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Minn. lawmaker takes heat for Wisconsin license In a July 4 traffic stop Rep. John Thompson presented a valid Wisconsin drivers license, even though he has lived in Minnesota many years by his own account. Author: John Croman Updated: 6:59 AM CDT July 13, 2021 ST PAUL, Minn. — A state lawmaker late Monday acknowledged his constituents deserved an explanation days after questions began to swirl around whether he lived in Minnesota or inside his district followin...

Copy shortlink: Minnesota Rep. John Thompson, who claimed he was racially profiled during a July 4 traffic stop, said he supports the release of body camera video from the St. Paul police officer who pulled him over. "It is within the power of the St. Paul Police to release that footage, and I am not a barrier to that," Thompson, DFL-St. Paul, said in a statement released on his legislative website on Monday. He said that even though the video will show the officer condu...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature approached the finish line Wednesday on a $52 billion state government budget for the next two years. Lawmakers were unable to resolve the differences between the Democratic-controlled House and Republican-led Senate before time ran out on the regular session in May — even with a projected budget surplus — forcing them to return for a special session that began June 14. Controversial policy proposals were largely jettisoned as the divided Legis...

Rep. Tlaib calls to ‘defund’ DHS, CBP, ICE amid migrant crisis Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) questions Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill October 23, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 5:37 PM PT – Thursday, July 8, 2021 Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has extended her calls to defund the police to federal law enforcement agencies. In a recent interview, the Democrat congr...

BOISE — Local activist Ty Werenka is challenging a Boise noise control ordinance that he says is unconstitutional and a tool to "chill" free speech, after Boise Police officers ticketed him for using a megaphone during an April protest in downtown Boise. On April 17, officers cited Ty Werenka, who marched to protest the April 11 killing of Daunte Wright by a Brooklyn Center (Minnesota) Police officer. The $156 ticket noted that Werenka violated a noise control ordinance because he used ...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on Foxnews.com. A new public service announcement from the National Police Association is urging people who believe they are being wrongly arrested to "Comply Now, Complain Later" in an effort to reduce police use-of-force risks. "Use of force is always ugly," Seattle Police Officers Guild President Mike Solan says in the video. "No one likes it, especially police officers." He continues: "Use of force is an officer’s last option...

After police reforms fall short, backers plan home protests Dismayed over states lack of reforms, activists vow "front lawn" protests.  July 5, 2021 — 5:04pm Text size Copy shortlink: Activists and relatives of those killed by law enforcement spent hours last week huddled inside the State Capitol rotunda, their voices reverberating as they shouted their insistence on new major police accountability reforms. ...

Dismayed over lack of police reforms, Minnesota activists vow to protest outside lawmakers homes Stephen Montemayor, Star Tribune © Elizabeth Flores/TNS Toshira Garraway cried as she spoke alongside families who have lost loved ones to police violence in Minnesota during a news conference in the Capitol Rotunda to give statements regarding the proposed Public Safety Omnibus Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at the State Capitol in St. Paul, MN. Garraway lost her fiance Justin Teigen who...

Kharisma Redding in a crowd of protesters outside New Haven police headquarters. America’s legacy of violence against people of color manifests itself in the criminal legal system and policing practices. We recognize this when we say the names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Daunte Wright, Ma’Khia Bryant and the many others whose lives have been cut short by this system and these practices. New Haven residents recognized this legacy in holding a vigil to honor victims of police brutali...

Guerrilla gardens take root across Twin Cities Planted by activists, the gardens pay homage to the dead.  July 3, 2021 — 5:04pm Text size Copy shortlink: George Floyd Square, Daunte Drive and Winston Way. Initially, activists and protesters claimed these plots of land as areas of protest — the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue where a Minneapolis police officer murdered Floyd last year; the co...