Racism has been declared a public health emergency in the city of Red Wing. The 820-word resolution passed by the City Council on Monday, Aug. 9, explains in part that
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The Red Wing City Council and Human Rights Committee joint workshop came to an abrupt close on Thursday, June 24, when community members interrupted the meeting.
(FILES) In this file photo Chaz Neal, a Redwing community activist, holds sign outside Minnesota Governor’s residence during the protest “Families Supporting Families Joins Mass Action 4 George Floyd Justice 4 All Nationwide Protest” in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 6, 2021. (Photo by Kerem Yucel / AFP)
Sacked police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter Tuesday in the death of African-American George Floyd in a case that roiled the United States for almost a year, laying bare deep racial divisions. x
A racially-diverse jury of seven women and five men in the Midwestern city of Minneapolis took less than two days at the end of a three-week trial to find the white officer guilty in unanimous decisions on all three charges he faced.