Chauvin trial reaction: ‘Victim-blaming’ and an international perspective April 14, 2021 6:54 p.m.By Angela DavisAll eyes are on Minnesota as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder and manslaughter trial continues. At 11 a.m. Thursday, host Angela Davis talks to a reporter with international ties about what the world is seeing, then asks two experts how “victim-blaming” played a role in how George Floyd has been portrayed during the trial.
Police training is on trial in Minnesota April 14, 2021 6:27 p.m.By Kerri Miller and Marcheta FornoffBefore Derek Chauvin and Kim Potter were charged with killing Black men, they were both responsible for helping train the next generation of police officers. What lessons will future recruits learn from their actions?
Brooklyn Center renters blame police for chaos at Daunte Wright protestsApril 14, 2021 12:35 p.m.Residents of apartments near the police station have needed to move their children to get away from the tear gas that floats in. They blame the police for the chaos on the lawn in front of their buildings.
Brooklyn Center mayor thrust into policing debateApril 14, 2021 10:00 a.m.By The Associated PressThe shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black man, by a white police officer has set off protests, political upheaval and painful reckoning about racism and representation in Mayor Mike Elliott’s city.
Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82April 14, 2021 9:36 a.m.By The Associated PressBernard Madoff, the infamous architect of an epic securities swindle that burned thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators and earned him a 150-year prison term, died in a federal prison early Wednesday. He was 82.
4min 36secOfficer who shot Wright to face 2nd-degree manslaughter chargeApril 14, 2021 6:20 a.m.By MPR News StaffWashington County Attorney Pete Orput on Wednesday said he is filing a second-degree manslaughter charge against former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
Chauvin trial: Former Maryland medical examiner says Floyd's manner of death 'undetermined'April 14, 2021 5:10 a.m.By Riham Feshir, Brandt Williams, Jon Collins, and Dan GundersonDr. David Fowler testified that George Floyd died of cardiac arrhythmia during the police restraint, but that methamphetamine and fentanyl, carbon monoxide exposure from the squad car, tumors and adrenaline contributed to his death.
Emmett Till's cousin reflects on his legacy and racial tensions in MinnesotaApril 13, 2021 5:50 p.m.More than six decades after the brutal death of her cousin Emmett Till, Deborah Watts gets emotional talking about her family’s fight for justice — A fight still forging ahead today.
Rusten Sheskey, Kenosha officer who shot Jacob Blake, will not face disciplineApril 13, 2021 5:23 p.m.By Laurel Wamsley "Officer Sheskey was found to have been acting within policy," Kenosha, Wis., police Chief Daniel Miskinis said Tuesday, adding that he knows "some will not be pleased with the outcome."
'I never imagined this': Daunte Wright's family calls for accountabilityApril 13, 2021 5:23 p.m.By Becky Sullivan The family, joined by their lawyer Benjamin Crump and George Floyd's relatives, questioned why police felt the need to use force, in the form of a Taser or gun, on Wright.
