Thousands of people gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol for the “HANDS OFF” rally to demand a government that prioritizes people over profit, care over punishment, and justice over silence, in response to rising police aggression and systemic neglect faced by Black, brown, and Indigenous communities.
police
Posted inOpinion
The hidden costs of police recruitment
The hiring and retention of police officers with questionable track records is a complex issue, with factors such as low hiring standards, lack of accountability, and psychological and sociological factors contributing to the problem.
Posted inLocal & State
Police prevent woman from jumping off overpass in St. Paul
Police officers successfully convinced a woman not to jump from an overpass on Pascal St. in St. Paul.
Posted inArts + Culture, Movies, Television
Stanley Nelson’s doc ‘Sound of the Police’ dissects police in Black communities
The tragic killings by police of Amir Locke, George Floyd and Jamar Clark serve as the emotional core of the documentary “Sound of the Police,” now airing on Hulu.
Posted inFeatured, National, News
New study reveals 17,000 underreported police deaths since 1980
‘Police violence is a mounting threat to public health in the United States, especially for Black Americans.’
Posted inOpinion
DFL is not anti-law enforcement
The Minnesota DFL Party fully supports reforming our policing and criminal justice systems to increase transparency, improve accountability, reduce the use of violence and root out systemic racism.
Posted inOpinion
Police live by their own set of laws
During the time of the trial, the party of murderers gained more votes than that. From the middle of March to the end of April, eight People of Color, mostly African American, were killed by the police.
Posted inLocal & State, News
City councilmembers propose Department of Public Safety
The Transforming Public Safety Charter Amendment that would create a department of public safety and allow Minneapolis voters to decide the kind of policing it wants.
Posted inFeatured, National, News
Police ill-equipped to deal with people suffering from mental health issues
Joe Prude called the police on his brother, he was asking for help, not for his brother to end up dead.
Posted inOpinion
When to not call the police
We need culturally specific programs, including people with lived experience who understand hard times on the streets and living with mental health and/or addictions problems.
Posted inLocal & State, National, News
Whites use cops as ‘Black people removers’
I think it’s because we live in the age of Trump. Some White people think they have a license to call the police even though they know that Black people are not doing anything wrong.
Posted inNews
Inherent bias must be rooted out
“Inherent bias” is defined as “the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner” by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University. Many feel that Philando Castile was the victim of inherent bias when he was shot and killed on July 6 […]