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Mousseau: Chauvin conviction doesnt end fight for racial justice Cynthia Mousseau The world watched a white police officer kneel on the neck of George Floyd for 9 minutes and 29 seconds on May 25, 2020. We all watched a murder. “Murder” is a word indicating a crime, it has a specific meaning, it is term of art, something attorneys are fond of and use with precision and care. All criminal defense attorneys tout the importance of the presumption of innocence until proven guilty and so many we...

My son should be burying me, Daunte Wrights mother says at his Minneapolis funeral Share Updated: 4:00 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021 By AARON MORRISON, TIM SULLIVAN and TAMMY WEBBER, Associated Press My son should be burying me, Daunte Wrights mother says at his Minneapolis funeral Share Updated: 4:00 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript I remember when Dante first became a father. Son was born at 28 weeks along so he was premature. And so we Mhm. That Jr...

“This gets me so mad,” fumes rapper Lindsey Ellefson | April 22, 2021 @ 10:21 AM Getty Images Cardi B is once again criticizing Republicans while discussing police brutality on her social media. Reacting to a video of GOP Rep. Glenn Grothman decrying her music on the House floor, the rapper tweeted, “This gets me so mad ya don’t even know! I think we all been on the edge this week since we seen police brutality back to back including watching one of the biggest case in history go down ...

Maxine Waters Chauvin trial comments expose Democrats hypocrisy Dismissing Maxine Waters’ comments as trivial was not just a lie — it was a profound disservice. Rep. Maxine Waters speaks as she waits for the verdict in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin on April 20, 2021.J. Scott Applewhite / AP April 22, 2021, 10:37 AM UTC As the jury in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin prepared to deliberate after closing arguments Tuesday, Chauvins attorneys petitioned the judg...

Print this article He called the subject of his talk "no justice, no peace" in honoring the black 20-year-old after he was shot by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on April 11 during an arrest. "The absence of justice is the absence of peace," he said. "And when we say that, were not talking about violence because there is a confusion in this country between peace and quiet. Some of us are told to shut up and just be quiet, and you call that peace, but peace is the presence of j...

Latest: Klobuchar seeks true justice for Black Americans April 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 21 1of21Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during funeral services of Daunte Wright at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis, Thursday, April 22, 2021. Wright, 20, was fatally shot by a Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer during a traffic stop.John Minchillo/APShow MoreShow Less 2of21Rev. Al Sharpton eulogies Daunte Wright during funeral services at Shiloh Temple Internat...

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 on April 11 ...

How the fight for natural black hair became a civil rights issue Keli Goff © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Hero Images Inc/Alamy Amid coverage of the disturbing death of Daunte Wright and the trial of Derek Chauvin, the officer who killed George Floyd, it’s no surprise that a recent civil rights victory has gone largely overlooked. On 13 April, Delaware became the ninth state in the US to ban hair-based discrimination. With issues such as criminal justice reform domi...

BROOKLYN CENTER - The family of Daunte Wright is preparing for his funeral Thursday. Wright died April 11th after Brooklyn Center police officer Kim P...

On April 11, 2021, a police officer fatally shot a 20-year-old African-American man, Daunte Wright. According to Chief Tim Gannon of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, it all began when officers pulled Mr. Wright over for a traffic violation related to expired registration tags. Officers then discovered that he had a warrant for his arrest. As the police tried to detain Mr. Wright, he stepped back into his car, prompting a brief struggle with officers. Graphic body camera footage revealed o...