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Daunte Wright’s shooting death indicates needed changes in law enforcement The McDonough County Voice Daunte Wright was a family man. He had been planning to go back to school and work to earn a GED to help raise his 2-year-old son, Daunte Wright Jr. But on Sunday, the 20-year-old became the latest victim in the recent history of police shootings involving unarmed black men in this country. A Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer had pulled Wright over Sunday either because of an air fres...

Print Los Angeles natives Travon Free and Kris Bowers have more in common than their hometown. The first-time directors both received Oscar nominations last month for their short films, which are currently streaming and boast name-brand support from the filmmaking and Black communities. Free’s “Two Distant Strangers” (on Netflix), co-directed with Martin Desmond Roe, is a narrative short that sees its subject (played by rapper Joey Badass) being killed again and again by the same malevole...

Antifa, he added “is a real thing. It is not a fiction.” Mr. Wray‘s remarks appeared to step back from earlier comments suggesting the group was less of a threat. Last year, Mr. Wray testified that Antifa was viewed by the FBI as more an “ideology than an organization.” “We take anarchist, violent extremism, much of which associates with the Antifa movement extremely seriously,” Mr. Wray said later in the hearing, adding that “it is something we investigate very aggressively.”...

Apr 14, 2021 The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop earlier this week has been charged with 2nd degree manslaughter. The Washington County attorney announced his intention to file the charge against Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department who resigned following the shooting. The police department claims Potter meant to fire her Taser but mistakenly grabbed her gun instead. The medical examiner has ruled the death as a h...

Former Minnesota cop arrested, charged in shooting of Black motorist BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota prosecutor has charged a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright with second-degree manslaughter. Washington County Attorney Pete Orputs announcement that he charged Kim Potter came a day after she resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department. The shooting ignited days of unrest. The ...

Defund the police reemerges as wedge issue Julia Manchester © Getty Images Chicago protest on July 24, 2020 Democrats are bracing for another round of calls to "defund the police" even as a bitter debate continues to rage within the party about whether the slogan hurt them in the 2020 elections. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvins trial in the death of George Floyd, coupled with a fatal shooting this week of a 20-year-old Black man by police during a routine traf...

Live Game Thread: Brooklyn Nets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, 4:00 PM EST Share this story Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Brooklyn Nets and Minnesota Timberwolves will play Tuesday at 4:00 PM EST, after Monday night’s game was postponed after a Minnesota police officer killed an unarmed 20-year-old black man, Daunte Wright, this past weekend. The game will be played with no fans in attendance. If you’d like to talk about basketball after the game, please join us on Clubhouse. WHEN: ...

Former officer Potter makes first court appearance in killing of Daunte Wright The former Brooklyn Center police officer will return to court in May.  April 15, 2021 — 2:20pm Video (03:46) : Daunte Wrights family reacts to charges in fatal shooting. | Star Tribune Text size Copy shortlink: At a brief hearing Thursday before District Court Judge Paul Scoggin, Kimberly A. Potter made her first court appearance...

Really. Hegseth, who used his presidential fluffing ability to get TraitorTrump to pardon convicted war criminals, cant stop defending murders perpetrated by law enforcement. The Fox morning show focused more on the protests in Brooklyn Center Minnesota, after this latest death of a young black man at the hands of the police, than on the actual crime committed by the officer. Kim Potter has been arrested and charged with 2nd degree murder. After whining about the protests against the police, He...

The Department of Justice won’t pursue charges against the officer who gunned down a pro-Trump rioter who breached the U.S. Capitol during the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, officials announced on April 14. “Officials examined video footage posted on social media, statements from the officer involved and other officers and witnesses to the events, physical evidence from the scene of the shooting, and the results of an autopsy,” a statement from the Department of Justice said. “Based on ...