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"This has rekindled a flame of righteousness, and righteous indignation that has been smoldering for centuries. We are in the midst of a racial reckoning in this country."

Prioritize our resources. homicides and nonfatal shootings are slightly up. we need to put our time, attention on these violent offenses. as youve already indicated so eloquently, these low level offenses that have nothing to do with public safety for black people can lead to a death sentence. freddie gray made eye contact with police and he ended up dead. george floyd is alleged to have passed a $20 bill during a global pandemic. duante wright, we dont know if it was the air fresheners or expir...

After Daunte Wright shooting, city council to vote on police changes On Location: May 14, 2021 Replay Video UP NEXT Officials in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, the city where Daunte Wright was fatally shot during a traffic stop last month, are expected to vote on a resolution that will make significant policing changes. The Brooklyn Center City Council will convene at 3 p.m. Saturday to address a proposal to create new divisions of unarmed civilian employees to handle non-moving traffic violat...

How Using Videos At Chauvin Trial And Others Impacts Criminal Justice Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. This image from video shows Minneapolis police officers Thomas Lane, left, and J. Alexander Kueng, right, escorting George Floyd, center, to a police vehicle outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis, on May 25, 2020. The image was shown as prosecutor Steve Schleicher gave closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of Floyd. AP As the one-year anniversary...

Lessons on warrant reform from Ferguson Two Black men were killed by police last month, and in both cases, police were attempting to serve arrest warrants. The Into America podcast goes to Ferguson, Mo. to understand the successes and challenges of warrant reform. May 6, 2021, 11:00 AM UTC It often takes a tragedy to start a conversation around reform in this country. So when two Black men, Duante Wright and Andrew Brown Jr., were killed by police last month as officers were attempting to serv...

Biden’s first 100 days show that we must have the courage to ask for more When we think back to the great achievements in American history, they are all tied together by the same story. Whether it was the creation of Medicare and Social Security or the success of the civil rights movement, the victories were won by the people and their elected representatives demanding both progress and justice, while rejecting the status quo. Cleveland has a long tradition of being represented in Congress by...

Leaders Should Shut Up or Make Sense National leaders need to stop saying crazy stuff. Less than two weeks ago, following the tragic police shooting of a fleeing Minnesota man named Duante Wright, Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib drew nation-wide headlines by calling for the total abolition of police. “Duante Wright was met with aggression and violence,” Tlaib tweeted accurately enough—before going on to refer to his death as a “government funded murder” and call for “no more po...

In a decision that led to celebration in Minneapolis and throughout America, a jury of twelve black and white men and women on April 20 convicted white police officer Derek Chauvin of two counts of murder in the case of George Floyd, a black man. Seldom are police officers charged and tried and it is extremely rare that they are found guilty of murder. Three other officers who have been charged with aiding in Floyd’s murder will also be tried soon. Three things brought about Chauvin’s convi...

Since it’s becoming harder for brands to avoid taking a political stance on issues, Warwick Cairns from The Effectiveness Partnership looks at the relationship between taking a stance and effectiveness -- and how brands can navigate this increasingly rocky terrain.

Sister of Gay Police Shooting Victim Isaiah Brown Speaks Out Two Distant Strangers, a Groundhog Day for a Black man who, no matter how he alters his behavior, is shot by a white policeman, another Black man, Duante Wright, was gunned down.   It was as if Free’s film was less of a reflection of the madness of the shootings, and more a replay of the news. You can watch the film on Netflix, then switch back to CNN, and inevitably watch breaking news about another Black man being senselessly sh...