5 As the verdict in the former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin trial was announced, U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 133rd Airlift Wing were staged and ready to secure the Minneapolis Convention Center.
The Airmen were just 50 pieces to a 3,000-piece puzzle, activated to support Operation Safety Net, a unified effort between multiple Minnesota law enforcement organizations and the Minnesota National Guard. Guardsmen were pre-staged throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul to protect lives, property, and the right to peacefully protest.
“The Army is better suited to assist law enforcement due to their training and equipment capabilities,” said U.S. Air Force Maj. Casey Brown, Officer-In-Charge of team Bravo, 133rd Airlift Wing. “Conducting this security mission to ensure their forces were focused on supporting law enforcement was a perfect assignment for this team.”
By Dave Anderson
THE VERDICT in the Derek Chauvin case should provide a boost to the American people, since it affirms a part of our criminal justice system. A Minnesota police officer murdered an innocent black man in a horrific and unforgettable way, but a jury in Minnesota found that police officer guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.
Had the verdict been ânot guiltyâ on all three charges, riots would have spread throughout the country and there would have been good cause for shattered faith in our courts even beyond the disrespect with which many Americans, especially Black Americans, hold it today.
At a rally against HB1, the Combatting Public Disorder law that critics say will criminalize peaceful protests
With a Trumpian stroke of the Sharpie, DeSantis approves HB 1 and takes Florida into newly fascist territory
Surrounded by political allies and law officers last Monday at the Polk County Sheriff s Office, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed what was arguably the most controversial piece of legislation considered this session House Bill 1, dubbed by its Republican sponsors the Combating Public Disorder Act.
DeSantis swift action to sign the so-called anti-riot bill Monday was the culmination of months of the governor s efforts to solidify himself as an architect of law-and-order policies. DeSantis first laid out a framework for the legislation in September, long before the Senate gave final approval to the bill April 15 despite heart-rending objections from Black lawmakers.
Jared Cain, a special education teacher and media entrepreneur, is seen near the intersection of West Center Street and North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Milwaukee on March 11, 2021. That’s where he filmed and livestreamed a video showing protests against the police killing of George Floyd and property damage just after midnight on June 1, 2020. Police later cited the video as proof that he was in public after a 9 p.m. curfew kicked in part of an emergency order aimed at curbing unrest. The ticket was later dismissed. “To me it’s just systematic racism, and something has got to change,” Cain said of Milwaukee’s curfew enforcement. (Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch)
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