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RCTC gives students access to Wright vigil, educator says its time for us to teach the truth Members of the community gathered Thursday to draw attention to what they see as systemic racism and the ongoing issue of police brutality. Posted: Apr 15, 2021 5:52 PM Updated: Apr 15, 2021 7:26 PM Posted By: Samantha Soto ROCHESTER, Minn. - Although a vigil Thursday for 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who was shot and killed by a Brooklyn Center police officer, was held in the Twin Cities, local students ...

Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott faces biggest test yet A Liberian immigrant who moved to Minnesota at age 11, Elliott has used his pulpit to speak in support of racial equity reforms on several fronts.  April 15, 2021 — 7:41pm Text size Copy shortlink: Mike Elliott was elected Brooklyn Centers first Black mayor in 2018, swept into office as a charismatic change candidate who intimately understood one of Minnesotas most diverse c...

It is sad that we as a nation find ourselves back at this same place again: A person resisting arrest, refusing to cooperate — and being killed during the confrontation ("Police killing of Daunte Wright threatens to spark summer of violence," Web, April 12). Police careers are destroyed. Why do our youth think it is appropriate to resist police who are performing their duties to investigate and enforce the laws regarding criminal behavior, especially when the outcome can be d...

Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host Trevor Noah used his nightly platform Wednesday to trash U.S. law enforcement, smearing American police officers as fruit from a “rotten tree.”  Now, one of Noah’s old stand-up comedy acts has resurfaced in which he defends the use of deadly police force in the Marikana Massacre in South Africa. In the undated video, Trevor Noah addresses the 2012 massacre of 34 striking miners by South African police. He rationalizes the use of police force, jok...

Print Traffic stops are the most common form of encounter between citizens and the police. Tens of millions occur across the country every year. We need no reminder that some have tragic outcomes, as in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by police in a Minneapolis suburb during the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Even when traffic stops do not result in death, they can be frightening, humiliating and wrong, as we saw in the video of...

UC Davis’ 2021 Picnic Day event, scheduled for Saturday, April 17, will have the theme “Discovering Silver Linings”…

Bodycam Footage Shows Chicago Police Shooting 13-Year-Old Boy With His Hands Up Bodycam Footage Shows Chicago Police Shooting 13-Year-Old Boy With His Hands Up Officials had claimed Adam Toledo had a gun in his hand when he was killed, but the new footage suggests those claims were false Jon Blistein, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Body camera footage released Thursday, April 15th, showed that 13-year-old Adam Toledo had his hands up and did not appear to be holding a firearm when a Chicago ...

Chicago releases body cam footage of 13-year-olds death Footage released of fatal Chicago police shooting of teen UP NEXT Body camera footage of the fatal Chicago police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo was released Thursday by the citys Civilian Office of Police Accountability. The March 29 footage shows an unidentified officer chasing Toledo down a street. The officer yells, "Police! Stop. Stop right f---ing now. Hands -- show me your f---ing hands now. Drop it!" As the officer tells T...

Chief Skinner responds to death of Daunte Wright Chief Skinner says policies are in place in Eugene to prevent officers from mistakenly using a gun instead of a Taser. Posted: Apr 15, 2021 3:37 PM Posted By: Chelsea Hunt EUGENE, Ore. – Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner is sharing his thoughts after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a Black driver killed by an officer in Minnesota. “I was shocked, angry, and sad at the loss of this young man’s life,” Skinner said. Wright was kil...

Daunte Wright should still be alive. The 20-year-old, killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, did not have to die. Officer Kim Potter confused her Taser and her gun, yelled, “Taser” at the young man and killed him. Watching the horrific and tragic body camera footage, she really thought she had her Taser. But she had grabbed her gun. The Taser and the gun were similarly shaped. It was a terrible tragedy. Those who call for defunding the police should be mindful that ...