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Social Share MINNEAPOLIS – The police chief in Brooklyn Centre, Minnesota, and the officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year old Black man who struggled with police after a traffic stop, have both tendered their resignations, the city’s mayor said on Tuesday. Mayor Mike Elliott told reporters they resigned after the city council passed a resolution to dismiss both the chief, Tim Gannon, and the officer who shot Wright, Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the police force. The moves ...

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Prosecutors expect to decide Wednesday whether to charge...

10 Things in Politics: Biden issues warning to Putin Getty Heres what were talking about today: BIDENS RESET: Bidens focus on Russia and China, while also planning to soon end Americas longest war, underlines his commitment to reframe foreign policy.  The White House made clear the time has come to focus US attention elsewhere: "[T]he president has been consistent in his view that theres not a military solution to Afghanistan, that we have been there for far too l...

GEORGE Floyd's girlfriend was once Daunte Wright's teacher, the tragic 20-year-old's family have revealed.The two men were both killed at the hands of

When Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer Kim Potter allegedly mistook her service weapon for a stun gun and fatally shot an unarmed Black motorist Sunday, it was at least the 16th such “weapons confusion” incident in the United States since 2001. And the victim, Daunte Wright, was at least the fourth person to have died as a result, according to data compiled by the website FatalEncounters.org and a University of Colorado professor who tracks such cases. These types of incidents are ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday issued her most dramatic call yet for changes to the policing system, saying that reform is no longer enough. On Monday Rashida Tlaib called for abolition.

Madonna showed again she's not afraid to speak her mind.

  In response the announcement that Officer “The decision to put Rusten Sheskey back on our streets isn’t a slap in the face. It’s seven shots in the back of every Black and brown person in Kenosha, and the message is clear: your lives aren’t worth the effort,” said Justin Blake and the Leaders of Kenosha. “For years, people in power have let outdated laws and piecemeal solutions prop up America’s racist culture of policing. President Biden promised the Blake family and Black ...

The police killing of Daunte Wright is an outrage, as is the scourge of police misconduct. But politicians and activists calling to "abolish" the police are not helping the cause.  Police reform is popular and possible. Ending policing is neither.  This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author. Daunte Wrights killing in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota was captured on video, essentially through the eyes of his killer.  Body cam footage shows the entire sequence between ...

A CPD Sergeant said officers have to go through extensive training on how to use force and when its appropriate. COLUMBIA - The Columbia Police Department assured they have had extensive training amid national news of an officer in Minnesota allegedly shooting a 20-year-old man with a gun, when intending to fire a taser. CPD could not comment on the situation in Minnesota, but they told KOMU 8 what they do to prevent similar things from happening in Columbia. Officers have to go through e...