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Amy Forliti April 30, 2021 - 11:19 AM MINNEAPOLIS - The day Daunte Wright was laid to rest, a small group of demonstrators gathered outside prosecutor Pete Orputs suburban home and, with microphones and a loudspeaker, demanded he file murder charges against the police officer who killed the 20-year-old Black motorist. Orput, wearing a hoodie and khakis, stepped outside and attempted to explain why he had filed a manslaughter charge instead. After some arguing, Orput ...

Caron Nazario,  Daunte Wright,  Rayshard Brooks, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland, LaQuan McDonald, Tamir Rice, John Crawford III, Michael Brown, and Elijah McClain comprise, with the exception of Army Lt. Nazario, a list of African Americans who have become the victims of fatal encounters with police. This list is long and hasn’t come to an end. Unending, common thread Arguably, Lt. Nazario’s active duty status spared him from a similar fatal fate. The fact that the p...

Federal authorities charge New Jersey police officers in assault of teenager Federal authorities charged two Paterson, New Jersey, police officers this week in connection with their brutal and unprovoked attack on 19-year-old Osamah Alsaidi in December 2020. Officers Kevin Patino and Kendry Tineo-Restituyo are accused of violating Alsaidi’s Fourth Amendment right not to be subject to the use of unreasonable force by law enforcement officers. The officers also were charged with obstruction of ...

Minneapolis city councilwoman Andrea Jenkins was watching Netflix when she got a text from Jennifer White, the public safety aide for the city: “Have you talked to the mayor yet?” It was 1:00 in the morning the Tuesday after Memorial Day 2020; she brushed it off—she would respond later. Then the mayor, Jacob Frey, was calling her. He told her that there had been a “police-involved death,” noting that there were no guns involved. At the time she didn’t underst...

Dr. John Sygielski, president of Harrisburg Area Community College, wrote the following on his Facebook page a few weeks ago: Got a call from a Black HACC student asking to drive him to work because he was afraid. Established a phone tree of drivers to assist him until he feels ‘safe’ to drive alone, again. I have never before received this request from a White student. Have you? The post reflects the stark reality of our times. Many Black people are afraid. Mothers are afraid for the...

"It was a response to the murders of Black people in our city." Author: Charmaine Nero (KARE 11) Published: 6:42 PM CDT April 28, 2021 Updated: 6:42 PM CDT April 28, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS — A lone sign that reads "Terrence Franklin lived here" - stands in an empty Northeast Minneapolis field. "This sign is about Terrence Franklin, who was a neighbor of mine," says Witt Siasoco. Siasoca is a community based artist, who once called Franklin a neighbor ...

A 22-year-old Chicago man who was fleeing from police had his back turned and appeared to be holding a gun when an officer fatally shot him last month, according to a video released Wednesday in what has become an all too familiar occurrence for the citys embattled police department.

Joseph Darius Jaafari of Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — When Brandon Neely was pulled over in August 2020 for crossing into the area between a highway lane and exit ramp after leaving a casino in Dauphin County, a Pennsylvania State Police trooper asked if he could searc...

The University of Minnesota will be conducting a policy review of the university police department's mutual aid response.

While one attorney for Brown’s family, Wayne Kendall, initially said it was a “partial victory” for the family to view more video, the legal team later issued a statement condemning the decision not to make the video public. “In this modern civil rights crisis where we see Black people killed by the police everywhere we look, video evidence is the key to discerning the truth and getting well-deserved justice for victims of senseless murders,” said the statement signed by the legal tea...