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Associated Press Associated Press BROOKLYN CENTER — 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 motori...

So, I’m reading about the cop who shot Daunte Wright in Minnesota on Sunday and the police chief who defended her deadly mistake, and I’m wondering if there has ever been a time in the history of law enforcement when an officer grabbed his Taser by accident when he meant to pull his gun.

Black Americans are experiencing collective trauma after police killings By KAT STAFFORD The Associated Press,Updated April 17, 2021, 12:42 p.m. Email to a Friend 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 ons...

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Florida nurse charged for death threats against Vice President Kamala Harris Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY UP NEXT A Florida woman is being held by federal authorities for allegedly making a series of threats to kill Vice President Kamala Harris. Niviane Petit Phelps, 39, sent a series of videos to her husband in prison, expressing anger over the results of the 2020 election, according to a Secret Service complaint. Phelps also went as far as practicing at a gun range and applie...

Riot declared in Portland protests after police kill man 1 dead in officer-involved shooting in Portland By Associated Press | April 17, 2021 at 11:07 AM CDT - Updated April 17 at 12:38 PM PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in Portland, Oregon, said Saturday they arrested four 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...

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Man charged with attacking Menards employee over mask April 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HUTCHINSON, Minn. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a Hutchinson man with felony assault after he allegedly attacked a Menards employee after the worker told him to wear a mask and attacked a responding police officer with a hammer. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported the incident began Wednesday afternoon when a cashier at a Menards in Hutchinson told 61-year-old Luke Oeltjenbruns that he couldnt check ...

Portland has been the site of frequent protests, many involving violent clashes between officers and demonstrators. The latest comes after police shot and killed a man Friday.

Police arrested four people in Portland, Oregon after declaring a riot on Friday night after the fatal shooting of a man in Portland on Friday, amid ongoing protests over police violence across the United States. Demonstrations had erupted in several US cities earlier in the week in the wake of the killings of Daunte Wright, a black 20-year-old shot by police after being pulled over in Minnesota, and an unarmed 13-year-old boy, Adam Toledo, in Chicago. On Friday Portland deputy police chief Chr...