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The broadcast networks similarly avoided describing the violence that took place in Brooklyn Center as "riots." According to ABC, "protests turned violent," while NBC used the term "unrest" and CBS went with "violent protests." ABC’s David Muir even admitted police were "in riot gear" to combat what he called "protesters." Potter, who tendered her resignation from the Brooklyn Center police force Tuesday, was charged with second-degree manslaughter Wednesday and faces up to ten years in pri...

Last modified on Thu 15 Apr 2021 17.23 EDT Good morning. It’s Friday 16 April and this is Imogen Dewey with the headlines. National consensus on raising the age of criminal responsibility is looking less and less likely, several government transactions are under scrutiny, and the coronavirus vaccine continues to dominate national conversation. Authorities are investigating the death of a 48-year-old diabetic NSW woman who developed blood clots after receiving a coronavirus vaccine – but...

Manslaughter charge for white Minnesota cop who shot dead black man Minneapolis has been roiled by nightly violent protests after Kim Potter, who is white, opened fire on Wright in his car on Sunday. Portland police officers tackle demonstrators after a riot was declared during a protest against the killing of Daunte Wright on 12 April 2021 in Portland, Oregon. Picture: AFP 5 hours ago MINNEAPOLIS, UNITED ST...

By City News Service Apr 15, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A group of about 100 gathered near Los Angeles Police Department headquarters in downtown L.A. to protest the shooting death in Minnesota of a man by a police officer while escaping from authorities following a traffic stop, but no arrests were reported this morning. Protesters gathered at First and Spring streets and police declared an unlawful assembly around 10 p.m. Wednesday, according to Fox11, which also reported some police barricade...

Kamala Harris to address migration in plans to visit Mexico, Guatemala Adam Schultz (via White House) / Wikimedia Commons Thursday, April 15, 2021 8:47 AM UTC Related Stories The task of stemming the migration crisis that the Biden administration is facing falls on vice president Kamala Harris. In an effort to address the causes of migration, Harris is planning to visit Mexico and Guatemala. Harris announced Wednesday that she i...

Daunte Wright (Twitter/Andy Ngo) It was Twitter user Bree Newsome who shared the query on the social media site writing, "Daunte Wright’s mother is racially white but he’s unambiguously Black in phenotype & for that reason is positioned within a system of structural racism that ultimately murders him. If he had the same parentage but been more white-passing in appearance, would he have been stopped?" Daunte Wright’s mother is racially white but he’s unambiguously Black in ph...

The Rev. John A. Kilpatrick (podium) leads the Church of His Presence in Daphne, Alabama. | Facebook/Church of His Presence Despite opposition among some conservatives to the idea of reparations for slavery, the Rev. John A. Kilpatrick, a self-styled Assemblies of God prophet in Alabama who predicted the end of Trumps presidency in 2018, also predicted that God is going to “reimburse” black Americans for their trouble and labor. Kilpatrick, who leads the Church of His Presence in Daphne, ...

Protests demanding justice for Daunte Wrights death have been happening outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department. Author: Charmaine Nero (KARE 11) Published: 6:19 PM CDT April 14, 2021 Updated: 6:46 PM CDT April 14, 2021 BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Seventeen-year-old Aaliyah Martin lives in one of the apartments directly across the street from the Brooklyn Center Police Department. “Not the first night, but the second night they threw tear g...

CREDIT: Nic Rowan/Twitter Things are heating up in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota again tonight, the third night after the police shooting of Daunte Wright. CNN is there with Miguel Marquez and his crew. The BLM ‘protesters’ just attacked one of the crew members. They threw a water bottle, hitting the older gentleman square in the head and you can see him go down, visibly a little stunned. They then laugh at him and mock him, with a couple trying to see if he’s okay. He gets up and seems to w...

AP Photo/Noah Berger There were a lot of BLM actions over the past couple of days because of the police shooting of Daunte Wright. We reported how last night in Brooklyn Center, where Wright was shot, protesters were trying to break down the fencing around the police department and throwing things at the police, then there was a call for “White people to the front” (to be used as human shields in the event of any push back from the police). “Get the white people to the front!” #BLM pr...