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Minnesota students planning statewide school walkout Monday Students at more than 100 schools plan to walk out Monday afternoon. Author: From Twin Cities metro area schools to districts in Bemidji and Duluth, students across Minnesota plan to walkout Monday afternoon in solidarity against racial injustice.  Students at more than 100 schools are hosting their own walkouts, with most starting at 1 p.m. on Monday, according to MN Teen Activists.  Student organizers are asking participants to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The call for justice in the death of Daunte Wright continues to gain momentum. The Black man was killed during a traffic stop one week ago in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. 500 miles away in Kansas City, Missouri a vigil for Wright and other victims of police brutality was held. Kansas City Names The Dead KANSAS CITY, Mo. - More than 100 people gathered at Swope Park Sunday night to stand in solidarity with victims of police violence. And nearly one year after the death of Georg...

Nothing we do or say or write or advocate will bring back Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old kid shot by a Chicago police officer March 29. Our agony, our tears, our careful study of the videos released Thursday won’t bring him back. He is a boy running from police in the middle of the night, wearing jeans and a sweatshirt and a baseball cap, his feet pounding the pavement as he outpaces the officer in a Little Village alley. He stops near a fence. He turns toward the officer and a shot rings out....

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Chief Craig says Detroit Rep. Tlaib should resign after no more police comment By Charlie Langton and Jack Nissen Published  DETROIT - A Detroit Congresswomans tweet that targets police and calls for their abolition has received pushback across the board.  Rep. Rashida Tlaibs criticisms of police in a tweet last week didnt find a lot of support among high brass individuals, including Sen. Bernie Sanders and President Joe Biden. Tlaib speaks out after Biden, Sanders, Bill Maher, Chief Craig cr...

A team of Minnesota National Guard members and Minneapolis police officers providing neighborhood security in the city was the target of a drive-by shooting on Sunday, authorities said.

New York just made a series of police reforms. Heres what will change The state budget passed earlier this month includes a variety of new police reforms, including penalties for localities that havent submitted reform plans and a mandatory certification process. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature reached a deal on the $212 billion state budget earlier this month.  And the deal includes the withholding of up to 50% of state and federal funds from localities that fail to produce ...

April 19, 2021 April 19, 2021 Civil rights attorney Ben Crump says the Derek Chauvin verdict could set a precedent of "making America live up to its promise." SHOW TRANSCRIPT Ahead of closing arguments and a week after the death of Daunte Wright, people rallied at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis. Protesters also gathered outside the governors mansion in St. Paul. The lawyer for the families of Floyd and Wright thinks the verdict in the Chauvin case will have a long-lasting impact.  "The out...

LA Sheriff says he has NO working relationship with new DA and said his reforms embolden the antifa, anarchist crowd as city braces for BLM demonstrations LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says hes had only one phone call with new DA George  Gascón since he took office in December The DA took office  promising many reforms to the justice system but already has been slapped down in the courts and faces a recall effort Villanueva says the lack of a prosecutorial fist emboldens violent demonst...

April 17, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. PDT “Everyone I know is just so tired,” tweeted Jenna Wortham of the New York Times Magazine on Wednesday. While the Black writer doesn’t specify who “everyone” is, it’s a good bet they are also Black. And Wortham’s use of “tired” is an understatement. “Tired” doesn’t just refer to the trauma of the Derek Chauvin trial or seeing replays of the video of the former Minneapolis police officer killing George Floyd. Nor does “tired” just refer ...