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By Ryan Shepard Former Brooklyn Center Police Department Officer Kim Potter made her first court appearance after being charged with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Daunte Wright. Appearing via Zoom, Potter learned more about the conditions of her bail and details pertaining to her next court appearance. As reported previously, Potter remains at her home in Minnesota as she awaits her next court date. She is currently protected by constant police security. In addition, a ...

: Under Senator Tim Kaines reintroduced the  Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act, loopholes in existing federal laws, such as those requiring background checks on all firearm sales and transfers, would be closed if passed. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News) Earlier this week at a press conference to talk about his bipartisan infrastructure jobs bill, Senator Tim Kaine touched on recent police misconduct allegations and past gun-related tragedies, which include the mass shootin...

Print this article The GOP-led Florida Senate passed legislation on Thursday that would increase penalties on rioters at a time of high tension around the country following the police shooting death of Daunte Wright in Minnesota. The bill, approved in a 23-17 vote, would also make it harder for local governments to strip funding from law enforcement, in addition to upping penalties on those who commit crimes during a riot. The legislation passed the House by a party-line vote last month and no...

From Portland, a liberals lament Grand gestures to right historys wrongs are great, but when those acts cross the line into ridiculousness, it gets us nowhere.  By Nicholas Kristof New York Times April 15, 2021 — 5:40pm Text size ...

Bryant: "It wasnt until (former MPD officer) Mohammed Noor that we actually got a conviction. I mean, there were all these cases where either police officers werent charged, or they werent convicted. Juries would come to the conclusion that they acted as a reasonable police officer did."  Erdahl: "You mention Noor and that was a case that, at the time, there was a lot of speculation about whether third degree murder did fit." Bryant: "Yeah, I mean, third degree was primarily made for drive by...

Former police officer Derek Chauvin, on trial for the death of George Floyd, invoked his 5th Amendment right and will not testify. Evangelical leader Pat Robertson said Thursday that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who has been charged with murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, should be put "under the jail." Robertson, 91, made the comment during an appearance on "The 700 Club," where he decried what he called an "onslaught" of police violence following th...

Residents rattled near Brooklyn Center unrest Since the death of Daunte Wright Sunday, law enforcement officers have clashed with the protesters, using tear gas, flash-bang grenades and projectiles to clear the crowds. For those living in the apartments nearby, that has meant finding bright green marking rounds and gas canisters landing on their balconies. It has meant sleepless nights of trying to watch through windows while fearing a projectile will fly through the glass. And even...

The measure was sent to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, as new protests erupted this week in a Minneapolis suburb after another fatal police shooting of a Black man.

Getty Reliving the awful details of George Floyd’s slow suffocation is brutal and emotionally draining. As always in matters touching on race, the thrum of ethnic hostilities is the background noise. Some have been eager, since the trial began, to cite George Floyd’s drug use or heart trouble as the true cause of death (arguments the prosecution has effectively debunked). Others have argued that if Floyd had simply agreed to enter the squad car, he would be alive today — as if that exone...

Eddie Burnett, president of the Parker County NAACP, told the Star-Telegram he learned about the situation Sunday and plans to bring it up at a school board meeting set for April 19. The school district said the students were disciplined for cyberbullying and their actions but did not specify what the discipline was. “There is no room for racism or hatred in the Aledo ISD, period,” Bohn said in the statement. “Using inappropriate, offensive and racially charged language and conduct is co...