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Updated: Apr 15 2021, 11:59 ET Invalid Date, BLM protesters descended on Jonathan Pentlands home after the Army sergeant was filmed berating and "assaulting" a black man in a viral video. Jonathan Pentland, 42, was charged with third-degree assault and battery after the incident in a South Carolina gated community was recorded and posted to Facebook, prompting a Black Lives Matter demonstration. 7 BLM protesters descend on Jonathan Pentlands home after Army sergeant assaulted black man in vi...

Daunte Wright and the grim financial incentive behind traffic stops Vox.com 6 hrs ago Alexes Harris © Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Daunte Wright was fatally shot after police pulled him over under what is called a “pretext traffic stop.” This past Sunday afternoon, Daunte Wright was killed by a police officer while driving with his partner in a Minneapolis suburb after being pulled over by police for having air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror and expired car...

Share this - copied Individuals gathered in Brooklyn Center for the fourth night to protest the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, was arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter on Wednesday. The panel discusses.April 15, 2021 ReadMore

Kim Potter makes first court appearance in shooting of Daunte Wright The former Brooklyn Center police officer is charged with second-degree manslaughter for shooting the 20-year-old motorist during a traffic stop. Author: Dana Thiede Updated: 3:31 PM CDT April 15, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS — Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter made her first court appearance Thursday afternoon, charged with second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of motorist Daunt...

Originally published on April 15, 2021 12:29 pm On April 11, Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minn. It was the latest in a long line of killings of Black people by police in America. An officers body camera captured footage of Wrights shooting, but podcast host Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr., who lost a close friend from college to police violence a few years ago, doesnt plan on watching it. "I choose not to pu...

Chicago police body camera footage to be released in fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo The Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability will release body camera footage on Thursday from the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo last month. In a news conference Thursday ahead of the video’s release, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she had seen the videos and they are “incredibly difficult to watch.” “As a mom, this is not something you want children to see,” Li...

AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa This one comes under the heading of everything is connected and some things are stranger than you would think. We’ve been reporting on the shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Turns out that in an odd twist of fate, George Floyd’s girlfriend was an administrator at Daunte Wright’s high school , according to her. George Floyd’s girlfriend, Courtney Ross (seen in white/grey blazer), showed up to support, cry and pray with Daunte Wright�...

Statement by New Journey PAC Chief Executive Officer Autry Pruitt on the Firing of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota City Manager Curt Boganey News provided by Share this article Share this article WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- New Journey PAC Chief Executive Officer Autry Pruitt today issued the following statement on the firing of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota City Manager Curt Boganey: "Democrats plumbed new depths of anti-Black hatred this week with the firing of Curt Boganey,...

NATO forces are also expected to withdraw. It is not clear how much help the US will now give the elected Afghan government to hold off the Taliban, a jihadist group that seized power in the 1990s and hopes to do so again. Russia massed more troops along its border with Ukraine. A similar build-up in 2014 preceded the annexation of Crimea and the invasion of the south-eastern part of the country. Mr Biden called for a summit with Vladimir Putin, his Russian counterpart, to discuss the situatio...

Former Minnesota police officer who shot Daunte Wright during traffic stop makes 1st court appearance The former Minnesota police officer charged with the shooting death of a Black man during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center made her first court appearance Thursday. Kim Potter is charged with second-degree manslaughter. Social Sharing Thomson Reuters · Posted: Apr 15, 2021 4:14 PM ET | Last Updated: April 16 This booking photo shows former police officer Kim Potter...