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How Barry Jenkins The Underground Railroad Walks the Line Between Tribute and Trauma I cant just make art as a mathematical equation; it has to be spiritual at some level Megan Vick [Warning: The following contains light spoilers for The Underground Railroad. Read at your own risk!]  The Underground Railroad were made available to critics just a few days before the killing of Daunte Wright at the hands of a police officer in the Minneapolis suburb Brooklyn Center. Wrights death was one ...

Daunte Wright traffic stop BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – Brooklyn Center city officials say they have spent $322,000 on expenses related to the aftermath of the police killing of Daunte Wright. Those costs have put a significant dent in the city’s normal annual budget of around $20-million. City Manager Reginald Edwards says meetings have been held with county, state, and federal officials – and with foundations – in an effort to secure funding to help pay the additional bills that are expec...

TIME Cover The Bayou City painter talks passion for bright colors, memorializing George Floyd, and creating a cover for the famous magazine in five hours. By Emma Schkloven 5/14/2021 at 6:00am Though Ange Hillz has spent more than a decade making a name for himself as a speed painter in the Bayou City, he never dreamed this entertaining skill would take him all the way to the cover of TIME magazine. But that’s exactly what happened last month when the national publication tapped him...

Saint Cloud, MN, USA / KNSI May 12, 2021 | 6:04 PM Rev. Dr. Alfred Babington-Johnson speaks at a press conference urging legislative law enforcement reform with Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and more on May 12, 2021. (KNSI) – Several state legislators and faith leaders joined Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan on Wednesday to call for legislative action on law enforcement reform. “Yes, we’re asking to move legislation in the legislature, but I want to be ver...

Two dozen community and faith leaders joined the governor to publicly support a push for police accountability measures at the Capitol.

Special session looms as deals on police, taxes elude Minnesota lawmakers ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Top Minnesota lawmakers acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that they will need a special session to finish the state budget. Deals have been elusive on several key issues, including police restrictions, taxes, Gov. Tim Walzs emergency powers, and how to spend $2.8 billion in federal COVID-19 aid. Lawmakers must adjourn by May 17 with or without a budget in place. "It will be very difficult...

Citing 'deeply disturbing' conduct, DOC terminates 26-year veteran.

Minnesota police reform bills in limbo as 2021 session deadline nears Gov. Walz holds out hope for a breakthrough, but Senate Republicans havent agreed yet to any police accountability measures passed by House Democrats. Author: John Croman Updated: 2:16 AM CDT May 13, 2021 ST PAUL, Minn. — The DFL-controlled Minnesota House passed police reforms this year.  The GOP-controlled Senate didnt hold hearings on any police accountability measures, let alone pass the...

Take a look at just some of what was on the Echo Journal's e-paper pages in the last week.

In the May 11 letter “Traffic stops are necessary,” the writer mentions that a routine stop captured Timothy McVeigh. After committing a heinous crime, McVeigh was taken alive. Dylann Roof killed nine people who were praying in church and was apprehended at a traffic stop and later given a Burger King meal by police. Sandra Bland was stopped in Texas for failing to use her turn signal, only to have the officer pull a Taser on her as the incident escalated. She was found hanged in her ...