Seven of the candidates running for Minneapolis Mayor appeared Thursday night to answer questions at a forum sponsored by the DFL Somali Caucus. Continue Reading →
Video Replay: Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates Forum With Somali DFL Caucus
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Nekima Levy-Pounds
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Six Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates Face Off For First Time At Forum
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Hundreds of voters filled the Calvary Church while hundreds more watched on line as six candidates for Minneapolis mayor debated the issues in the first candidate forum of the 2017 election season. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Minimum Wage, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Mayor's Race 2017, Minnesota, Aswar Rahman, betsy hodges, Jacob Frey, Nekima Levy-Pounds
Activist To Candidate: Nekima Levy-Pounds To Run For Minneapolis Mayor
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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. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Minneapolis, Minnesota, betsy hodges, Blong Yang, Jamar Clark, Nekima Levy-Pounds, Raeisha Williams
Misleading To Say “Special Prosecutor” Hired In Philando Castile Case Says NAACP
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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. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Criminal Justice, Police/Community Relations, Don Lewis, Jamar Clark, John Choi, Mike Freeman, NAACP, Nekima Levy-Pounds
Video Replay: Justice Rally For Philando Castile – Rage, Frustration And Prayer
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The line of people wanting to speak just kept growing. NAACP Minneapolis President Nekima Levy-Pounds had called a 10am news conference outside of Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton’s residence to urge him to take action in the fatal police shooting of Philando Castile. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Gun Violence, Minnesota, Police/Community Relations, Racial Equality, Mark Dayton, Nekima Levy-Pounds, Philando Castile
Diamond Reynolds On How Police Killed Philando Castile
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Diamond Reynolds, who recorded video in the car after Philando Castile was shot to death by a police officer, describes what happened and calls for justice in the shooting. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Gun Violence, Police/Community Relations, Diamond Reynolds, Nekima Levy-Pounds
Why The NAACP Opposes MN Police Body Cam Bill
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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. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Minnesota, MN House, Police/Community Relations, Racial Equality, Brian Johnson, Jamar Clark, John Lesch, Nekima Levy-Pounds
Political Campaigns Promised After No Charges In Jamar Clark Case
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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. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Criminal Justice, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Police/Community Relations, Racial Equality, betsy hodges, Jamar Clark, Mike Freeman
Video From Activists Puts Police On Notice In Advance Of Jamar Clark Announcement
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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. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Criminal Justice, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Police/Community Relations, Racial Equality, Jamar Clark, Nekima Levy-Pounds
Why People Are Rallying Against Police Killing Of Jamar Clark
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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. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Criminal Justice, Minnesota, Police/Community Relations, Racial Equality, Jamar Clark, Nekima Levy-Pounds
Hundreds Rally To Have Police Prosecuted For Jamar Clark’s Death
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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. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Criminal Justice, Minnesota, Police/Community Relations, Racial Equality, Jamar Clark, Mike Freeman, Nekima Levy-Pounds
Private Prison Leasing Bill Advances Despite Opposition
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“The notion that we incarcerate people for profit, for corporate profit, I think is the antithesis of America.” — Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner Tom Roy. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Criminal Justice, Economy/Jobs, Minnesota, Racial Equality, NAACP, Nekima Levy-Pounds, prison, Tony Cornish
Photo Depicting Lynching Was Part Of Chain Restaurant Decor
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The caption next to one of the black lynching victims read “All I said was ‘I didn’t like the gumbo.’” Continue Reading →
Filed under: Minnesota, Racial Equality, Black lives matter, Joe's Crab Shack, Nekima Levy-Pounds, racism
Black Lives Matter Stopped Minneapolis “From Burning To The Ground” Says NAACP Leader
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“They have no idea about the number of people that we were able to stop from doing things that would have been harmful and destructive out of rage.” — Nekima Levy-Pounds NAACP Minneapolis President Continue Reading →
