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Minnesota Officer Charged With Manslaughter Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter was charged with second-degree manslaughter this afternoon. As you no doubt know, she tried to tase Daunte Wright as Wright was fighting with two other officers, and inadvertently pulled her Glock instead of her taser. This is the relevant statute: 609.205 MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SECOND DEGREE. A person who causes the death of another by any of the following means is guilty of manslaughter in the secon...

Daunte Wright: Doting dad, ballplayer, slain by Brooklyn Center police BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) - Daunte Wright became a father while he was still a teenager, and seemed to relish the role of a doting young dad, his family and friends said. A family photo shows a beaming Wright holding his son, Daunte Jr., at his first birthday party. Another shows Wright, wearing a COVID-19 face mask and his son wearing a bib with the inscription, "ALWAYS HUNGRY." TOPICS: Donate by Hopefully, well have ...

It has been broken for years. | Chief Shields discusses future of LMPD Chief Shields said there is a lack of diversity within the department, a lack of proactive policing, and no supervision or accountability. Author: Elle Smith Updated: 9:15 PM EDT April 14, 2021 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Today, LMPD Chief Erika Shields sat in on the April meeting of the Louisville Forum. There, she engaged in a moderated discussion led by USA Today, National Political Correspondent P...

Updated: 14 Apr 2021, 18:08 IRELAND’S unemployment rate will not recover to pre-pandemic levels until at least 2023, a new Department of Finance report has predicted. However, Ireland will not see an “austerity budget” for 2022, Public Expenditure Minister Micheal McGrath claimed, as there are “solid grounds for optimism” that the economic recovery will start later this year. 2 2 Finance Minister Paschal DonohoeCredit: PA The Government yesterday published a Stability Programme Updat...

Apr. 15—About a dozen people gathered Wednesday afternoon for a Black Lives Matter rally in Dayton. The group met for less than an hour in the field next to the old Dayton Unit NAACP building in the 1500 block of West Third Street. Donald Domineck, chairman of the Midwest Region Chapter of the New Black Panther Party, said the rally was for Black Lives Matter Dayton to stand in concert with ...

“There is a big difference between the two,” Harris told theGrio. “Among the issues is the issue of training and having law enforcement who carry both be very clear about the difference between the two, because as we have seen the consequence can be the loss of life and an unjustifiable loss of life.” Ironically, Potter was a 26-year veteran on the job who trained younger, less experienced officers. The vice president echoed public statements she made Tuesday about Wright’s death, sa...

Late Tuesday afternoon on Deadline: White House, MSNBC host host Nicolle Wallace teed up far-left charlatan, journalism professor, and MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson to double down on his latest cri de coeur that not only should police be defunded, but they should be abolished entirely (and ostensibly leave the public open to attacks from criminals without consequences). And for anyone who disagrees with him, he accused them of gaslighting. This The 11th Hours Brian Williams that not only ...

Giant armed robots loom over streets of rebel-controlled Donetsk as tensions rise in Ukraine Emma James Apr 14 2021, 19:43 ET GIANT armed robots appear to loom over the streets of rebel-controlled Donetsk — as tensions continue to rise in Ukraine. They are among several sculptures of Transformers and other machines dotted around the city. 3 3 Tanks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are seen during drills near the border of CrimeaCredit: Reuters But they will do little to quell the unrest developi...

Protesters gather for a fourth night in Brooklyn Center Protesters have been seen outside the police precinct in Brooklyn Center for a fourth night following the death of Daunte Wright who was shot and killed by a police officer. share with Facebook Former officer charged in Daunte Wright shooting to appear in court Thursday From CNN’s Keith Allen Former Brooklyn Center Police officer Kimberly Potter will make her first court appearance Thursday at 1:30 pm CT, according to Minnesota Judicia...

Portland, Multnomah County officials decry vandalism after 2 protests declared riots Updated 9:02 PM; Facebook Share Portland and Multnomah County officials on Wednesday decried the vandalism seen over the previous two nights, when crowds gathered for raucous demonstrations over the fatal police shooting of a Black man in Minnesota. The demonstrations, held in response to the death of Daunte Wright, drew crowds that resemble those seen last year, when Portland experienced more than 100 consecu...