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‘We’re going for broke': How the Brooklyn Center school district changed everything in a difficult week

‘We’re going for broke': How the Brooklyn Center school district changed everything in a difficult week

The Brooklyn Center school district has canceled in-person classes this week and turned some of its buildings into community aid centers. School leaders say the worst thing they could do would be to carry on with business as usual as their students and families are frightened and in pain after yet another police killing, clashes with protesters and boarded-up grocery stores.  
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Families who lost loved ones demand feds investigate Minnesota law enforcement

Families who lost loved ones demand feds investigate Minnesota law enforcement

The family of Daunte Wright joined a group of other families whose loved ones have been killed by police. They demanded the federal government investigate Minnesota’s policing.
by Peter Cox

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Losing it all: Mobile home owners evicted over small debts during pandemic

Losing it all: Mobile home owners evicted over small debts during pandemic

Mobile home owners right now are twice as likely as other homeowners to be behind on housing payments. And some are losing their homes over small amounts of rent they owe for land the home sits on.
by Chris Arnold

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'I'm scared because of that booming': A preschooler and her family watch protests, police in Brooklyn Center

'I'm scared because of that booming': A preschooler and her family watch protests, police in Brooklyn Center

On the day Daunte Wright was killed by a Brooklyn Center police officer, Tenean Manier says she and her two little kids didn’t sleep most of the night. The space near her apartment building quickly filled with protesters, then police officers and flash-bangs. She says it felt like her neighborhood had suddenly become a war zone. 
by Elizabeth Shockman and Evan Frost

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April 15 update on COVID-19 in MN: New cases, vaccinations continue steady climb

April 15 update on COVID-19 in MN: New cases, vaccinations continue steady climb

Minnesota’s COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to grow. But growth is slower than than last week, blunted by state’s steady pace of vaccinations. State health officials are briefing reporters now.
by MPR News Staff

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Wright family questions lack of murder charges; officer makes 1st court appearance

Wright family questions lack of murder charges; officer makes 1st court appearance

The family of Daunte Wright and their attorneys said Thursday they welcomed the criminal charge against the former police officer who fired the shot that killed him Sunday, but questioned why she wasn’t charged with murder.
by Peter Cox and Matt Sepic

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