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Share and speak up for justice, law & order... BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said yesterday police in his city do not need to carry guns while executing a traffic stop, Shore News Network reported. “I don’t believe that officers need to necessarily have weapons every time they’re making a traffic stop,” he said. “Or engaged in situations that don’t call for weapons. There are jurisdictions around the world where that is the case and it’s not needed....

Created: April 14, 2021 09:35 PM In the wake of Daunte Wrights death, a march from the Clayton, Jackson, McGhie memorial to Duluth City Hall took place Wednesday to remember him and call for change. For one UMD student, the officer-involved shooting hit especially close to home because she is from the area. "I am from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and its right next to Brooklyn Center,” Asma Jihad said. “So, Im still kind of in shock a little bit because I have younger brothers—one a...

House Panel Backs Creating Commission on Slavery Reparations Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Jarrell Dillard © Bloomberg An American flag flies outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.. U.S., on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. The Biden administration is considering as much as $3 trillion worth of measures to include in the long-term economic program that will follow the $1.9 trillion pandemic-relief bill signed earlier this month. (Bloomberg) -- A House panel has for the first time appro...

Hundreds gather in Providence to protest killing of Duante Wright by Minnesota police Published Thu Apr 15 2021 11:00:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by John Bender Several hundred people gathered on the statehouse steps in Providence Wednesday to protest the killing of Duante Wright, a 20-year old Black man in by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. The gathering also comes as the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, cont...

A white former police officer who shot dead a black motorist in Minnesota has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, prosecutors say.

The Root Cause Is Resisting Arrest - And Response (2) Wednesday, April 14, 2021 The people in Minnesota have no reason to be rioting. If Daunte Wright had not tried to escape he would be alive today. Had he not resisted the weapon mistake would never have happened. Now one life is gone and another will haunted and ruined forever, the root cause being resisting arrest. Pure and simple as that. Personal responsibility. Sam Lewallen, Jr. * * * Actually, Duante Wright was given the opportun...

George Floyd death: Ex-officer Chauvin will not take the stand Published media captionWatch: Derek Chauvin makes the decision not to testify The ex-officer accused of killing George Floyd says he will not testify on his own behalf as the defence rests their case and court is adjourned. Derek Chauvin denies killing Mr Floyd. Jurors are due to begin deliberating his fate on Monday morning. Video of Mr Chauvin kneeling on the neck of Mr Floyd led to worldwide protests against racism and policing. ...

Julio Rosas The attorney for former police officer Derek Chauvin rested the defense’s case on Thursday morning, predictably without the former officer testifying about the death of George Floyd. The jury now goes home and has been admonished to not watch the news or read stories, but the biggest story is literally playing out in the street outside the courthouse as well as in a nearby Minneapolis suburb. Rioting, looting, and fires set by BLM and antifa rioters once again broke out in the rio...

Daunte Wrights mom: Theres never gonna be justice for us Daunte Wright’s family demands accountability, former officer in court UP NEXT The mother of Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old Black man shot dead by a Minnesota police officer at a traffic stop, said she "wants 100% accountability" in the wake of the officers arrest. "If that even happens, were still going to bury our son," Wrights mother, Katie Wright, said at a Thursday news conference. "Were still never going to be able to see our...

April 15, 2021 MSNBC prime time host Chris Hayes painted a double-standard in riot policing Wednesday night with depictions of law enforcement clearing a peaceful Colorado vigil last summer compared to Capitol rioters allowed to walk right through the complex past several checkpoints in January. “Just look for a moment at the utter inversion of what happened on the steps of the Capitol in January,” Hayes said. “There was hardly any police presence at all … There was relatively speaking,...