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A 13-year-old Chicago boy appears to have dropped a handgun and begun raising his hands less than a second before a police officer shot and killed him last month, footage released Thursday under community pressure shows.

Former police officer Derek Chauvin chooses not to testify at George Floyd murder trial Toggle share menu Advertisement Former police officer Derek Chauvin chooses not to testify at George Floyd murder trial A memorial to George Floyd on the Minneapolis street where he died. (Photo: AFP/Chandan Khanna) 15 Apr 2021 11:37PM (Updated: 16 Apr 2021 07:34AM) Share this content Bookmark MINNEAPOLIS: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin said on Thursday ...

  The mother of a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Minnesota police this week says it all started when police pulled her son over for having air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror. How, some might ask, can air fresheners be the basis for a traffic stop? The answer: Minnesota is one of a number of states with laws that prohibit drivers from hanging objects from their rearview mirrors on the grounds that the items could obstruct their view. The laws have led to vehement ...

AP Photo/Jae C. Hong The bodycam footage from the killing of 13-year old Adam Toledo was released today by Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA). Along with the Officer’s footage, COPA released 16 body-cam videos, 4 third-party videos, a transmission from the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, two audio recordings of 911 calls, six ShotSpotter recordings, and response and arrest reports. The footage was previously reviewed by Toledo’s family and legal r...

Them there crazy white folks…you just gotta love em’ The manner in which police in Hutchinson, Minnesota responded to a 61-year-old white man who dragged an officer with his vehicle while wielding a hammer has many calling out the inherent hypocrisies of law enforcement at large, particularly in light of the police killing of 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright, which also occurred in Minnesota. According to a WCCO report, the incident began at approximately 2 p.m. local time on Wedn...

Wright Mount Pleasant’s police chief called the killing of Daunte Wright “a catastrophic mistake, a disaster.” A Racine police sergeant said it was “a terrible tragedy.” Nearly identical statements from the chiefs of the Sturtevant and Waterford police departments said they were “shocked” of the death of Daunte Wright during an attempted arrest in Minnesota. Wright, a 20-year-old black man, was killed Sunday in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, a city of 30,600 that...

By @_gbizness Apr 15, 2021 Minnesota is currently on fire from protests over the killing of Daunte Wright. Meanwhile, in other parts of the state, a white man fled the scene of a traffic stop endangering the lives of numerous police officers & wasnt tased or shot in the process. The 61 yr old assailant was pulled over during a routine traffic stop, similar to Daunte Wright, but when he fled the scene while dragging an officer along for the ride NOT ONE of the boys in blue pulled out a gun or ...

Amid outcry over the latest police shooting of Daunte Wright, Vice President Kamala Harris weighed in on the debate over police mistaking a gun for a taser.

Kyle Brown and Tom Hauser Updated: April 15, 2021 07:16 PM Created: April 15, 2021 06:20 PM “Operation Safety Net” kicked into its highest phase of security preparedness in the past 48 hours as the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin nears an end. Minnesota National Guard soldiers and police are more visible than ever on the streets of downtown Minneapolis and nearby neighborhoods. But the elevated law enforcement presence is not entirely ...

An op-ed published by The Washington Post suggested that Republicans were the "crazy" party just one day before Democrats sought to shatter norms by increasing the size of the highest court in the land.