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Jerime Mitchell, Cedar Rapids Man Left Paralyzed by Cop Shooting, Gets $8M Payout On 4/20/21 at 9:47 AM EDT But the beneficiary, Jerime Mitchell, says no amount of money will compensate for his paralysis. "It doesnt matter how much money I get," Mitchell told local television station KCRG-TV. "It will never replace. I would love to have my arms and legs again." Brooklyn Center Mayor Says Not Safe To Drive in Minnesota While Black Read more Mitchell was left paralyzed after Lucas Jones, then a ...

30 shares Madonnas night on the town came after she shared a passionate Instagram message about gun control, calling firearm safety measures a new vaccination that will save lives.  On Saturday, the pop legend shared a video of her hanging posters along city streets with the two hashtags: #wakeupamerica and #guncontrolnow. Groovy: The Madame X diva, 62, wowed in a sharp three piece suit with 70s-inspired lapels and bell bottom trousers Details: Leveling up the ensemble, Madge added square, bl...

Protesters gathered outside of the Hennepin County Government Center on Monday, April 19, 2021, as the jury in the Derek Chauvin case deliberated for nine hours. While the death of George Floyd was one of the main reasons that hundreds came together, it was not the only one.  Throughout the speeches and chanting people from around Minnesota talked about Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old who was shot by a Brooklyn Center police officer during a traffic stop April 11 and later died.  Adam Tole...

C.J. Davis, the nominee to be the next chief of the Memphis Police Department, signaled a willingness to release body camera footage to ease community tensions in the event of a contentious incident between residents and MPD.  Davis also said she would show up at a public forum if the Memphis City Council held one ahead of the bodys vote on her nomination.  Davis, the current police chief in Durham, N.C., sat down for an interview with The Commercial Appeal during a media tour Tuesday,  t...

by Nathalie Graham • Apr 19, 2021 at 5:55 pm Minneapolis prepares for a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. Scott Olson/Getty Images The jury deliberates: As Matt Baume wrote in Slog AM today, the arguments in the Derek Chauvin trial are over. The jury started deliberating this afternoon. Meanwhile, in anticipation of a verdict, Minneapolis has turned the downtown Hennepin County courthouse into "a fortress," according to NPR. Its "surrounded by tall...

During Minnesota Protest Arrest, Cop Allegedly Assaults Asian-American CNN Producer and Asks ‘Do you speak English?’ Police officers in riot gear [Image:istockphoto.com] After journalists were detained and mistreated by police officers during the recent protests in Minnesota, an Asian-American producer has alleged that she was thrown to the ground and asked “do you speak English?” by police. According to The Hill, an attorney who is representing several journalists who were detained o...

Operation Safety Net kicking into high gear ahead of Chauvin verdict Unmute MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KTTC) -- With the jury now deliberating a potential verdict of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, state and city leaders coupled with law enforcement are now in Phase III of Operation Safety Net. Phase III will feature the largest presence of law enforcement and national guard members since the beginning of the trial. The Minnesota National Guard alone has ...

Robeson Taj Frazier was uneasy when he started seeing ads for Amazons "Them," about a Black family in the 1950s being terrorized by hostile white neighbors and supernatural forces. The USC professor, who is the director of the Institute for Diversity and Empowerment at USCs Annenberg School of Communication, feared that the drama would contain disturbing images of violence and brutality toward Black people, echoing scenes in HBOs "Watchmen" and "Lovecraft Country" and other recent projects that...

Latino lawyers and community leaders on Tuesday will ask the Department of Justice to investigate the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a Chicago police officer.

Derek Chauvin verdict - live: Ex-officer led to jail in handcuffs to face sentencing in murder of George Floyd James Crump and Justin Vallejo Derek Chauvin found guilty on all murder charges Replay Video LIVE – Updated at 22:11 Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all charges in the murder of George Floyd. The jury found Mr Chauvin was: Guilty of second-degree unintentional murder Guilty of third-degree murder Guilty of second-degree manslau...