Minneapolis Protests

• Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting of Daunte Wright

  Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned Tuesday, two days after Potter shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

  World

  Apr 14, 2021
  
• Protesters, police clash after Minneapolis chief calls Daunte Wright shooting ‘accidental’

  The Brooklyn Center police chief said the officer apparently intended to fire a Taser, not a handgun, during the traffic stop that led to the death of the 20-year-old Black man.

  World

  Apr 12, 2021
  
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• Police fire tear gas at protesters angry over officer’s killing of Black Minnesota man

  After nightfall, a few hundred protesters had gathered outside the suburban police department, guarded by hundreds of officers in riot gear.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2021
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• George Floyd: Minneapolis to shift $8M from police, backtracks on staffing cuts

  Violent crime rates have surged since the death of Floyd, a Black man who was handcuffed pleaded for air for several minutes while a white police officer dug his knee in his neck.

  World

  Dec 10, 2020
• Minneapolis police chief says precinct targeted, vandalized with fireworks

  Chief Medaria Arradondo said demonstrators marched to the 5th Precinct on Saturday night and vandalized the exterior of the building and also targeted officers with ``commercial grade fireworks.''

  World

  Aug 16, 2020
• Essential workers to walk off job in U.S. over racial inequality

  Dubbed the “Strike for Black Lives,” labor unions, along with social and racial justice organizations from New York City to Los Angeles, will participate in a range of planned actions.

  World

  Jul 20, 2020
• Gag order on George Floyd murder case should be scaled back, media argues

  The July 9 gag order is overly broad and restricts a "staggering number'' of individuals not directly involved in the case — not just defence layers and prosecutors — the media coalition argued.

  World

  Jul 17, 2020
• Watch as U.S. man, wronged in past by police, saves officer from burning car

  McLee filed a lawsuit 2018 against four Pennsylvania State Police troopers for wrongful arrest after he spent a year in jail.

  Trending

  Jun 24, 2020
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• George Floyd death: Use of police weaponry scrutinized after injuries at protests

  In law enforcement, they’re referred to as “nonlethal” tools for dealing with demonstrations that turn unruly: rubber bullets, pepper spray, batons, flash-bangs.

  World

  Jun 21, 2020
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• Trust in Canadian police drops amid George Floyd protests: poll

  More Canadians are questioning their trust in the police as protests against racism and police brutality sparked by the killing of George Floyd last month sweep across North America, a new poll suggests.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2020