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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 for those residents who did try going to bed, the coughing...

Disturbing bodycam footage of a 13-year-old boy being shot dead by police in Chicago shows the youth appearing to drop a handgun and raising his hands less than a second before an officer kills him. A still frame taken from Officer Eric Stillman’s body camera footage shows that Adam Toledo was not holding anything and had his hands up when Officer Stillman shot him once in the chest at about 3am on March 29. Police, who were responding to reports of shots fired in the area, say the boy had a ...

Minnesota is one of a number of states that prohibit drivers from hanging objects from their rearview mirrors because they can obstruct views.

UPDATE: Cop, Police Chief Resigns 2 days After Black Motorist’s Death By Mohamed Ibrahim and Mike Householder, Associated Press Published April 15, 2021 Chyna Whitaker, center, holds her son Daunte Jr., as she walks up to microphones to speak during a news conference, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Minneapolis. The father, Daunte Wright, 20, was shot and killed by police Sunday after a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) A  Minnesota police officer who fatally shot ...

5 things you need to know this morning: April 15, 2021 Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning. Five things you need to know 1. Biden introduces fresh sanctions against Russia President Joe Biden has signed off on new sanctions against Russia. The measures are in response to supposed cyber attacks and aimed at deterring "harmful foreign activities" orchestrated by Russia. Diplomats will also be expelled by the US as part of the sanctions. The United States will a...

Pro-police televangelist Pat Robertson slams Derek Chauvin, Kim Potter, says we cannot have a bunch of clowns policing the U.S. 1:05 a.m. O.G. televangelist Pat Robertson isnt about to take to the streets to protest the police shooting of Daunte Wright at the hands of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter, arrested Wednesday and charged with second-degree manslaughter. But like many people, Robertson is baffled that Potter evidently meant to use her Taser on Wright, not her gun. "If you ca...

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Daunte Wright: The problematic design of Taser stun guns Quartz 12 hrs ago © Provided by Quartz Side by side comparison of G17 pistol Kimberly Potter, the 26-year police veteran who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Minnesota on April 11, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. Prosecutors will be tasked to prove to the courts that she was negligent in drawing and firing her Glock pistol instead of her Taser stun gun when subduing the 20-year old. A widely scrut...

AP Naisha Wright, aunt of Daunte Wright, holds up images depicting X26P Taser and a Glock 17 handgun during a news conference at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church on Thursday in Minneapolis.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Daunte Wright’s family joined community leaders in demanding more severe charges against the white former police officer who fatally shot the young Black m...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on Foxnews.com. Reggie Edwards, the acting city manager of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, said Thursday that the protesters that have taken to the streets in the city after the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright could be broken up into three categories.  By far, most of those who turn out are peaceful and want to share their pain over the deadly shooting, he said. Another group consists of some agitators who try to change the nar...