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*** We Push For Peace is an organization dedicated to providing resources like vocational training, resume building, mental health assessment, communitiy arbitration, retail loss prevention, neighborhood safety and more to residents throughout the Twin Cities. We Push For Peace founder and CEO Trahern Pollard met with KFAI’s Ryan Dawes at one of their outreach sites at Cub Foods on West Broadway. They talked about the organization’s work throughout the unrest following the murder of George Floyd and their efforts supporting youth at Xavier’s Employment and Training Center. Listen here:

For Minneapolis protest leaders, no apologies over muscular demands for police reform Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT MINNEAPOLIS — The young Black man stood up in the back of the pickup, a megaphone to his mouth, surrounded by hundreds of chanting marchers who ignored the honks from drivers as they blocked the street.  © Trevor Hughes-USA TODAY NETWORK Mayah Varnado, 22, holds a sign during a march in downtown Minneapolis as jurors begin deliberating in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who faces murder charges in the death of George Floyd...

USA TODAY MINNEAPOLIS — The young Black man stood up in the back of the pickup, a megaphone to his mouth, surrounded by hundreds of chanting marchers who ignored the honks from drivers as they blocked the street.  "If George don't get it?" activist Brandyn Tulloch, 24, yelled to the crowd. "Shut it down!" they screamed as one. "If George don't get it?" "Shut it down!" "Shut. It. Down!" The crowd roared approval at the idea that their movement would gridlock the city if jurors hearing the case against former police officer Derek Chauvin failed to convict him in Floyd's death. Tulloch and hi...

'Another moment like this': Al Sharpton to deliver eulogy at funeral for Daunte Wright, 20-year-old Black father shot by police Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY Hundreds mourning at Daunte Wright's public viewing, another sad day for Minneapolis Replay Video UP NEXT Family and friends of Daunte Wright will gather Thursday at a funeral in Minneapolis to honor the life of the 20-year-old Black father fatally shot during a traffic stop by a veteran Minnesota police officer. Civil rights leader Al Sharpton will give a eulogy at the service 11 days after Wright's death in nearby Brook...

On one side stood the Rev. Jesse Jackson. On the other, the Rev. Al Sharpton. Between them lay Daunte Wright, 20, a Black man shot dead by police in nearby Brooklyn Center on April 11. Wright's death ignited a new round of anger in a community still reeling from the death of George Floyd last year. Wright's death came amidst the murder trial of the now-fired white police officer who knelt on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes. A jury on Tuesday convicted that former officer, Derek Chauvin, of murder charges, and the Black community in Minneapolis celebrated Tuesday night with a raucous r...