‘Ultimately, this is a way for the city council to pretend to do something about police brutality without actual accountability of the police.’
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Brooklyn Center resolution calls for unarmed responders
‘We wanted it so that police were not the only option for people in need.’
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Honored St. Paul cop shoots naked unarmed man
Protesters demanded former St. Paul cop Anthony Dean be criminally charged following his November 28 shooting of Joseph Javonte Washington.
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More cops equal more pain
By passing a budget that adds over eight million dollars to MPD’s budget while funneling relative pennies to violence prevention and other programs that create actual safety, the elected officials of Minneapolis have done residents wrong.
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Police/community meeting turns ugly
Law enforcement panel cut short as tensions rise ​ By Ivan B. Phifer Contributing Writer “We are tired of hearing a bunch of lies, and that’s all we are hearing,” said an emotional James Clark, the biological father of 24-year-old Jamar Clark, who died November 15 last year at the hands of Minneapolis police. This […]
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Chicagoans push for community control of police
Organizers say only an elected civilian council can hold cops accountable The decades-long struggle for democratic, community control of police in Chicago turned a corner on July 20 when the city council’s Committee on Public Safety accepted legislation that would create a Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC). CPAC would have authority over policing standards and […]
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Northsiders encouraged to police their own community
On Saturday, July 16, community activists K.G. Wilson and Anthijuan Beeks, Sr. joined forces to host Stop the Violence in North Minneapolis on 21st Ave between Oliver and Penn. Beeks, a former North Minneapolis police officer and activist for over two decades, and Wilson, an activist for nearly 15 years, said the event is intended […]