We Can’t Breathe

07/28/2022

Rest In Peace George Floyd! 🙏

The sentencings bring to a close the Justice Department's criminal prosecution of the four ex-Minneapolis officers involved in George Floyd's death. The two ex-Minneapolis officers still await trial on state charges.

07/19/2022

Faster than the Jan.6th rioters...wow! So shocking 🙄

A group of Democratic lawmakers protested outside the high court Tuesday, weeks after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

06/30/2022

06/25/2022

President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law the first major federal gun safety legislation passed in decades, marking a significant bipartisan breakthrough on one of the most contentious policy issues in Washington.

06/22/2022

The city has agreed to pay $3.25 million and to change policies and police officer training when it comes to making traffic stops for equipment violations that do not interfere with the safety of the driver, passenger or members of the community, according to a statement from lawyers representing Wright's family.

The settlement also requires the city to make changes to how it handles traffic stops and other police reforms.

04/27/2022

The report from the Minnesota Department of Human Rights found the police department has violated the civil rights law, and says it will work the MPD on a court-enforceable consent decree.

04/13/2022

An 18-year-old gifted teenager has been accepted to 27 colleges and universities and received $4 million in scholarship offers.

04/11/2022

One year ago today Daunte Wright was shot and killed by Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter. While today may be difficult for some to remember Daunte’s mother says it’s a day we must never forget. Later today I’ll share an interview I did with Katie this weekend about what has and has not changed. A public vigil will be held tonight in Daunte’s honor at the intersection where he was killed.

03/16/2022

The cost of the unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd continues to mount for the city of Minneapolis, with the latest hit in the form of a $2.4 million settlement with a demonstrator badly injured by an MPD officer.

Soren Stevenson was shot by a "non-lethal" projectile while protesting in the wake of George Floyd's murder in 2020.