Opinion: A Family Values Solution for Minneapolis Racial Strife
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By Ryan Hiraki
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By Ryan Hiraki
March10, 2021
Ryan Hiraki is the senior content editor at Center of the American Experiment, a public policy think tank that promotes free market principles.
Tension permeates the Twin Cities. Jury selection is underway in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who faces second-degree murder and manslaughter charges for the death of George Floyd, a painful incident that sparked burning and looting throughout this Midwestern metro hub last year.
Among the ruins, reflection and (slow) recovery of America’s most heated racial collision since the Rodney King riots, a local activist insists he has answers. He’s Black. He’s compassionate. He’s conservative. And he’s starting a movement that has some much-needed traction. It’s a nonprofit called TakeCharge Minnesota.