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Members of Daunte Wright’s family were in attendance at a vigil Monday night honoring the 20-year-old who was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn Center Sunday.

Brooklyn Nets has been postponed after the death of Duante Wright on Sunday Wright died after he was shot by a Minnesota police officer, in an accident following a traffic stop the officer tried to arrest Wright as he had an outstanding warrant. A statement from the NBA read: "The National Basketball Association announced today that in light of the tragic events in the Minneapolis area yesterday, tonights game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center has bee...

Tlaib calls US policing intentionally racist, gets pushback Detroit — Policing in the United States is "intentionally racist" and "cant be reformed," U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted Monday night, a day after a White Minnesota police officer reportedly mistook her pistol for her Taser and fatally shot a Black man. Metro Detroit police chiefs pushed back Tuesday on the tweet from the Detroit Democrat, calling it irresponsible to paint all cops with the same brush and insisting that abolish...

Gun, Taser Mix-Ups Were Blamed in These 13 U.S. Police Shootings Since 2001 On 4/13/21 at 12:52 PM EDT Duante Wright became at least the fourth person in the U.S. to be killed by a police officer who mistakenly fired a gun instead of their Taser. Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by Brooklyn Center Police Department officer Kimberly Potter, 48, after he was stopped for a traffic violation on Sunday. Read more At a press conference on Monday, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gann...

New Wave of Violent Protests Breaks Out in Minnesota After Killing of Black Man Daunte Wright. For more great photos, visit the Sputnik International website

Pennsylvania State Police are looking for a 28-year-old woman who was last seen by her family on March 28. Meredith Celeste Keltner has not been in contact with family or friends since April 7, when she responded to a text. She is known to keep in close contact with family. Keltner, who doesnt have a fixed address, is known to frequent Carlisle Borough and York City, predominately in homeless shelters or camps and hotels or motels. 

Brooklyn Center City Manager Curt Boganey was fired Monday hours after he called for due process for the officer involved in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright.Boganey and Mayor Mike

What happened to him?: Derek Chauvin trial sees chaotic new bodycam footage of George Floyds friends watching his fatal arrest as one tells the court she struggled to wake him up in his car outside Cup Foods moments before he was killed The defense mounted its case for Derek Chauvins acquittal on Tuesday morning in Minneapolis    The jury was shown new video recorded by the body-camera of Minneapolis Park Police Officer Peter Chang Chang arrived on the scene after two officers had already co...

Daunte Wright by a police officer. It wasn’t an accident. Policing in our country is inherently & intentionally racist. Daunte Wright was met with aggression & violence. I am done with those who condone government funded murder. No more policing, incarceration, and militarization. It can’t be reformed. Wright’s death has been ruled a homicide. The Police Chief declared he believes the incident was an accident. In her tweet Tlaib revived the debate from last Summer that called for defundin...

Rashida Tlaib demands end of policing, incarceration after Daunte Wright is killed by police Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) called Monday for the end of policing and incarceration, claiming law enforcement systems are so broken they "cant be reformed."Tlaibs comments came one day after Daunte Wright, a black man from Minnesota, was shot and killed during an encounter with police officers, triggering immediate protests in Brooklyn Center, a small town not far from Minneapolis.Law enforcement claim...