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UpdatedThu, May 13, 2021 at 11:14 am CT Reply Former Minneapolis Police officers Tou Thao (R) and Thomas Lane (L) arrive for a court hearing at the Hennepin County Government Center on July 21, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) MINNEAPOLIS — The joint manslaughter trial against former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Kiernan Lane, and Tou Thao in the death of George Floyd will be delayed until March. 7, 2022, Hennepin County Judge P...

Kenny Mason, Atlanta’s Genre-Blending, Rule-Busting Alternative Rapper Who’s Shooting for the Moon – “In Another Galaxy”  Kenny Mason, Atlanta’s Genre-Blending, Rule-Busting Alternative Rapper Who’s Shooting for the Moon – “In Another Galaxy”  In an exclusive interview with VMAN, Mason speaks on the complexities of the Black male archetype, processing trauma through music and revolutionizing the rap game. In an exclusive interview with VMAN, Mason speaks on the complexitie...

Judge postpones trial for three former US cops charged in George Floyds death The trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd will be pushed back to March 2022, in part to allow the publicity over Derek Chauvins conviction to cool off, a judge ruled Thursday. Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao were scheduled to face trial August 23 on charges they aided and abetted both murder and manslaughter. The officers co-defendant, Chauvi...

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Udoma Janssen Shabaka Hutchings Goes Back to the Future The saxophonist and bandleader of Sons of Kemet is the most exciting voice in British jazz. By Marcus J Moore 13/05/2021 On a recent video call from his South London home, Shabaka Hutchings is running through his ever-growing to-do list. There’s the record label he just launched; the solo album he’s planning; and the book that he’s w...

Two community activists say protesters near the Market House were nearly struck Friday by an SUV driven by a state Court of Appeals judge. A Fayetteville Police Department spokesman said detectives are investigating whether a vehicle almost hit a pedestrian, but would not confirm that the incident involved Judge John M. Tyson, who serves on the Court of Appeals. Mario Benavente, who was one of the protesters, said he saw two other protesters nearly get hit. He said he recognized the driver of ...

Brooklyn Centers bill for civil unrest hits $322K Cost associated with ex-cops trial expected to rise.  May 13, 2021 — 6:09pm Text size Copy shortlink: Brooklyn Center has spent $322,000 on expenses ranging from security to communications firms in the aftermath of the police killing of Daunte Wright last month — and the tab is likely to rise. City officials are expecting to incur even more expenses with protests likely to continu...

Education: BA, sociology and criminal justice, Delaware State University; J.D., Mitchell Hamline School of Law Attorney Nadine Graves is serving her second term as board chair of the Minneapolis nonprofit We Are All Criminals. Graves’ community advocacy and the nonprofit’s mission focus on challenging barriers to jobs, housing and education facing those with criminal backgrounds. Graves, a court-appointed attorney in child-protection cases, was a law student when she joined the organization...

Traumatized witnesses and victims of police violence get shut out of compensation funds Too often, direct victims and witnesses of police violence are excluded from victim compensation funds. That needs to change. Njeri Mathis Rutledge and Valena Beety Opinion contributors Discussions of police shooting tragedies often exclude a stakeholder: the traumatized eyewitness to police violence. In the recent shooting of Daunte Wright, his girlfriend witnessed  his shooting and death. In the killing...

Hennepin County Jail MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge on Tuesday denied media requests to allow cameras at an upcoming hearing for a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in Daunte Wright’s death. Kim Potter, 48, is charged with manslaughter in Wright’s death during a traffic stop April 11 in Brooklyn Center. The city’s police chief at the time said he believed Potter, who is white, mixed up her Taser with her handgun when she shot Wright, who is Black. Potter’s body camera ...

(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan will call on state lawmakers to come together today (Wednesday 2 p-m) to pass policing reform legislation. The