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Tensions High In Twin Cities Amid Wright Protests, Upcoming Chauvin Trial Verdict CBS Minnesota 50 mins ago Syndicated Local – WCCO | CBS Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Tensions are high around the Twin Cities Sunday night, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is calling for calm as jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial are expected to be handed the case Monday. “Minnesotans I think know we can’t go through what we went through in May and June, and those folks who are out there ask...

Roughly 150 march for solidarity and unity on way to Wisconsin capitol April 18, 2021 9:10 PM Adam Duxter Updated: MADISON, Wis. – A group of roughly 150, comprised of UW-Madison students and other community activists, marched on the Wisconsin State Capitol Sunday afternoon. The march, organized and led by the UW-Madison Student BIPOC Coalition, centered around messages of solidarity with other protesting communities as well as unity amongst the group itself. “Ther...

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Charging Kim Potter for Manslaughter is not Justice Under Law | Opinion Alan Dershowitz , Emeritus professor of law, Harvard Law School On 4/19/21 at 8:00 AM EDT There is no legitimate basis in Minnesota law for charging Kim Potter with second-degree manslaughter in the tragic death of Daunte Wright. The statute provides that "A person who causes the death of another by any of the following means is guilty of manslaughter in the second degree.... (1) by the persons culpable n...

By Jonathan Allen MINNEAPOLIS, April 19 (Reuters) - A prosecutor told jurors to "believe your eyes" as he replayed video of George Floyds death last May beneath the knee of Derek Chauvin in closing arguments on Monday in the former police officers murder trial. Over and over again, Steve Schleicher, a prosecutor with the Minnesota attorney generals office, repeated a phrase: "Nine minutes and 29 seconds," — the length of time Chauvin was captured on video on May 25, 2020, with his knee presse...

Detroit police fatally shoot man who reportedly fired at them Detroit — A crime scene involving five gunshot victims and a motorist who likely was killed by the getaway driver became deadlier Monday morning when Detroit officers fatally shot a 27-year-old man after he reportedly fired at them and led them on a high-speed chase, police officials said. The incident on the citys west side marked at least the fifth since March in which Detroit officers fired at citizens after they reporte...

Tensions are high in Minneapolis, with hundreds of national guard soldiers deployed. Last year, video of the former police officer’s alleged killing of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, prompted days of protests, riots and looting, and demonstrations across the US and world. Protests flared up again earlier this month, over the shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, by officers during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb. Many Americans have reached their own verdict in the Chauv...

a- What with Minneapolis cops being told that traffic stops are racist, boring white-bread Minnesotans have been driving like the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend: This is the Lowry Hill tunnel on I-94 in central Minneapolis. Fires in tunnels raise big worries about whether the steel in the concrete stayed strong or not. Last Tuesday, in the wake of the death of Daunte Wright, in the same tunnel: Meanwhile, on the streets of Minneapolis: And elsewhere in Minnesota: Wow. They’re heading B...

April 17, 2021 Share  Elected leaders in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright want officers to scale back their tactics amid nightly protests, leaving some law enforcement called in to assist asking whether the city still wants their help. Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered outside the heavily guarded Brooklyn Center police station every night since former Officer Kim Potter, who is white, shot the 20-year-old Black motorist during a traffic...

Minnesota One of the stranger things to happen in what is a very strange age is that the great state of Minnesota has become the focus of race relations in America. Most people think of the state as being one of the whitest in the country, so it is odd that it would be a microcosm for what is going on in the country as a whole. We are regularly told by our betters that new America is diverse and vibrant, not bland and white. Fifty years ago, Minnesota was 98% white. The white population was alm...