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*If you’ve been wondering how Bobby Brown has been dealing with the death of his namesake son, Bobby Brown Jr., the entertainer is speaking out about it and the toll it’s had on his family Brown and his wife, Alicia Etheredge-Brown, sat down with Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris on Facebook’s “ Red Table Talk” to discuss how the 28-year-old’s November death has affected their lives, and in particular, that of that of their 11-year-old son Cassius. In M...

Despair at vigil for another Black killed by US police World April 14, 2021 At the quiet suburban intersection in Minneapolis where Daunte Wright was shot dead, mourners expressed despair over the latest police killing of a Black person to shake the United States. "We hope for change, but realistically our expectations are different," said Butchy Austin, 37, a corporate sales worker who has become a social activist since the killing of George Floyd in the city last year. A white police office...

Minnesota Freedom Fund able to put full-time focus on big goals thanks to donations By: Scripps National and last updated 2021-04-13 17:13:24-04 A group that started bailing out protesters after the uprising last summer is now on the ground in Brooklyn Center following the police shooting that killed Daunte Wright. The Minnesota Freedom Fund received widespread attention after the death of George Floyd. “We need to be able to do George Floyd justice, as well as all of the m...

In Oval Office meeting, the Congressional Black Caucus leadership raised police shootings, voting rights and diversity in the president’s appointments.

The cop who shot and killed a 20-year-old man during a traffic stop and the police chief who said it was an “accident” have both stepped down.

Daunte Wright was driving in his car through Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, two days ago when police officers pulled him over and later fatally shot him. This isn’…

Last Updated: Minneapolis Police Shooting: Unrest After Cop Shoots 20-year-old Black Man Angry mob surrounded Brooklyn Center police department building, and hurled objects and rocks at the officers in Minneapolis following the incident. (Image Credit: AP) Demonstrators in large numbers gathered in the Minneapolis suburb on Monday to mourn and protest the death of a young Black man named Duante Wright, who succumbed to a gunshot wound after white officers engaged at the scene. Wright had...

By Syndicated Content By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday underscored his determination to address concerns about policing, prisons and massive economic disparities faced by Black Americans, saying every agency of his government was focused on those challenges. Biden, speaking at the start of a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus, referred to what he called the "God- awful shooting" of a 20-year-old Black man in Minnesota by a police o...

Wed, 04/14/2021 - 01:21 — legitgov Daunte Wright was facing attempted-robbery case when killed by cop | 13 April 2021 | Daunte Wright had an open warrant related to an armed-robbery case against him when he was shot dead Sunday by a cop who claimed she thought she was firing her Taser, court records show. Wright, 20, and another man had been charged with first-degree attempted aggravated robbery in December 2019 for allegedly trying to steal $820 from a woman at gunpoint, according to H...