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Taser and use of force training dominated the testimony during Day 5 of the trial of former Brooklyn Center Police officer Kimberly Potter.

"The use of deadly force was not appropriate and the evidence suggests a reasonable officer in Officer Potter’s position could not have believed it was proportional to the threat at the time," said Seth Wayne Stoughton, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law.

The suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright with her handgun when she said she meant to use her Taser was fully trained in her departments policies on the proper use of force, including the stun guns, a police commander testified Tuesday.

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of violating George Floyd’s civil rights.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty...

The trial of Kim Potter in the shooting death of Daunte Wright continues Wednesday with prosecutors calling their final witnesses. 

MINNEAPOLIS — Jurors at the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter have been getting two versions of the former suburban Minneapolis police officer, who says she made a tragic mistake when she fired her handgun instead of her Taser and killed motorist Daunte Wright.

At least 57 journalists were detained across the U.S. in 2021, with nearly all those cases taking place in just two cities where media were covering protests. While the number of those detained is less than the record 142 media arrests in 2020, the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, which documents violations against media, says it…

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty Wednesda...