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*** We Push For Peace is an organization dedicated to providing resources like vocational training, resume building, mental health assessment, communitiy arbitration, retail loss prevention, neighborhood safety and more to residents throughout the Twin Cities. We Push For Peace founder and CEO Trahern Pollard met with KFAI’s Ryan Dawes at one of their outreach sites at Cub Foods on West Broadway. They talked about the organization’s work throughout the unrest following the murder of George ...

For Minneapolis protest leaders, no apologies over muscular demands for police reform Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT MINNEAPOLIS — The young Black man stood up in the back of the pickup, a megaphone to his mouth, surrounded by hundreds of chanting marchers who ignored the honks from drivers as they blocked the street.  © Trevor Hughes-USA TODAY NETWORK Mayah Varnado, 22, holds a sign during a march in downtown Minneapolis as jurors begin deliberating in the...

USA TODAY MINNEAPOLIS — The young Black man stood up in the back of the pickup, a megaphone to his mouth, surrounded by hundreds of chanting marchers who ignored the honks from drivers as they blocked the street.  "If George dont get it?" activist Brandyn Tulloch, 24, yelled to the crowd. "Shut it down!" they screamed as one. "If George dont get it?" "Shut it down!" "Shut. It. Down!" The crowd roared approval at the idea that their movement would gridlock the city if jurors hearing the case ...

Another moment like this: Al Sharpton to deliver eulogy at funeral for Daunte Wright, 20-year-old Black father shot by police Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY Hundreds mourning at Daunte Wrights public viewing, another sad day for Minneapolis Replay Video UP NEXT Family and friends of Daunte Wright will gather Thursday at a funeral in Minneapolis to honor the life of the 20-year-old Black father fatally shot during a traffic stop by a veteran Minnesota police officer. Civil rights le...

On one side stood the Rev. Jesse Jackson. On the other, the Rev. Al Sharpton. Between them lay Daunte Wright, 20, a Black man shot dead by police in nearby Brooklyn Center on April 11. Wrights death ignited a new round of anger in a community still reeling from the death of George Floyd last year. Wrights death came amidst the murder trial of the now-fired white police officer who knelt on Floyds neck for more than nine minutes. A jury on Tuesday convicted that former officer, Derek Chauvin, of...

He was loved by so many: Daunte Wright, 20-year-old Black dad shot by police, remembered at a funeral packed with mourners Ryan W. Miller, Ndea Yancey-Bragg and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY Hundreds mourning at Daunte Wrights public viewing, another sad day for Minneapolis Replay Video MINNEAPOLIS – Family and friends of Daunte Wright exalted the 20-year-old Black father fatally shot during a traffic stop by a veteran Minnesota police officer at a funeral service in Minneapolis ...

Minneapolis activists, community leaders say Chauvins conviction hasnt altered their missions Deon J. Hampton and Janelle Griffith © Provided by NBC News One landmark court victory won’t be enough to slow the movement of civil rights activists in Minneapolis who vow to remain focused on reaching their larger goal. Derek Chauvins convictions of two counts of murder and one of manslaughter are not an end to the ongoing fight for racial justice and police accountability, they s...

When the 3rd Precinct burned after George Floyd was killed, this Native American neighborhood in Minneapolis took public safety into its own hands.

YMCA, MN Safe Streets back grassroots outreach during Chauvin trial Community groups are working together to bridge a divide between the police and the community during the upcoming trial & protests. Author: Kent Erdahl Updated: 3:30 AM CST March 5, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS — The barricades and boarded up windows that already surround the site of the upcoming trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, remind Lisa Clemons of everything that is at stake in...