in the U...

Brandon Sun By: The Canadian Press Save to Read Later In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is whats on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 22 ... Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks at United States President Joe Biden as he delivers a statement during a virtual joint statement in Ottawa, Tuesday, February 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld In The News is ...

Daunte Wright’s funeral is underway, marking another emotional day for a city reeling from police violence Mourners gathered in Minneapolis on Thursday to honor the life of Daunte Wright, the Black motorist fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer this month during an arrest attempt. Civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton was to eulogize Wright, 20, during a funeral that marks another emotional day for a metro area scarred by several high-profile killings involving police. The service at ...