The #SayHerName movement was created to spotlight police violence against Black women and girls. This commentary explains why its original purpose must be preserved.
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Lives lost, communities harmed: The human cost of ICE
The death of Keith Porter Jr., a U.S. citizen shot by an off-duty ICE agent, has intensified calls for accountability and transparency in ICE operations.
Posted inLocal & State
MPD under fire for promoting officer who killed Amir Locke
Amir Locke’s family and local activists are condemning MPD’s decision to name Sgt. Mark Hanneman, the officer who killed Locke in a 2022 raid, as a training instructor. The appointment has sparked citywide backlash and renewed calls for reform.
Posted inOpinion
MN liberalism no less than conservatism, is a failed ideology
In this searing excerpt from Black Agenda Report, Jon Jeter examines the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and the state’s failure to reckon with rising white male violence and its own political shift to the right.
Posted inGeorge Floyd
We’re still here, still fighting, still demanding more
Nekima Levy Armstrong reflects on the unfulfilled promises since George Floyd’s death and urges continued community organizing and accountability in the fight for justice.
Posted inGeorge Floyd
The night everything changed — for me and for us
Elizer Darris recounts the moment he learned of George Floyd’s death, the video that changed his life, and the movement it sparked in him and so many others.
Posted inGeorge Floyd
We are still standing, still fighting
Toshira Garraway honors families impacted by police violence and calls for continued solidarity, five years after George Floyd’s murder shook the world awake.
Posted inNational
Trump Administration Shuts Down Police Misconduct Database as Killings Soar
The Trump administration has shut down the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD), the only federal resource for tracking police misconduct, despite the rising number of police-related deaths and systemic injustices faced by Black Americans.
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Survivors of human rights abuses testify at Minneapolis UN hearingÂ
On May 2, community members offered testimony about the effects of solitary confinement, and the loss of life due to police violence.
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Sabathani Community Center to create healing space in light of Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols
Sabathani Community Center is opening its doors to community members to grieve and heal in light of the tragic police killing of Tyre Nichols.
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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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Families of police violence victims march on D.C.
Last weekend a few hundred family members who have lost loved ones to police violence arrived in Washington, D.C. to lift their voices.
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How a public-health approach to violence prevention is working in Mpls.
The Office of Violence Prevention was created in 2018 to reduce violence in a city already facing police violence and community violence.
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Witness in Winston Smith police shooting said she never saw a gun in the car
A woman who was in the car with Winston Smith when he was shot by law enforcement says she never saw a gun in the car.
Posted inOpinion
Black internecine community violence and police violence spring from the same tree
Those who are opposed to our murder at the hands of the system are also opposed to death at the hands of one another. They are not mutually exclusive.
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Twin Cities activists join nationwide day of protest against police violence
The Twin Cities and cities across the nation, including Orlando, Spokane, Boston, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and Las Vegas, took part in National Day of Protest Against Police Violence.
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Recent police misconduct in St. Paul and Minneapolis have raised alarm
Two separate events involving police force in Minneapolis and St. Paul have raised questions in the community.
Posted inOpinion
Minneapolis police speak with forked tongue
All of the press conferences in the world cannot cover up the history and reality of the Minneapolis police.
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Somali activism on the rise against police violence
The Somali community in the Twin Cities has become a more visible and viable force in the effort to push back against police violence.
Posted inOpinion
Black voters might hold Democrats accountable for police violence at the polls
The deaths of Black Americans in suspicious or outright brutal circumstances has now become nauseatingly prevalent,.