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Protection. we need more data before we give the boosters to kids. >> dr. jha, thank you. we turn to the other news this wednesday night, and testimony now under way in the trial of former minnesota police officer kim potter in the death of donte wright during a traffic stop, after he began to struggle, officer potter rushing to his car, firing, claiming she mistook her handgun for her taser. donte wrights most, the first witness to take the stand today. abcs stephanie ramos from minneapolis t...

Threats. hes saying theyre taking the threats extremely seriously. although, none of them at this point have been substantiated. thats something the community is dealing with on top of grieving those lost. theyre still dealing with the wave of threats. >> shaquille brewster. thanks as always. we have breaking news out of minneapolis right now. a jury has been picked in the trial of kim potter. shes the former minnesota police officer who has been charged in the shooting death of 20-year-old do...

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Of high-profile deaths of black drivers following such routine traffic stops. think sandra bland in texas or donte wright in minnesota. walter scott in south carolina. in philadelphia, the statistics are eye-opening. the population is 42% black, but according to police statistics, analyzed by the offender association of philadelphia, 72% of the drivers pulled over are black. compared to whites, black drivers are 5.2 times as likely to be pulled over. native-americans 5.7 times, latino drivers, 1...

Profile cases of police brutality, with law enforcement facing accountability for their actions. on wednesday, three police officers and two paramedics were charged in the death of elijah mcclain. this is a 23-year-old young man who was walking home from a store in aurora, colorado, when police placed him in a chokehold and injected him with the sedative ketamine in august of 2019. meanwhile, in minnesota, kim potter, the police officer who shot donte wright during a traffic stop in april, claim...

Hashtags, going to these protests, seeing these incidents of police brutality and, unfortunately, fatality. proliferating across social media. so i will say in the case of kim potter and donte wright, we know that minnesota attorney general keith ellison has really made accountability part of his agenda, part of his platform and thats one reason hes upgraded charges for her in this case. but just like you said with potter and her colleagues claiming that it was a mistake and she meant to pull a ...

With more videos over this year showing how police used force. wisconsin police shooting an unarmed man, jacob blake, in the back seven times paralyzing him for life. california police. or back near george floyds community, minnesota police killing an unarmed father, donte wright, in his car. or last month he appeared to drive away from him. police claim they feared for their lives. but the video showed it was brown who feared for his and lost his. those are just four points on this chart. the s...

Peaceful rally tonight. what is it we need to do to get laws passed to address an issue that begs of it being addressed? >> yeah, well, welcome back to minnesota, reverend. i think thats one thing. you said it. there is going to be a lot of folks gathering. the floyd family is going to be speaking, and minnesota activists. we watched a year ago as george floyds humanity was taken in front of the world. and its forcing minnesota to have these hard conversations. we know that some of these things ...