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‘Stench of racism’ decried in death of Daunte Wright We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Tammy Webber, Tim Sullivan and Aaron Morrison April 23, 2021 — 7.33am Save Normal text size Advertisement Minneapolis: 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 hand...

Police reform bill: What could Congress actually accomplish? CNN 9 hrs ago Q&A: Zachary B. Wolf with Jessica Dean, CNN © Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images The U.S. Capitol dome at dusk on April 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. The guilty verdicts for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd felt like an important moment, creating momentum to change the way police interact with Black Americans. The specific nature of that progress, however, is ve...

Daunte Wright remembered as the ‘Prince of Brooklyn Center’ by Rev. Al Sharpton The families of George Floyd and Philando Castile joined mourners in Minneapolis on Thursday to bid farewell to Daunte Wright, a Black man whose death this month at the hands of a police officer prompted renewed cries for justice and accountability. In his eulogy for Wright, whom he called the “Prince of Brooklyn Center,” the Rev. Al Sharpton referred to “a resting place … a martyr’s bench,” where th...

Daunte Wright, the young black man shot during a traffic stop in Minneapolis, was a “prince” whose life ended too soon at the hands of the police, the Rev Al Sharpton said during an emotional funeral. Hundreds of people wearing Covid masks packed into Shiloh Temple International Ministries to remember Mr Wright, a 20-year-old father-of-one who was shot by a police officer on April 11 in Brooklyn Centre. The funeral was held just two days after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin...

Ma’Khia Bryant during a Thursday eulogy at Daunte Wright’s funeral. “We’ve been visited by tragedy here in Minnesota often,” Omar said during the afternoon eulogy, before saying Columbus, Ohio was similarly “visited by a tragedy of a young woman whose life was taken by Columbus police.” The remark is likely to raise eyebrows. The 16-year-old Bryant “charged at two people with a knife” just steps away from the police officer who opened fire, the Associated Press noted in a Thu...

Lawmakers hold "good discussions" on police reform in wake of Chauvin verdict By Grace Segers, Melissa Quinn April 22, 2021 / 4:10 PM / CBS News Lawmakers to reintroduce police reform bills Washington — In a rare example of bipartisan momentum, members of Congress are moving forward with discussions over police reform legislation after negotiations stalled last summer. Spurred by the guilty verdicts this week against Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who ...

Created: April 22, 2021 02:35 PM The city of Brooklyn Center has issued a citywide curfew for Thursday night. The curfew is set to begin at 11 p.m. and end on Friday at 6 a.m. The city did not issue a curfew Wednesday night but did the previous three nights. The curfew is in response to the recent shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who was killed by former officer Kim Potter on April 11. Civil unrest and demonstrations broke out after the incident. Copyright 2021 - KSTP-TV,...

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:51 UTC © Reuters/Tom Brenner Black Lives Matter has called for Joe Biden to "demilitarize" the police, claiming black communities are being "terrorized" more under the current president than Donald Trump. In a Tuesday Twitter thread, the Black Lives Matter organization called for Biden to end the 1033 program, otherwise known as the Law Enforcement Support Office, which allows for the transfer of military surplus equipment to local law enforcement agencies. While this can a...

Brandon Bell/Getty Images toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images Katie Wright, the mother of Daunte Wright, wipes away tears as she speaks at her sons funeral Thursday in Minneapolis. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Mourners gathered Thursday in Minneapolis for the funeral of Daunte Wright, just two days after a jury there convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of the murder of George Floyd. Wright was the 20-year-old Black man shot and kil...

Tweet “It’s a legitimate question that people are asking,” says the reporter. No, actually, it isn’t — because not only has this been explained  ad infinitum, even a moment’s thought would answer it. Anyone with a passing familiarity with human anatomy, ballistics, or the very narrow circumstances in which lethal force can be deployed already know the answer to it. Nonetheless, lots of people are asking dumb questions on social media, so it’s worth watching this clip and then e...