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Share and speak up for justice, law & order... BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said yesterday police in his city do not need to carry guns while executing a traffic stop, Shore News Network reported. “I don’t believe that officers need to necessarily have weapons every time they’re making a traffic stop,” he said. “Or engaged in situations that don’t call for weapons. There are jurisdictions around the world where that is the case and it’s not needed.” Elliott made his absurd remarks days after Duante Wright, 20, was killed by a police officer whi...

Created: April 14, 2021 09:35 PM In the wake of Daunte Wright's death, a march from the Clayton, Jackson, McGhie memorial to Duluth City Hall took place Wednesday to remember him and call for change. For one UMD student, the officer-involved shooting hit especially close to home because she is from the area. "I am from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and its right next to Brooklyn Center,” Asma Jihad said. “So, I'm still kind of in shock a little bit because I have younger brothers—one around the same age as Daunte and one a little younger, so it's really hard to think about."

House Panel Backs Creating Commission on Slavery Reparations Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Jarrell Dillard © Bloomberg An American flag flies outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.. U.S., on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. The Biden administration is considering as much as $3 trillion worth of measures to include in the long-term economic program that will follow the $1.9 trillion pandemic-relief bill signed earlier this month. (Bloomberg) -- A House panel has for the first time approved legislation that would create a commission to study reparations for the descendants of slaves, b...

Hundreds gather in Providence to protest killing of Duante Wright by Minnesota police Published Thu Apr 15 2021 11:00:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by John Bender Several hundred people gathered on the statehouse steps in Providence Wednesday to protest the killing of Duante Wright, a 20-year old Black man in by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. The gathering also comes as the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, continues in Minneapolis.  “We're here because Duante Wright was murdered by a senior officer, 10 mil...

A white former police officer who shot dead a black motorist in Minnesota has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, prosecutors say.