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KVRR Local News May 10, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS – A former Anoka, Minn. teacher who was an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ students is charged with 10 felony counts of sexually abusing minors. Forty-seven-year-old Jefferson Fietek taught arts theater at Anoka Middle School and created the non-profit group Young Artists Initiative that operated out of a St. Paul church. According to court documents, the five male victims are either former middle school students of participants in the theater non-profit. Fietek’s attorney, Jack Rice, says they deny all allegations and “look forward to the trial tha...

Nicholas Senn "It was like he was doing it to exorcise his own demons, or he was doing it for his own purposes rather than doing it just for the sake of the students," Gokey said. "He was taking on this heroism that just seemed out of place." Fietek's prominence soon outgrew the classroom and theater stage. He gave an address at the White House in 2011 for the U.S. Department of Education's first-ever LGBTQ youth summit. He won a national award for LGBTQIA Youth Advocate Educator of the Year in 2013. He ran unsuccessfully as a DFL candidate for the ...

Has Brandon Mitchell Thrown Derek Chauvin a Lifeline? Why a New Trial Is Unlikely On 5/5/21 at 11:43 AM EDT Derek Chauvin's defense attorney has requested a new trial for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd. Chauvin was convicted on April 20 of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in relation to the death of Floyd on May 25 last year. Chauvin, who is white, pressed his knee against Floyd's neck for more than 9 minutes as the Black man repeatedly gasped that he couldn't breathe and went limp, prosecutors sa...

Wednesday, May 05, 2021 Austin San Souci rides in the Tennessee National Enduro March 14 in Windrock, Tennessee. Ryan Little photo Austin San Souci was just 2 years old the first time he rode a bike.  “He never had training wheels. He just took off,” said his father, Tyler San Souci. “We sort of supported that all along.” Now 16, Austin has expanded his aspirations far beyond the backyard of his parents’ Bryson City home. The Swain County High School student spends much of his time on the road, working toward his ultimate goal of becoming a professional mountain bi...

BBC News By Tara McKelvey image captionBreez Sapphira, 28, at a shoe boutique where she worked, followed the trial carefully People here waited anxiously for weeks and months, first, as the trial unfolded, and then during the final, nerve-wracking hours, while the jury deliberated. The stakes of the trial were extraordinarily high, and people are relieved, and also trying to process the tumultuous events. It is a landmark case for police violence against black people, and the verdict marks a significant victory for the activists who have pushed for policing reform: Derek Chauvin was convicted...