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George Floyd Justice in Policing Act would set smart national standards for police behavior Most African Americans want protection from crime. They don’t want to get rid of the police, they want to turn them from a threat to an ally. Even as Derek Chauvin is on trial for the murder of George Floyd, police 10 miles away fatally shot an African American man, Duante Wright, after pulling him over for an alleged traffic violation. That triggered protests that led to confrontations with police, de...

Police Resign but Protests Continue over Duante Wrights Killing Apr 14, 2021 Despite the officer who shot dead Duante Wright as well as a police chief having stepped down, demonstrations in Minnesota have not ended over Sunday’s killing. The BBC reports that Chief Tim Gannon and Officer Kim Potter have quit the Brooklyn Center force. Potter claims to have shot the 20-year-old unarmed Black man accidently after having drawn her gun instead of her Taser. Police Chief Gannon has supported Potter...

The following contest, scheduled for one fall, is for the Atlantic Division lead! Coming down the aisle, the challengers. From Brooklyn, New York, the NETS! The Nets run leading up to this matchup included a dominant win against the Minnesota Timberwolves yesterday afternoon in Minneapolis. The win was their seventh win in the last ten games. The opponent and current division leaders, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the SIXERS! Philadelphia has held serve near the top of the Eastern Conferenc...

Biden says the US is backsliding into the days of Jim Crow when black people had to count jelly beans to get the vote with stricter Republican election laws President Joe Biden said Wednesday some states are backsliding into the days of Jim Crow by passing stricter voting laws  He said it reminded him of the days of poll taxes and when black people were made to count jelly beans in a jar to get the vote   It is high time to respond to a cry for justice 400 years in the making, Biden said Com...

Minnesota cop Kim Potter, who fatally shot Daunte Wright, charged with manslaughter KATE FELDMAN Kim Potter, the Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer who resigned after she fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright, has been formally charged with second-degree manslaughter, the Washington County Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Potter was taken into custody around 11:30 a.m. local time Wednesday by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. She is being held without b...

More than 48 hours after shots were fired inside the emergency room of a Westerville hospital, Columbus police identified two officers who had discharged their weapons and body camera footage of the incident was released.    Miles Jackson, 27, of Columbus Northwest Side, was killed in an exchange of gunfire with officers at Mount Carmel St. Anns medical center. Columbus police on Wednesday afternoon identified officers Andrew Howe and Ryan Krichbaum, both 15-year veterans, as officers who we...

Daunte Wright’s parents are speaking out after he was fatally shot by former Minnesota police officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop Sunday. Potter, 48, was charged with second-degree manslaughter a day after she resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department. The fatal shooting of the 20-year-old set off protests in the Minneapolis suburb. As we reported, the 26-year veteran and Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon both resigned in the wake of the shooting. The city council ...

Kimberly Potter, former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer, will be charged with manslaughter in death of Daunte Wright Updated Apr 14, 2021; Posted Apr 14, 2021 This May 31, 2007 photo shows Officer Kim Potter, part of the Brooklyn Center Police negotiation team in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Potter, who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a Black man, during a traffic stop on Sunday, April 11, 2021 in the Minneapolis suburb and the city’s chief of police have resigned. Brooklyn Center Mayor M...

Kimberly A. Potter has been confirmed as the officer who killed Daunte Wright on Sunday near Minneapolis Wright, 20, was shot dead on Sunday afternoon at a traffic stop, as Potter was training a new officer Potter, 48, drew what the police force said she believed was her taser, and says: Holy s***,  I shot him  Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said it was an accidental discharge  Wright and his girlfriend were pulled over for what his mother said was air fresheners dangling from his r...

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris each tweeted their support Monday for the family of Duante Wright.