#Protesters and cops clash after Daunte Wright killing

#Protesters and cops clash after Daunte Wright killing

“#Protesters and cops clash after Daunte Wright killing” Tensions ran high Monday night as hundreds of people gathered outside the Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police precinct — flouting a 7 p.m. curfew to protest the cop-killing of Daunte Wright. Officers aim less than lethal weaponry at demonstrators outside Brooklyn Center Police Department.Reuters Protesters were met by…

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#Officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright identified

#Officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright identified

“#Officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright identified” The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a black man during a Sunday traffic stop has been identified as 26-year veteran Kimberly Potter. The 48-year-old officer’s identity was released Monday night by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Potter acquired her Minnesota police officer’s…

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#Protests erupt after Minnesota police fatally shoot driver

#Protests erupt after Minnesota police fatally shoot driver

“#Protests erupt after Minnesota police fatally shoot driver” Minnesota police fatally shot a 20-year-old driver after pulling him over Sunday afternoon — sparking protests at the scene well into the night. Police shot the man, identified by family as Daunte Wright, during the traffic stop on Orchard Avenue in Brooklyn Center at about 2 p.m.,…

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#Minnesota family begs for return of cross-stitch heirloom

#Minnesota family begs for return of cross-stitch heirloom

“#Minnesota family begs for return of cross-stitch heirloom” A mix-up at an estate sale sent a precious piece of one Minnesota’s family history out the door — grandmom’s giant cross-stitched map of America — and now they’re desperate to find it. It took Rae Elizabeth Kellgreen more than a year to painstakingly create the item…

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#Minnestoa state Sen. Jerry Relph dead from COVID-19 complications

#Minnestoa state Sen. Jerry Relph dead from COVID-19 complications

“#Minnestoa state Sen. Jerry Relph dead from COVID-19 complications” A Minnesota state senator who recently contracted COVID-19 died Friday of complications from the disease. First-term Republican Sen. Jerry Relph tested positive for the virus after having close contact with an infected colleague, the Star Tribune reported. Relph began quarantining on Nov. 10. The 76-year-old Vietnam…

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#Minnesota town votes to allow white supremacist church

#Minnesota town votes to allow white supremacist church

“#Minnesota town votes to allow white supremacist church” The city council of a small Minnesota town voted Wednesday to allow a white supremacist congregation to take over an abandoned Lutheran church, according to a report. Members of the Murdock City Council voted via Zoom with their cameras turned off to keep the controversial voice vote…

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