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Police chief responds to controversial traffic stop of US Army officer in Virginia Share Updated: 8:14 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021 By Rebekah Riess and Ray Sanchez Police chief responds to controversial traffic stop of US Army officer in Virginia Share Updated: 8:14 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript Im Im on it. Yeah. Yeah. You should be Get out, Get out, get out of the car. Get out now. Youre being stopped. Tribal violence. Youre not cooperating at ...

by Ajamu Baraka / April 14th, 2021 The fix was in. The U.S. state was determined to demonstrate to the world that its system was able to render “justice” to its captive African/Black population. So, unlike in the handful of cases where charges were brought against police officers for killing a Black or Brown person, the prosecutors this time did not pretend to follow the demands of the ill-informed public to bring charges of first degree or second-degree murder that would set a bar for conv...

Police used non-lethal munitions against protesters in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, to disperse a crowd outside the city’s police department as demonstrations over the death of Daunte Wright continued for a third consecutive night on April 13. This footage from Cortez Rice shows the moment he was hit by an unknown projectile on his lower leg. In the video, he makes his way over to a nearby building where he receives first aid treatment from two other protesters. Cortez told Storyful he did was ...

Kimberly Potter, the former Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting death of a Black motorist, was released from custody Wednesday, according to jail records. Potter, 48, was released from a Hennepin County jail just before 5:40 p.m. local time after posting a $100,000 bond. She is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center over the weekend. Her first court appearance is scheduled for Thursday. In an interview with...

Linda Thomas-Greenfield spoke on Wednesday during a virtual convention She shared her own experiences of experiencing racism in the United States   Ive seen for myself how the original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy into our founding documents and principles, Thomas-Greenfield said in the meeting  She also discussed the KKK burning crosses on lawns when she was a child Racism is the problem of society that produces racists, she added  Her comments came on the day a House Committee adv...

People gather holding signs and flags before curfew to protest the death of Daunte Wright who was shot and killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on April 12, 2021. | AFP via Getty Images/ KEREM YUCEL Pastors and Christian leaders took to social media this week to share their thoughts following the fatal police shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Minnesota. Wright, the father of a 1-year-old toddler, was shot during a traffic stop by veteran police officer Kim Potter, 48...

Daunte Wright Protester Says Hes Brought Soup For My Family, Winks at Camera Newsweek 2 hrs ago James Walker © Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Can of Campbells soup are displayed on a shelf at a grocery store on June 05, 2019 in Richmond, California. A protester in Minnesota said he was carrying soup his family, appearing to mock former President Donald Trump. A man protesting the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright appeared to taunt authorities on Wednesday when he said he...

Protesters have upped their shield game big time. Police already shooting riot munitions at these wooden barricades, stay tuned to see how this plays out… pic.twitter.com/jynBrMZ2YL National Guard and police did not use any tear gas, likely trying to avoid disturbing the residents who live in nearby apartments. “They don’t understand we’ve got to live here…they’re throwing stuff, tear gas, shooting people by our crib, the rubber bullets…I had to go to the hospital last night,” A...

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Hundreds protest at Brooklyn Center Police Department for fourth night after fatal shooting of Daunte Wright

Brooklyn Center weathers fourth night of protests after officer who shot Daunte Wright charged Nicholas Rowan © Provided by Washington Examiner BROOKLYN CENTER, Minnesota — Police and protesters clashed for a fourth night after Kimberly Potter, the officer who shot Daunte Wright, was charged with second-degree manslaughter. The protests, which began in the mid-afternoon, started peacefully and gradually grew more tense as darkness fell and more law enforcement arrived at th...