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April 17 2021 A fatal police shooting spurred a nighttime crowd that smashed windows and set fires in downtown Portland on Friday. Fires, gunshots and broken glass set the beat for a riotous evening in downtown Portland on Friday, April 16. Portland Police Bureau officers made multiple arrests, while Portland Fire & Rescue crews were kept busy extinguishing at least a half dozen separate blazes, including a major fire that engulfed the awning and boarded-up windows of the Pioneer Tower b...

24 4 minutes read Washington, D.C. area organizers, activists and community members rallied at Black Lives Matter Plaza in front of the White House on a cold, windy Friday to demand justice for Daunte Wright along with D.C-Maryland-Virginia-area residents James Johnson, Dominique Williams  shot and killed by an off-duty Pentagon Agency officer and Anthony Louis who was tased to death by U.S. Park Police and Alexandria PD in southeast D.C.  The rally, hosted by the Party for Socialism and L...

USA TODAY National columnist Suzette Hackney is in Minneapolis for the trial of Derek Chauvin, reporting on the people, the scene and the mood. MINNEAPOLIS – George Perry Floyd Jr. lived for 17,026 days. But in nine minutes and 29 seconds, that life ceased to exist after a fateful encounter with a now former Minneapolis police officer.  Prosecutors want us to believe Floyd died because Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck, restricting oxygen flow to his heart and brain. Chauvins defense att...

A year ago, @MNTeenActivists started an Instagram account. Four days ago they mobilized a statewide movement. Author: Kent Erdahl Updated: 7:05 PM CDT April 19, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS — At 1 p.m. Monday, students at more than 110 schools across Minnesota walked out of class and gathered to protest racial injustice, and honor the life of Daunte Wright and others killed during interactions with police. It was a large show of unity that started with a small group of stu...

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Postcards From the Catastrophe Let’s play “one of these things not like the other.” On April 11, a young Black man named Daunte Wright was accidentally shot and killed while resisting arrest in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. At first, rumors flew around that Wright had been pulled over because he had an air-freshener dangling from his rearview mirror. In fact, he had an outstanding arrest warrant for first-degree attempted aggravated robbery when stopped. Who knows where the air-freshener ...

The Globe and Mail Sara Burnett Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Shafkat Anowar/The Associated Press The group also will call on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to accelerate court-supervised changes to policing in Chicago, end foot pursuits by officers, and to invest federal COVID relief do...

The judge overseeing the murder case against former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd on Monday slammed Representative Maxine Waters for giving comments that could lead to an appeal in the event of a conviction and overturned. Waters comments came as the jury for the Derek Chauvin trial case begins their deliberation, New York Post reported. The California representative urged the protesters to "stay on the street" and "get more confrontational" if the defendant was...

What the Chauvin judge got so wrong about Maxine Waters Judge Peter Cahill, who is presiding over Derek Chauvins trial for the death of George Floyd, reacts to Rep. Maxine Waters remarks where she called on protesters to "get more confrontational" if Chauvin is acquitted. Posted: Apr 20, 2021 3:20 AM Updated: Apr 20, 2021 3:20 AM Posted By: By Errol Louis Judge Peter Cahill was way, way out of line to suggest Monday that the words of Rep. Maxine Waters -- one of many leaders calling for prot...

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