As rumors swirl about a possible Derek Chauvin pardon, Minnesota leaders and activists condemn the idea as unjust, dangerous, and deeply harmful to the public.
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Black Press, NAACP, and Lawmakers Warned America—Now Trump’s Project 2025 Agenda is Reality
Donald Trump’s administration has implemented several policies aligned with the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, including reinstating harsh immigration policies, rolling back civil rights protections, and gutting diversity programs, despite his previous denials.
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Minneapolis reaches tentative agreement with DOJ for federal oversight of police department
Minneapolis has reached a tentative agreement with the Department of Justice to implement a federal consent decree to address systemic misconduct within the Minneapolis Police Department, which will require sweeping reforms and federal oversight to dismantle patterns of civil rights violations and racial discrimination.
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The criminalization of Tyreek Hill
Tyreek Hill, star wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins, was stopped and manhandled by Miami Dade police, highlighting the ongoing issue of racial profiling and the criminalization of Black men.
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Veteran journalist Wesley Lowery to speak at Westminster Town Hall Arc Toward Justice Forum
Veteran journalist Wesley Lowery will discuss his experiences covering racial injustice at the Westminster Town Hall.
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Community doubtful of real police reform despite DOJ investigation
The DOJ’s investigation found that Minneapolis police officers had engaged in patterns and practices of discriminatory policing.Â
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Family demands transparency in Robbinsdale ‘accidental drowning’Â
Questions remain in the death of Khalil Ahmad Azad after a July 2022 traffic stop by Robbinsdale police.
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Nichols killing fuels local demands for police reform
‘This is a part of a blue culture that is anti-Black that does not hesitate to discriminate against Black people because they know that typically they will get away with it.’
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Memphis police release footage of deadly Tyre Nichols beating
‘It is yet another painful reminder of the profound fear and trauma, the pain, and the exhaustion that Black and Brown Americans experience every single day.’
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Pain and trauma of police killings have a ripple effect on Black communities
Beyond protests, every police killing can have painful and widespread consequences.
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Police killings display flagrant racial double standards
Unarmed Black people are killed by police at a rate three times higher than Whites.
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State report confirms racism, sexism among Mpls police
‘We found that MPD officers are more likely to stop vehicles with people of color and Indigenous individuals, and they treat Black and White individuals differently once they have pulled someone over.’
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MPD accused of hiding police misconduct evidence
Jaleel Stallings, a Black St. Paul man charged with second-degree murder after he unknowingly fired at Minneapolis police officers during a night of protests last year.
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Police reform still in limbo one year after Floyd murder
Many cities across the country are working to introduce reforms on the state and local level to effect change in policing, but much progress is yet to be made in the city that sparked the idea of dismantling police.
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Nurse calls man’s death while in Beltrami jail ‘murder’
A Minnesota nurse is speaking out about the circumstances surrounding the death of a Black inmate.
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Pretext traffic stops under fire
In a pretext traffic stop, a police officer stops someone for a minor traffic offense so that they can investigate them for a worse offense that they don’t yet have evidence for.
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Federal judge’s order temporarily halts MN law enforcement from arresting, attacking journalists (updated)
A federal judge ruled Friday evening that state law enforcement cannot attack or arrest journalists for covering the current protests.
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Families gather at Governor’s Mansion demanding police accountability, prosecution
Nearly 20 cities took part in the nationally coordinated effort seeking to bring attention to families who have lost loved ones to police violence.
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Louisiana trooper suspended over violent death of shackled man
This week, authorities announced they had suspended Louisiana State Police Master Trooper Kory York who violently arrested Ronald Greene.
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MLK influence felt in George Floyd protests
People across the world took to the streets to nonviolently protest the police killing of George Perry Floyd in their cities.