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No Charges for U.S. Marshals Task Force Members Who Shot Winston Smith Jr.
A witness in the car says that Smith pulled out his phone to record the confrontation with the U.S. Marshals when he was shot.
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The City Where Daunte Wright Was Killed Has a New Policing Policy
Brooklyn Center, Minn., announced a cite-and-release policy, which changes what officers are allowed to do during stops for minor traffic violations.
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Minnesota Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction of Ex-Minneapolis Officer Mohamed Noor
The court ordered a reversal of Noor’s third-degree murder conviction, and he will be sentenced for second-degree manslaughter.
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'Don't Black People Have Second Amendment Rights?': The Root Presents: It’s Lit! and Carol Anderson Take Aim at the Fatal Inequality of The Second
The bestselling author of 'White Rage' turns her historian's lens onto the anti-Blackness baked into the American right to keep and bear arms.
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Judge Sentences Derek Chauvin to 22.5 Years in Prison, Denies Request for New Trial
Chauvin is still awaiting a federal civil rights trial.
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Derek Chauvin Wants Probation for Murder. First I Was Like, 'What America Does He Live In?' Then I Was Like, 'Oh Yeah'
Like most of white conservative America, Derek Chauvin doesn’t think he’s a criminal. How could he? He’s a cop, a middle-aged white man, and a person with no regard or respect for the dignity and well-being of Black bodies. Derek Chauvin is traditional white America. If traditional white America was a fly on the wall…
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Judge Rules Derek Chauvin Is a Broke Bitch, Unable to Hire an Attorney in Federal Civil Rights Case
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin isn’t only a convicted murderer; apparently, he’s also a broke bitch. A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Chauvin is “financially unable” to hire an attorney to defend him in his civil rights case. According to Insider, Chauvin appeared before federal court for the first time on Tuesday. Chauvin…
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No Matter What Happened in the Derek Chauvin Trial, the Former Cop Was Leaving in Handcuffs: Report
If the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin had found the former Minneapolis cop who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck until he died not guilty or if a mistrial was called, the Department of Justice planned to arrest him and charge him with federal police-brutality violations. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, federal prosecutors…
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Jury Finds Derek Chauvin Guilty of All 3 Charges in George Floyd’s Death
The former officer was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
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Kimberly Potter, the Cop Who Killed Daunte Wright, Had Her First Court Appearance, Was Released on Bond
Kimberly Potter, the ex-Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright, appeared at a court hearing one day after being charged with second-degree manslaughter. Potter appeared via a virtual conference on Zoom and took issue with her first hearing being broadcast and photographed, a curious complaint given how often the lives of…