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Guest columnist David Hoose: It’s time for unarmed traffic enforcement This photo provided by Ben Crump Law, PLLC. shows Daunte Wright and his son, Daunte Jr., at his first birthday party. Wright, 20, was killed during a traffic stop by a white suburban Minneapolis police officer on Sunday, April 11. Ben Crump Law, PLLC. via AP Published: 4/19/2021 1:13:33 PM The Northampton Policing Review Commission’s recently released report included the recommendation that Northampton transition to an unarmed civilian response to minor motor vehicle accidents and traffic enforcement, for all but t...

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Maxine Waters 'Incited Riots,' Calls for Her Expulsion From Congress On 4/19/21 at 10:27 AM EDT Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling for Representative Maxine Waters' expulsion from Congress after the congresswoman traveled to Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, to join crowds protesting the police shooting of Duante Wright. Greene accused the Democrat of inciting riots in Minnesota, while pointing out that Waters represents California's 43rd congressional district. "You crossed state lines and incited riots, violence against police, shootings at the MN NG, and...

Travon Free on His Oscar-Nominated Film and America's Violence The bisexual filmmaker behind To watch the Oscar-nominated short film Two Distant Strangers on Netflix by Emmy-winning, bisexual writer and comedian Travon Free, is to come away feeling both impressed and defeated. The film is brilliantly made, which is the impressive part, yet it crystalizes what a Black man feels like each time he steps out the door, which is the disheartening part. Without conflating its message, the film could easily be made to depict the continued murders of trans women of color, or the ongoing epidemic of ...

Minnesota police have promised not to detain and rough up reporters covering protests over the police shooting of Duante Wright, after reporters were detained, pepper-sprayed, and forced to lie face-down on Friday. Police clashed with protesters after an officer shot and killed a man on April 11, in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo: AFP / Kerem Yuce The Minnesota State Patrol also agreed to stop photographing journalists and their credentials, and said it would no longer limit the places reporters can cover the demonstrations from. The statement was released after state police ...

© Getty Images The Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) has vowed to no longer arrest, threaten or use physical force against reporters covering the Duante Wright protests in Brooklyn Center after a number of journalists said they were harassed by law enforcement last week amid the demonstrations.  The law enforcement agency said in a statement this weekend that officers are “prohibited from arresting, threatening to arrest, or threatening/using physical force against someone we know or have reason to know is a member of the media unless they are suspected of a separate crime.” The agency also...