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April 16, 2021

Daunte Wright shooting: Is progressive push putting due process in jeopardy?

The right to due process – protected under the U.S. Constitution – has transformed into a point of contention in the Minnesota city of Brooklyn Center after former Officer Kim Potter fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, evoking several consecutive nights of civil unrest that has spilled into Minneapolis.

April 16, 2021

Brooklyn Center attracts some with ‘game plan,’ definitely not locals: official

Reggie Edwards, the acting city manager of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, said Thursday that the protesters that have taken to the streets in the city after the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright could essentially be broken up into three categories. 

April 15, 2021

Pat Robertson: Derek Chauvin should be put 'under the jail' for death of George Floyd

Evangelical leader Pat Robertson said Thursday that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who has been charged with murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, should be put "under the jail."

April 15, 2021

Reporters on MSNBC lavish praise on Biden admin response to MN riots: 'They care about these issues'

MSNBC guests gave the Biden administration the benefit of the doubt on Tuesday over its response to the violent unrest in Minneapolis. President Biden called for "peace and calm" in the wake of the police-involved shooting and car accident that led to the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, in Minnesota's Brooklyn Center.

April 15, 2021

Daunte Wright shooting: Ex-Minnesota police officer Kim Potter appears in court for first time

Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer charged with second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, made her first court appearance Thursday.

April 15, 2021

'Not so peaceful': CNN's Don Lemon avoids using the word 'riot,' yet tells reporter to 'watch her back'

By the end of another night of violent unrest in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on Wednesday, police had arrested 24 people, some of whom threw bricks and other projectiles at law enforcement. But CNN's Don Lemon and Sara Sidner noticably avoided using the word "riot."

April 15, 2021

Daunte Wright shooting: Ex-Minnesota police officer Kim Potter to make first court appearance

Kimberly Potter, the former Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright was released from jail Wednesday, according to jail records. 

April 15, 2021

Judge denies Derek Chauvin defense team’s acquittal request in George Floyd’s death

The judge presiding over former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial denied an acquittal request Wednesday by the officer’s defense team.

April 15, 2021

Greg Gutfeld: The toxic, media-driven narrative about policing rides again

The mainstream press is all too willing to fan the flames, then let them rage out of control

April 15, 2021

Brooklyn Center mayor letting ‘political activists’ control him, police group leader claims

Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, Mayor Mike Elliott has been bowing to pressure from "political activists" following Sunday’s police shooting death of Daunte Wright, a police group leader claimed Wednesday.