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Newly released video that shows a Chicago police officer fatally shoot a 13-year-old will be key evidence when prosecutors consider a case against the

It was the sixth straight night of protests after a police officer killed Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, on Sunday afternoon.

Created: April 16, 2021 06:04 PM If the former Brooklyn Center police officer did, in fact, intend to pull out her taser instead of her handgun when she shot and killed Daunte Wright Sunday, it would amount to a tragic accident. But calling it a mistake or accident does not magically release an officer — or their department — from liability, according to a federal judge in Minnesota who ruled on a similar shooting a decade ago.  “The laws not going to say, ‘Oh, it was simply...

“The anguish we are suffering cannot translate into violence.” So said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey last week in the wake of yet another police killing of

Share this - copied Sonia Pruitt, retired captain with the Montgomery County Maryland Police Department and founder of the Black Police Experience, and Paul Butler, a former federal prosecutor and author of ‘Chokehold: Policing Black Men,’ join Ali Velshi to discuss the Chauvin trial and the state of policing after the deaths of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo. “As the police, if you’re going to give someone an order, you also need to give them an opportunity to follow that order. Toledo ...

Black Americans experiencing collective trauma, grief by Kat Stafford, The Associated Press Posted Apr 17, 2021 12:12 pm EDT Last Updated Apr 17, 2021 at 12:14 pm EDT Carlil Pittman knows trauma firsthand. As the co-founder of the Chicago-based youth organization GoodKidsMadCity-Englewood, he grieved the loss of Delmonte Johnson, a young community activist, more than two years ago to the very thing the teen fought fiercely against: gun violence. He’s also been angered and frustrated by the on...

Sara Cline And Gillian Flaccus Protesters smashed windows in downtown Portland, Ore., Friday, April 16, 2021. Police in Portland, said Saturday they arrested several people after declaring a riot Friday night when protesters smashed windows, burglarized businesses and set multiple fires during demonstrations that started after police fatally shot a man while responding to reports of a person with a gun. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP) April 17, 2021 - 10:34 AM POR...

UpdatedSat, Apr 17, 2021 at 10:03 am PT Replies(3) Demonstrators set fire to the front of the California Bank and Trust building during a protest against police brutality in Oakland, Calif., Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) OAKLAND, CA — Hundreds of protesters marched through Oakland Friday night to decry police brutality in Oakland. What began as a peaceful demonstration later erupted into violence, leaving windows shattered and fires set, according to several reports. Many bu...

The first tweet brings up a good point. Where is the National Guard? We were assured they were in Washington D.C. to keep the peace. There’s a large contingent of them currently stationed there. Why are they not being deployed to stop his anarchy? You can speculate as to the reasons why, and I certainly have my theories. Regardless, what really stuck out to me was the difference in reaction we are seeing from the left and their media allies compared to January 6th. You’ll recall the newfoun...

Podcast: The 3WHH Is Back, Just in Time for Riot Season Good grief! “Lucretia” and I take a week off, and everything goes to hell. Minneapolis starts rioting again, and Democrats in Washington start their own riot over court-packing. Meanwhile, the officer who mistook her service revolver for a taser and shot Daunte Wright was publicly identified within 48 hours (Kim Potter), lost her job, and now faces criminal charges, while we have passed Day 100 since Ashli Babbit was shot in the U.S. C...