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April 16, 2021 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 scrutinized body-cam video shows Potter yelling “Taser! Taser! Taser! “ before firing a bullet into Wright’s chest which ki...

Nearly a year after the police killing of George Floyd, pressure is mounting on President Joe Biden and members of Congress to show they are committed to holding police officers accountable for misconduct, excessive force and negligence after yet another agonizing week that has demonstrated how Americans of color are continuing to lose their lives during routine encounters with law enforcement.

Updated: 2:52 PM CDT April 16, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Public Schools are pausing all in-person learning for the second half of next week in anticipation of a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. Closing arguments are expected Monday in the trial, at which point jurors will be sequestered and begin deliberating. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. Minneapolis schools w...

Agency leaders agree that sensitivity to BIPOC communities is top of mind. by Sabrina Sanchez "Justice 4 Daunte" is projected near a police precinct in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, this week. (Photo credit: Getty Images). Sign in to continue Register Limited Article Views (Excludes Subscriber Only Content) Select Newsletters (Excludes Subscriber Only Bulletins) Limited number of free email bulletins Unlimited Access to PRWeek content Daily Breakfast Briefing PRWeek Daily News (subscriber-exclu...

Views: Whod have predicted this? Morning Joes Mika Brzezinski introduced a segment with a critical Pat Robertson attacking the police. "Longtime televangelist and conservative host of the 700 Club Pat Robertson surprised just about everyone yesterday when he sounded off on the state of policing in America," she said. "After reporting on the killing of Daunte Wright, he did a demonstration on set, showing the difference between a gun and a taser. He then said this." ROBERTSON: I am pro police,...

Derek Chauvin Murder Trial: What Brits Need To Know About The Case The ex-officer is accused of killing George Floyd by kneeling on his neck last year. Heres what weve learnt and what happens next. Closing arguments at the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin are set to conclude on Monday. The ex-cop is accused of killing George Floyd last year by kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Video footage of the incident sparked international Black Lives Matter protests against racism...

Cardi B Deletes Tweet Dismissing Call to Defund Police “We need cops,” the rapper says; “We just need strict laws” for themLindsey Ellefson | April 16, 2021 @ 11:01 AM Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Fanatics Rapper Cardi B tweeted that the idea of defunding the police is “bullsh–” Thursday, but deleted her post shortly thereafter. “That’s bullsh– to me. We need cops and that’s facts,” said the now-deleted response to another user’s call to defund. “We ju...

WATCH: One-on-one with NYC mayoral candidate Dianne Morales © Provided by RADIO.COM NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — New Yorkers will have their first experience with ranked choice voting in the June 22nd Democratic primary. City residents may rank their top five mayoral candidates and this week the Working Families Party chose their top three progressives: Scott Stringer, Dianne Morales and Maya Wiley — in that order. Anchor Lynda Lopez spoke with Morales for this weeks 880 Weekly Rewind, which air...

TikTok: ‘Soup for my Family’ explained – Donald Trump meme resurfaces!   ‘Soup for my Family’ is one of TikTok’s most popular sounds, but where does the Donald Trump quote actually come from? Here’s everything you need to know. New sounds go viral on TikTok every day, and it can sometimes be difficult to find out where they even actually from. When people found out that the famous ‘waking up in the morning’ song actually came from Gia Giudice in an episode of The Real Hous...

Brooklyn Center mayor blasts police for gassing protesters Cameron Jenkins © Getty Images Brooklyn Center mayor blasts police for gassing protesters Brooklyn Center, Minn., Mayor Mike Elliott on Friday slammed the use of tear gas by local police officers on demonstrators who have gathered around the city to protest the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright. Elliott made his remarks during a news conference, where he stated that "gassing is not a human way of policing," according to...