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With time running out on the legislative session, Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan will call on lawmakers to come together on policing reform Wednesday...

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UpdatedWed, May 12, 2021 at 9:12 am CT Replies(2) Judge Cahill Wednesday issued ruled that there were four sentencing aggravating factors in Derek Chauvins case. (Minnesota Department of Corrections) MINNEAPOLIS — Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill Wednesday agreed with state prosecutors that there were several aggravating factors in the Derek Chauvin case that support a longer prison sentence. Chauvin was convicted in April of second and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Ch...

Virginia Troopers Stopped Black Driver Illegally, Prosecutor Says Juanisha Brooks said the authorities did not tell her the reason she was stopped even when she asked repeatedly. The charges against her have since been dropped. Juanisha Brooks being removed from her car by Virginia state troopers.Credit...Virginia State Police May 11, 2021 A prosecutor in Virginia has dismissed all the charges against a Black woman who was pulled over, handcuffed and arrested in March during a traffic stop, ass...

Over half a century later, Black people and other people of color are still told what to feel. We’re still told what we need. Still told that we don’t mean what we say and that we don’t want what we’re asking for. Most notably, we’re still told, through explicit words and implicit actions, that we — Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, and Pacific Islander folks and all of us in between — are a subplot in the American story. In fact, we are the protagonists. Oppression is the key an...

Police reform remains sticking point in Legislatures final days Walz encouraged by pace but says sides are "still a long ways apart."  May 12, 2021 — 5:30pm Video (04:33) : Gov. Tim Walz held a news conference with community leaders and DFL lawmakers to urge action on a sweeping set of new police reform proposals in the final days of the legislative session in St. Paul. Text size Copy shortlink: Police reform — which emerged as o...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz enlists community, faith leaders to again push for policing law changes Two dozen community and faith leaders joined the governor to publicly support a push for police accountability measures at the Capitol. 5:23 pm, May 12, 2021 × The Rev. Alfred Babington-Johnson, at center, on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, spoke to reporters on the Minnesota Capitol complex about efforts to re-write policing laws. (Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service) ST. PAUL — Gov...

Dan Bongino lands Fox News gig; show to tackle issues from policing to censorship Follow Us Question of the Day Dan Bongino‘s schedule just got a lot busier this summer. The former Secret Service agent will upgrade his resume from Fox News contributor to Fox News host when a new weekend prime-time show launches on June 5. Mr. Bongino, who also has successful radio and podcasting gigs, will take the slot previously held by the eponymous “Greg Gutfeld Show.” TOP STORIES “Bongi...

Im A Black Police Officer And This Is What Needs To Change In The U.S. "Officers know who their Derek Chauvins are in their police department." By Shanette Hall As Told To Jennifer Nied May 12, 2021 Shanette Hall, 33, is second vice president of the Ethical Society of Polices St. Louis County Chapter, a police union fighting injustice. She has served as a police officer since 2014. Waiting for the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial to be read, I was anxious and upset. I had ...

Replies(4) Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield of Ben and Jerrys ice cream at a press conference outside the NH Statehouse. (NH Journal) Ben and Jerrys founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield came to Concord on Monday to lobby for an end of qualified immunity for Granite State police officers. Its a cause that brought together activists from the left (ACLU) and right (Americans for Prosperity). But just last week, Cohen was campaigning in Philadelphia for District Attorney Larry Krasner, whose progr...