Filed under: Minneapolis, Minnesota, Police/Community Relations, Racial Equality, Black lives matter, NAACP, Nekima Levy-Pounds
Mall Of America Target Again For Black Lives Matter
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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. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Gun Violence, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Police/Community Relations, Racial Equality, Black lives matter, Jamar Clark, Nekima Levy-Pounds
Barricaded Police Station Symbol Of Separate But Unequal Minneapolis
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Minneapolis has put up a prison like barricade around a police station in the wake of Black Lives Matters protests. “What are they trying to keep out?” ask the protesters who want the “disturbing” barricade removed and more transparent investigation of the police shooting of an unarmed black man. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Minnesota, Police/Community Relations, Racial Equality, Black lives matter, Nekima Levy-Pounds
New Minneapolis NAACP intends to ‘speak truth to power’
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First official event takes on justice system abuses against women Continue Reading →
Filed under: Criminal Justice, Minnesota, Kemba Smith, NAACP, Nekima Levy-Pounds, Pamela Alexander, prison
Long Probation Part Of MN Prison Population Problem, Says NAACP
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Long paroles mean more parolees get sent back to Minnesota prisons for non-violent offenses, swelling the prison population even more. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Criminal Justice, Minnesota, ISAIAH, Nekima Levy-Pounds, prison
Black Lives Matter In It For The Long Run, Say Organizers
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Organizers and leaders of the Black Lives Matter group say they are ready for what could be a long fight to bring about the change they want. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Minnesota, Racial Equality, Black lives matter, DeWayne Davis, Lenah Katherine Gardner, Luke Stevens-Royer, NAACP, Nekima Levy-Pounds
VIDEO REPLAY- Race And Policing: A Conference on Ferguson and Beyond
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Could what happened in Ferguson, Missouri happen in Minnesota? That’s one of the questions an ACLU-MN panel discussed while examining the disparities between how whites and people of color are treated by police officers. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Criminal Justice, Minnesota, Police/Community Relations, John Gordon, Mark Kappelhoff, Mary Moriarty, Michael O. Freeman, Minnesota ACLU
NAACP Calls For Independent Investigation Of Metro Transit Officer
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Draon Armstrong understands that he violated the law by not paying a $1.75 fare for riding the train. But he doesn’t understand why a Metro Transit officer threw him to the ground while arresting him. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Minnesota, Police/Community Relations, Black lives matter, Draon Armstrong, NAACP, Nekima Levy-Pounds
Can These Stories Help Eliminate Structural Racism?
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It takes more than a law to eliminate structural racism. According to Minneapolis City Council Member Cam Gordon it also takes people speaking up and telling their stories. Listen to some of them. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Minnesota, Police/Community Relations, Racial Equality, Blong Yang, Cam Gordon, jim crow, Mike Griffin, Neighborhoods Organizing for Change
Nekima Levy-Pounds honored at 9th Annual Facing Race Ambassador Awards
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Nekima Levy-Pounds has made it her life’s work to stand up for equal rights and the well-being of all people, especially those who have been marginalized by society. Nekima is a civil rights attorney, an award-winning professor of law at the University of St. Thomas Law School, and a tireless advocate for social justice. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Criminal Justice, Democracy, Free Speech, Issues, Neighborhood Empowerment, Occupy Movement, Racial Equality, Youth Issues
Following Court Appearance, #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Call For Mall Of America Boycott
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As hundreds protested outside court house, eleven organizers of a December Black Lives Matter protest at the Mall of America appeared in court on various charges that could send them to jail for up to two years. They all pleaded not guilty. The next court date has been set for May 1. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Minnesota, Racial Equality, Black lives matter, Ferguson, mall of america, Nekima Levy-Pounds
Social Justice Activists Make Waves At Capitol on School, Homeless Issues
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The day of social activism began with a coalition of African-American and religious leaders calling for an end to school suspensions and police officers in schools; later, advocates for the homeless asked the legislature to pass a $100 million bonding bill to prevent homelessness. Continue Reading →