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Floyd family meets with Biden as Congress mulls police bill

8:36 pm May 25, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden will meet with the family of George Floyd at the White House Tuesday on the one year anniversary of his death. But beyond the meeting, Biden has yet to offer concrete action for the family of the man whose death at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer sparked a global reckoning over systemic […]

Police: 2 dead, 8 wounded in downtown Minneapolis shooting

11:32 pm May 22, 2021

Minneapolis: Two people were killed and eight more were wounded, one seriously, in a shooting in downtown Minneapolis early Saturday, police said. Police spokesperson John Elder said the gunfire stemmed from two men in a crowd who got into an argument near the Monarch nightclub, pulled out guns and started shooting, KMSP-TV reported. No arrests were immediately announced. Five men and five women […]

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Floyd verdict gives hope, if only fleeting, to Black America

11:07 pm April 21, 2021

Minneapolis: Relief, even if fleeting and momentary, is a feeling that Black Americans have rarely known in America: From slavery to Jim Crow segregation to enduring punishments for living while Black, a breath of fresh air untainted by oppression has long been hard to come by. Nonetheless, the conviction of ex-cop Derek Chauvin for murdering […]

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In Minneapolis, a fortified city awaits Chauvin verdict

9:53 pm April 20, 2021

Minneapolis: Just outside the entrance to Smile Orthodontics, in a Minneapolis neighborhood of craft breweries and trendy shops, two soldiers in jungle camouflage and body armor were on watch Monday, assault rifles slung over their backs. Snow flurries blew around them. A few steps away at the Iron Door Pub, three more National Guard soldiers […]

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Jurors in ex-officer’s high-profile trial face heavy burden

12:11 am March 29, 2021

Minneapolis: One prospective juror’s voice quivered as she told attorneys during jury selection that she feared for her family’s safety if chosen for the panel that will decide the fate of a white former police officer charged with killing George Floyd. When the judge excused her, the woman exhaled in relief. Jurors at all trials […]

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