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SHARE Outside a 7-Eleven in downtown Washington, DC, a middle-aged man sits on the edge of a flower bed, a menthol cigarette loosely dangling from his right hand. “I’ve been smoking since my early teens, probably 12 or 13,” said Tracey, who gave only his first name. Tracey, like the vast majority of black smokers in the US, prefers menthol cigarettes. But under new rules proposed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), menthol sales could be banned in the US Tracey said any such ban w...

Police and State Violence Have Secondary Impacts: Complex and Lasting Trauma Residents walk past police as they shadow demonstrators protesting police brutality marching toward downtown on August 15, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson / Getty Images These last weeks, months, years and decades we keep on adding names to the list — Adam Toledo, Daunte Wright, Ma’Khia Bryant, Ronald Johnson, Pierre Loury, Rekia Boyd, Nickolas Lee, Laquan McDonald, Archie Lee Chambers, Maurice Granton, Ant...

Commendations, minor reprimands for officer in Wright death Associated Press Updated:  Tags:  FILE - This undated booking photo released by the Hennepin County, Minn., Sheriff shows Kim Potter, a former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer. The service file of Potter, a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with manslaughter in Daunte Wrights death includes a commendation for safely resolving an incident involving a suicidal man, as well as a handful of reprimands for driving mishaps....

Michigan crosses 18,000 mark for coronavirus deaths on Thursday, May 6 Samuel Dodge, mlive.com © Joel Bissell | MLive.com/Joel Bissell | MLive.com A gas mask hangs from a backpack of a protestor during a Black Lives Matter protest after the death of Daunte Wright in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Friday, April 16, 2021. People have taken to the streets to protest after Daunte Wright, a 20-year old black man, was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Michig...

Community Effort Seeks To Keep BIPOC License Tabs From Expiring CBS Minnesota 5/6/2021 Syndicated Local – WCCO | CBS Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A community effort is focused on saving lives in Minnesota. The Minnesota Tab Renewal Fund launched Monday, May 3 in response to the killing of Daunte Wright. The 20-year-old Black man was pulled over for expired tabs and later shot by now-former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter on April 11. Authorities charged Potter,...

The announcement on April 20 of Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict for the murder of George Floyd was believed by many to be a step in the right direction.  Members of Southeastern’s chapters of the NAACP and Black Student Union have shared their thoughts on not only the guilty verdict, but what people can do moving forward. While this verdict showed that accountability can be achieved, the same cannot be said for many other similar cases.  NAACP member and freshman computer science major Irv...

The Cry of a Mother By Wendy Gladney Wendy Gladney (Courtesy Photo) In the natural order of things, parents do not plan to ever have to bury their children. Normally, children say goodbye to their parents and the circle of life continues with the next generation. Historically, I know there have been examples where children have been killed or died before their parents, but in my lifetime, I am seeing too many mothers having to bury their children causing unnecessary tears. Racism, police brutal...

Photo: KSTP. Photo: Hennepin County Jail. Kimberly Ann Potter KAAL-TV Created: May 06, 2021 02:57 PM MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The service file of a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of Daunte Wright includes a commendation for safely resolving an incident involving a suicidal man, as well as a handful of reprimands for driving mishaps. The city of Brooklyn Center late Wednesday released more materials from th...

By TJ Rep. Gene Pelowski (KWNO)-Rep. Gene Pelowski DFL-Winona is continuing a push to replenish funding for the state patrol.   State Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington asked lawmakers for funding for 25 new troopers and their equipment this week. He said increased traffic fatalities caused by excessive speed make the situation more urgent.  Pelowski pointed out that Minnesota had to import troopers from Ohio and Nebraska to help with security during the Derek Chauvin trial an...

Kayla Reed is the executive director and co-founder of Action St. Louis. Editors note: This is part two of a collaboration between The Missouri Independent and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting looking at how the fight for police reform in St. Louis has evolved. Read part one. The race was too close. Kayla Reed, co-founder and executive director of Action St. Louis, curled over her desk. Her long, dark locs created curtains around her body as she used one hand to search electio...