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Gun Violence

How Protesters Shut Down Mayor Hodges’ News Conference On Harteau Resignation

By Michael McIntee | July 21, 2017

Timing, luck and determination helped protesters shut down Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges’ Friday night news conference. One of the protesters tells us how it was done.

Gun Violence

Minneapolis Police Chief Resigns In Wake Of Justine Damond Shooting

By Michael McIntee | July 21, 2017

Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau has resigned in the wake of a Minneapolis police officer shooting and killing Justine Damond. Mayor Betsy Hodges says she asked Harteau to resign.

Gun Violence

Clark Shooting, Racial Disparities Fuel Grilling Of Minneapolis City Council Candidates

By Video by Bill Sorem, Text by Michael McIntee | February 23, 2017

Community anger in north Minneapolis over the police shooting of Jamar Clark is a force in the 2017 Minneapolis City Council races. That was apparent this past Thursday as activists and residents an opportunity to directly question City Council candidates about stopping police violence.

Minneapolis

Activist To Candidate: Nekima Levy-Pounds To Run For Minneapolis Mayor

By Bill Sorem | November 15, 2016

Levy-Pounds made her announcement outside the Minneapolis 4th Police Precinct, the same place where she and many others had staged protests a year ago when Jamar Clark was gunned down by police.

Criminal Justice

Misleading To Say “Special Prosecutor” Hired In Philando Castile Case Says NAACP

By Michael McIntee | July 29, 2016

Ramsey County Attorney John Choi has taken the rare step of hiring a special prosecutor — Don Lewis— to help with deciding if police officers who killed Philando Castile at a traffic stop should be prosecuted.

Minnesota

Why The NAACP Opposes MN Police Body Cam Bill

By Michael McIntee | May 11, 2016

Trust of the police and the justice system when it comes to people of color is low. So it may be surprising that the Minneapolis NAACP is against a bill in the Minnesota legislature that would pave the way for more cities to equip their police with “body cams” that could show conclusively if an officer took inappropriate action.

Criminal Justice

Video Replay: Town Hall On Sentencing Reform And Appleton Prison

By Bill Sorem | April 26, 2016

A bipartisan group of Minnesota legislators plus others hold a town hall meeting on prison sentence reform and the Appleton Prison.

Criminal Justice

Tears, Anger And Resolve After No Charges In Jamar Clark Killing

By Video by Benjamin Gross & Bill Sorem, Text By Michael McIntee | April 3, 2016

“Although I cry today, I will be fighting tomorrow.” — Asha Long, one of many people angered and vowing action after no charges were filed against the police who killed Jamar Clark.

Criminal Justice

Political Campaigns Promised After No Charges In Jamar Clark Case

By Video by Bill Sorem, text by Michael McIntee | March 30, 2016

NAACP Minneapolis President Nekima Levy-Pounds says County Attorney Mike Freeman needs to be replaced. She is fielding candidates to run against Freeman and did not rule herself out as a candidate.

Criminal Justice

Video And Other Evidence Released In Jamar Clark Shooting

By Michael McIntee | March 30, 2016

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said he was releasing all of the video in the police killing of Jamar Clark. We’re posting it here as we get it. Freeman declined to charge either of the officers in the case today.

Criminal Justice

Video From Activists Puts Police On Notice In Advance Of Jamar Clark Announcement

By Michael McIntee | March 30, 2016

Activists say they will not tolerate police engaging in excessive force and say they are planning “nonviolent, peaceful protest.” The police must strike a balance between protecting free speech and public safety says the video.

Criminal Justice

Why People Are Rallying Against Police Killing Of Jamar Clark

By Video by Benjamin Gross & Bill Sorem, Text By Michael McIntee | March 28, 2016

People who attended a rally calling for justice in the Minneapolis police killing of Jamar Clark tell us in song and prose why they are there.

Criminal Justice

Hundreds Rally To Have Police Prosecuted For Jamar Clark’s Death

By Bill Sorem | March 26, 2016

Several hundred people rallied Saturday to put pressure on Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman to prosecute the Minneapolis police officers who shot and killed Jamar Clark.

Criminal Justice

Community Celebrates Decision To Not Use Grand Jury In Clark Police Shooting Case.

By Text by Cirien Saadeh, Video By Bill Sorem | March 16, 2016

Grand juries don’t provide enough transparency and accountability in police shootings says the Hennepin County Attorney. So no grand jury in the Jamar Clark case or any future police shootings.

Criminal Justice

Artists “Break The Silence” Of White Privilege At #Justice4Jamar Fundraiser

By Video by Benjamin Gross, Text By Michael McIntee | February 16, 2016

“Doors getting slammed in their (minorities) faces and you don’t even notice there’s doors there. Because to you they’re just door frames.” said Poet Misty Rowan to the mostly black crowd that clicked their fingers in approval.

Gun Violence

Mall Of America Target Again For Black Lives Matter

By Video by Bill Sorem, Text by Michael McIntee | December 17, 2015

Black Lives Matter is threatening to protest at the nation’s largest shopping mall during one of the busiest shopping days of the year if its demands are not met, including the release of video surrounding the police shooting of Jamar Clark.

Criminal Justice

Man Claims Police Threatened Him After White Supremacists Shot Him

By Video by Bill Sorem, text by Michael McIntee | December 10, 2015

When you’re the victim of a shooting you expect the police to help you, not threaten you. But that’s what Wesley Martin says happened to him after a group of white supremacists opened fire on him and four other Black Lives Matter protesters in Minneapolis on November 23.

Criminal Justice

“Unless Black Lives Matter, All Lives Can’t Matter” Says NAACP Head

By Video by Bill Sorem, Text by Bill Sorem And Michael McIntee | November 22, 2015

“We understand that all lives matter. Unless black lives matter, all lives can’t matter” Cornell Brooks, National NAACP president told the crowd. “We are in it for the long haul.”

Criminal Justice

Jamar Clark Murder Investigation Already “Screwed Up,” Says Police Brutality Prevention Group

By Video by Bill Sorem, Text by Michael McIntee | November 21, 2015

Michelle Gross says what Minneapolis police did at the shooting scene will prevent the state and federal investigators from gathering all of the eyewitness accounts.