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Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were convicted Thursday of violating George Floyd’s civil rights after being charged with depriving the 46-year-old Black man of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for nine and a half minutes on May 25, 2020.This…Continue Reading

Minneapolis mayor halts no-knock entries after police fatally shoot Black man Amir Locke

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The Minneapolis mayor imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants Friday, two days after a SWAT team entered an apartment and killed Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man who his parents said was “executed” after he was startled from a deep sleep and reached for a legal firearm to protect himself.Andre Locke and Karen Wells, parents…Continue Reading