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As a follow on, there needs to be some focus on decoupling city budgets from fees and fines that are made up from these petty traffic violations.  It creates a financial incentive that is perverse.  Vox article To understand why these traffic stops are allowed, we need to look at the broader picture of the criminal legal system that is reliant on these infractions as a source of funding. A key mechanism embedded within the criminal legal system, and related to pretext traffic stops, is the sy...

Douglas Andrews In 2000, when George W. Bush spoke to the NAACP about “the soft bigotry of low expectations,” he wasn’t talking about Democrat Representative Maxine Waters. But he might just as well have. For years now, Waters has gotten a pass on her hate-filled and inciteful rhetoric — rhetoric that, had it been uttered by, say, a white president, would’ve been grounds for impeachment. And yet there was Waters on Saturday night, pouring gasoline on yet another fire. A...

Since start of Derek Chauvin trial, more than 60 people have died at hands of police On the same day Derek Chauvin began his trial for the killing of George Floyd, police fatally shot a 13-year-old boy after chasing him down an alley.  By Scott Olson/Getty Images Story at a glance: Among those killed by police in the 21 days since the start of Derek Chauvin’s trial, over half were accused of having a firearm. Many were under the age of 30, and a dozen w...

EXCLUSIVE: Im not going easy on her. Prosecutor in Daunte Wright case vows to hold veteran Minnesota cop Kimberly Potter accountable as BLM protestors swarm his home Peter Orput, the prosecutor handling Daunte Wrights case, told DailyMail.com, Id just ask, have faith in me as a prosecutor. Im not giving anything away He spoke for the first time as demonstrators spent three hours protesting outside his home in Stillwater, Minnesota Saturday night The protestors demanded that Wrights killer Kim...

Minnesota has a First Amendment problem A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Authorities in Minnesota are coming under wholly deserved scrutiny for mistreating members of the media who are covering protests in Brooklyn Center and beyond. While the state’s governor has expressed regret for the earlier incidents, including the wrongful arrest of a CNN producer, there are new concerns about what will happen later this week when a jury is expected to...

“It wasn’t an accident. Policing in our country is inherently & intentionally racist,” Tlaib tweeted. “Daunte Wright was met with aggression & violence." "I am done with those who condone government-funded murder.” “No more policing, incarceration, and militarization. It can’t be reformed,” she added. It wasnt an accident. Policing in our country is inherently & intentionally racist. Daunte Wright was met with aggression & violence. I am done with those who condone government f...

April 19, 2021 3:59 p.m. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Monday issued a strong defense of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) amid Republicans’ outcry over the House Financial Services chair’s remarks urging protesters against police brutality to “get more confrontational.” When asked whether Waters need to apologize for her comments, Pelosi denied the notion, according to a Hill pool report on Monday. “No she doesn’t,” Pelosi said. “That woman on the floor shou...

04-19-2021 Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Several Republican lawmakers are condemning U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) for telling protesters outside a police station in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on Saturday to "get more confrontational" if former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is not convicted of murdering George Floyd.  Waters broke the set 11:00 p.m. curfew along with hundreds of other protesters who were demonstrating against the killing of D...

White House Press Secretary REFUSES to condemn Maxine Waters for telling BLM to be more confrontational while Pelosi insists Waters shouldnt apologize because she wasnt inciting violence White House press secretary Jen Psaki wouldnt condemn Rep. Maxine Waters for saying Black Lives Matter protesters should get more confrontational Waters protested alongside activists in Minneapolis Saturday, where Derek Chauvin is on trial for the death of George Floyd BLM is also protesting the recent police k...

Black Lives Matter fence in Minnesota at center of row in city on edge West St Paul fence ordinance prohibits fences from being more than one color or containing images or letters. Photograph: Courtesy of Ryan Weyandt West St Paul fence ordinance prohibits fences from being more than one color or containing images or letters. Photograph: Courtesy of Ryan Weyandt City sent couple letter stating their fence violates ordinance as a Blue Lives Matter slogan appears on fence two blocks away Mon 19 A...