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Protestors march through Boston to demand justice for Daunte Wright Drew Karedes Several main roads in Boston were blocked off and the Storrow Drive ramps were closed late Sunday night as more than 100 protestors marched through the city into Boston Common. Those demonstrating told Boston 25 they are demanding justice for Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old young black man shot and killed in Minnesota by a white police officer who said she mistook her handgun for her taser. Wright wa...

Calls for US police reform during protest World April 19, 2021 Brooklyn Centre, United States: High-ranking Congress member Maxine Waters called for an overhaul of policing in the United States as she joined the seventh consecutive night of protests in a Minneapolis suburb over the death of Daunte Wright, a young Black man shot dead by a white policewoman. The 20-year-old was killed during what should have been a routine traffic stop, sparking anger and fresh protests against police brutality...

NBA Bracing for Verdict in Derek Chauvin Trial for Death of George Floyd On 4/18/21 at 9:38 PM EDT The NBA said this weekend that it is preparing to possibly postpone games in the coming week as a verdict could be announced in the Derek Chauvin trial. Chauvin is the former Minneapolis police office seen kneeling on George Floyd last May. Floyd died while in police custody. Chauvin will not take the stand, and legal teams will begin closing arguments on Monday. A verdict could come this week. Mi...

California congresswoman calls for confrontation as the U.S. waits for a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. Former special agent with the Secret Service Evy Poumpouras weighs in. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., justified her remarks encouraging protesters in Minnesota after Republicans slammed her for encouraging confrontations in the event that former police officer Derek Chauvin is not convicted of murder for the death of George Floyd. Chauvin is charged with second- and third-degree murder as...

Republicans Look To Expel Rep. Maxine Waters After Encouraging Rioters to “Get More Confrontational” Many Republicans are behind efforts to expel Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. after telling protesters in Minnesota to “get more confrontational” during protests this weekend. Waters visited Brooklyn Center, where Daunte Wright was shot, just miles from Derek Chauvin’s trial.  Waters told reporters that if the former police officer is not found guilty for the murder of George Floyd, riote...

Derek Chauvin murder trial verdict. Waters travelled to Brooklyn Center over the weekend amid continued civil unrest in the town after the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright. While participating in the local protests, Waters demanded a guilty verdict at Chauvin’s trial — saying she would “fight with all of the people who stand for justice.” “We’ve got to stay on the street, and we’ve got to get more active,” Waters said. “We’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve g...

7 hours ago by Danielle Prieur (WMFE) Photo: Gov. Ron DeSantis Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker — say “Alexa, play NPR” and you’ll be connected. A so-called “anti-rioting bill” has been signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis today.  The “combating public disorder” bill raises penalties for people charged in connection with violent riots, and for damaging or destroying monuments.  ...

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new anti-riot bill into law on Monday as violent protests threaten to grip the nation for a second year, this time under President Joe Biden, despite pledges of unity. The Combatting Public Disorder Act, approved by the Republican legislature last week, protects funding for municipal law enforcement from the progressive efforts to “defund police” and raises penalties for demonstrators who engage in criminal conduct. Under the new law effective i...

Exactly the sort of thing that the media wont talk about while falsely blaming every mugging by a thug freed from prison by Democrats on President Trump. There is systemic racism in America. It doesnt involve vicious criminals like George Floyd or Daunte Wright, but Asian-Americans who are systemically discriminated against by Democrats in the educational system. The Democrat effort to dismantle merit-based admissions to high schools in New York and San Francisco led to major protests ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Attorneys for the prosecution and defense in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in George Floyds death, were presenting their closing arguments Monday, summarizing their respective evidence and witness testimony and trying to focus jurors on the most important elements. Prosecutor Steve Schleicher said Chauvin "chose pride over policing" last Memorial Day, calling Chauvins knee on Floyd’s neck "unnecessary, gratuitous and disproportionate." "An...