US President Donald Trump has boasted that Minneapolis would have been wiped off the map had he not urged the Minnesota government to deploy National Guard troops to quell riots and looting following the death of George Floyd. “If I didn’t demand that National Guard Troops go into Minneapolis after […]
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson continued his relentless attacks on social justice movement Black Lives Matter on Wednesday night, likening the protests over police brutality to coronavirus while describing the city where George Floyd was killed as “our Wuhan.” Carlson led off his top-rated Fox News primetime program by referencing […]
The image of a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeling on the neck of a Black man, George Floyd, for 8 minutes and 46 seconds has been etched into the American consciousness. But for many Asian-Americans like myself, there’s another lingering image from that fatal encounter—the face of the Asian […]
Ten were shot in Minneapolis after midnight on Sunday morning and there were reports of up to 100 people brawling using “various weapons” in the area. Minneapolis has been severely under policed since the rioting began, as politicians and media continue to cause hostility towards law enforcement. ** SHOOTING UPDATE […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105274/64/1052746483_0:231:3074:1961_1199x675_80_0_0_1d413d85f4ccb1ed770a5c3fea066d84.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006211079678837-one-dead-11-wounded-in-shooting-in-uptown-minneapolis—police/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – At least one man was killed and 11 injured in a shooting incident in the US city of Minneapolis, police said Sunday. “12 people have suffered gunshot wounds in an incident on 2900 block of Hennepin S. 1 adult male […]
Parallels Between Minneapolis And Jerusalem Are More Than Skin Deep By Jonathan Cook from his website. June 16, 2020 Parallels Between Minneapolis And Jerusalem Are More Than Skin Deep2020-06-162020-06-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/palestinians-demonstrate-against-police-brutality-and-in-support-of-us-protesters-over-the-death-george-floyd-in-the-occupied-west-bank-city-of-ramallah-on-8-june-afp-e1592325804414.jpg200px200px Above photo: Palestinians demonstrate against police brutality and in support of US protesters over the death George Floyd in the occupied West […]
A Minneapolis police dispatcher was so alarmed by real-time footage of George Floyd’s violent arrest that she flagged the situation to her supervisor, telling him over the phone, “I don’t know you can call me a snitch if you want.” “I don’t know if they had to use force or […]
Minneapolis Is Trying To Punish Transit Workers Who Wouldn’t Help The Police By Sarah Lazare, In These Times. June 15, 2020 Minneapolis Is Trying To Punish Transit Workers Who Wouldn’t Help The Police2020-06-152020-06-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/protesters-with-bus-from-getty-images-e1592234517307.jpg200px200px Above photo: A man raises his arm inside a bus in support of protests in upper Manhattan on […]
Mena Dyaha Yousif and her boyfriend Jose Felan, Jr. (ATF) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering two rewards of up to $5,000 each for information that leads to the apprehension of a man and/or his girlfriend. The couple was caught on camera lighting fires in Minneapolis […]
Protesters in Minneapolis called for the removal of police union leader Bob Kroll on Friday. David Schaper/NPR hide caption toggle caption David Schaper/NPR Protesters in Minneapolis called for the removal of police union leader Bob Kroll on Friday. David Schaper/NPR City councils and state legislatures around the country are considering […]
Minneapolis Organizers Are Building The Tools For Safety Without Police By Jae Hyun Shum, Truthout. June 13, 2020 Minneapolis Organizers Are Building The Tools For Safety Without Police2020-06-132020-06-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/mplspol-e1592064031898.png200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators calling to defund the Minneapolis Police Department pause on Hennepin Avenue on June 6, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen / […]
Minneapolis has officially voted to abolish the existing policing system in favor of a ‘public safety’ model. Hailed as transformative in the wake of protests, the suggestion is still vague on details. A resolution jointly co-authored unanimously approved by all 12 city council members acknowledged that “no amount of reforms […]
Rioters took over the Sheraton Minneapolis Midtown Hotel last week during the ongoing Black Lives Matter and Antifa riots. Advertisement – story continues below The organizers of the hotel takeover raised over $174,000 to turn the upscale hotel into homeless shelter and operations base. But sadly the 200 homeless citizens […]
People attend the procession of a horse-drawn carriage bringing the body of George Floyd for burial at the Houston Memorial Gardens cemetery in Pearland, Texas, on Tuesday. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images People attend the procession of a horse-drawn carriage bringing […]
The chief of police in Minneapolis has cut off talks with the police union and proposed an ‘early warning’ system for officer misconduct, as he struggles to save the force from a City Council determined to disband it. Medaria Arradondo pledged a “thorough review” of the city’s contract with the […]
Feds announced Monday that a 23-year-old man has been charged in connection to to the March 28 fire set to the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct station amid protests over the police killing of George Floyd. Branden Wolfe, of St. Paul, was charged with aiding and abetting arson at the […]
The fired Minneapolis police officer who held his knee on George Floyd’s neck while he repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe made his first court appearance on Monday, where a judge slapped him with a maximum bail of $1.25 million. Derek Chauvin, 44, has been hit with second-degree murder charges for the May […]
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council announced their support for de-funding the Minneapolis Police Department and replacing it with a community-based public safety model at a rally in Powderhorn Park Sunday afternoon. At the end of the rally, the councilmembers and some community activisits committed […]
The majority of the members on the Minneapolis City Council have announced they are ready to commit themselves to getting rid of the city’s police department. The idea has become one of the rallying cries of the ongoing protests. Council President Lisa Bender broke the news during a rally in […]
After nearly two weeks of violence, mayhem, and rioting in Minneapolis, their city council has announced their intent to disband the police department. The wild proposal would invest in “community-led public safety” instead of police officers. “We are here today because George Floyd was killed by the Minneapolis Police Department. […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy Versione originale in Italiano «This case is about a black Muslim immigrant. They are worried about disappointing the white community. For that reason, justice was not served today». This sentence was uttered by Ahmednur Abdirahman, 36, who was among the protesters lined […]
MINNEAPOLIS—Edward walked up to an SUV full of four armed white men on Monday night, pumped his shotgun, and told them to get out of his neighborhood. The men—who he said were armed with hunting knives and wearing tactical vests—told him they were from a suburb south of the city. […]
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) appeared before a struggle session at a Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday. Frey stood in front of the stage and answered questions from those on stage. Frey, dressed casually and speaking through a coronavirus mask confessed, “…I’ve been coming to grips with my own […]
Somehow we missed this. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey broke down and cried for a minute at George Floyd’s casket at his funeral on Friday. This was quite a scene. The same mayor was not seen crying when looters and rioters torched the city and businesses all last week. The post […]