Kevin McCarthy Threatens Action Against Maxine Waters Over Protest Remarks
On 4/19/21 at 8:16 AM EDT
The House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has warned Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he will bring action against Rep. Maxine Waters this week if the Democratic leader fails to punish the lawmaker for inciting confrontation.
Posting on social media, Rep. McCarthy (R-CA) accused Waters (D-CA) of inciting violence in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis at the weekend, and engaging in dangerous rhetoric amid anger over the killing of Daunte Wright.
The 20-year-old Black man was shot dead by police after he attempted to evade arrest following a traffic stop. Police said he had a warrant standing against him.
Letter details CNN journalist s arrest experience during Daunte Wright protests
Media outlets sent a letter to officials following a phone conference about the mistreatment of the press over the weekend.
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A CNN producer was detained for hours and asked if she spoke English while covering protests in Brooklyn Center last week, according to an April 17 letter, signed by several media outlets, sent to Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials.
CNN producer Carolyn Sung, an Asian American, was arrested April 13 by State Troopers while she was trying to leave the area after officials issued a dispersal order, the letter says. The troopers grabbed Sung by her backpack and threw her to the ground, zip-tying her hands behind her back.
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Closing arguments are underway on Monday in the trial of Derek Chauvin amid heightened safety concerns after a National Guard and MinneapolisPolice Department neighborhood security team was fired upon over the weekend in a drive-by shooting.
Attorneys from both sides are seeking to distill three weeks of testimony in order to convince jurors to acquit or convict Chauvin on second- and third-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Jurors in Hennepin County District Court first began hearing testimony in the case on March 29.
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A demonstrator is shot with less-than-lethal marking rounds and tear gas during a standoff with police during a protest decrying the shooting death of Daunte Wright, outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department, Wednesday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Some journalists covering protests over the police fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, in suburban Minneapolis say officers have harassed and assaulted them despite a federal order to leave them alone.
U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina Wright issued a temporary restraining order Friday prohibiting police at the protests in Brooklyn Center from arresting journalists or using force against them, including flash-bang grenades, nonlethal projectiles, pepper spray and batons, unless they know the person committed a crime.