Page 1238 - Daunte Wright News Today

Whenever the cops kill somebody, you can count on two things: 1) Fox News and other Trump supporters will smear the victim, and 2) the TV networks and newspapers will focus on “looting,” almost drowning out the murder of a human being by police.  Isn’t this what happened after 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright was shot to death for having an air freshener in his car? Media coverage splurged on people taking stuff from stores in Brooklyn Park, Minn., just outside Minneapolis. Mr. Presid...

By @_gbizness Apr 17, 2021 Oakland streets were filled tonight with protesters out marching over the recent police involved homicides targeting people of color. Adam Toledo in Chicago, Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center Minnesota, and of course the Derek Chauvin case which is taking place for the death of George Floyd. But, as the night consumes the streets folks begin to bust up downtown Oakland businesses, much like how weve seen in the past. Oakland is burning. And, it looks like ops is work...

Dene Dryden (KNSI) – On Friday evening, around one hundred people gathered in Seberger Park in St. Cloud to hold a vigil for Daunte Wright, who was killed by police during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center on Sunday. Volunteers passed out electric tea lights and water bottles. Beginning on the west side of the park, organizers shared poetry and stories about police violence. Nita Jones, organizer and executive director of Too Much Talent, shared her poem “What’s the Procedure?” Nita Jon...

(The Center Square) – Calls to defund the police have once again been thrust into the national spotlight after a string of high profile police shootings, but data show the rallying cry for police reformers may not hold water. After the death of Daunte Wright at the hands of police in Minnesota, U.S. Rep. Rashida Talib, D-Mich., made headlines this week for posting on Twitter: “No more policing, incarceration, and militarization. It cant be reformed.” Later in the week, Senate law...

WHYY By Gerardo Pons, NBC10April 17, 2021 Protesters gathered at the Art Museum on April 17, 2021 after police shot and killed Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.(NBC10) Dozens of demonstrators marched through the streets of Philadelphia in protest of the deadly police shooting of Daunte Wright in Minneapolis last week. The crowd walked across Center City and eventually ended up at City Hall Saturday evening. The march was peaceful and no streets were blocked, police said. The protes...

Townhall Media/Julio Rosas Brooklyn Center, Minn., Mayor Mike Elliott tried to “take a different approach” in not implementing a curfew after a police officer shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Protesters who had gathered in front of the police station may not have completely understood what the mayor’s goal was, but they seized the opportunity to attack the station anyway. Several hundred demonstrators breached the police line and the police pushed back, firing pepper spray and f...

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Atlanta, Boulder, Chicago, Brooklyn Center, Indianapolis: In this America, the battlefield is everywhere.

Why Police Can Stop Motorists With Air Fresheners Hanging in Their Cars A majority of states have laws making it illegal to hang anything from a rearview mirror that obscures a driver’s view. But critics say the laws are often used as pretexts. Phil Colbert was pulled over by a sheriffs deputy for hanging an air freshener from his rearview mirror.Credit...Courtney Pedroza for The New York Times April 17, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET Phil Colbert was on his way to meet his father for lunch before his sh...

Opinion: Them is despicable and should be removed from streaming services immediately FacebookTwitterEmail Screen grab from Amazon Prime Video series, "Them."Courtesy Amazon Prime Where do we as creatives draw the line between art and filth? "Them" would fall under the latter. "Them," Amazon’s newest “horror” series, which was released this past Friday, stands as a large reminder of the way "people of color sometimes participate in their own degradation," per Angelica Jade Bastién at Vul...