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April 15 — From a story by Axios: Black people are killed by police at higher rates than white people in

I did not feel vindicated that my testimony was proven correct but a deep sadness that what was foretold has come to be.

The state has been “headed in the same direction for 162 years. Trying to turn the ship is a tall order, but we are in a moment where we have to get it done. If folks are not willing to be in that work with us, then they just have to get out of the way.”

The Pohlad Foundation will invest in innovations in public safety, law enforcement, anti-racism work, and is seeking applicants from the seven-county metro area.

Punishment culture encourages the view that an individual deserves harm — that the individual person is a “bad” person. Punishment marks someone as not worthy of belonging.

Over the last five years, 60 percent of officer-involved shootings occur in Greater Minnesota.

How do we reimagine the work of reducing poverty, supporting mental health services, and dealing with trauma to minimize substance abuse and violence, in order to diminish the need for police to step in as an end to those consequences?

I am tired of the lip service. Let’s do this.

In my fear, I was convinced that if I could amass a group of Black women, the sight of us would bring this dangerously behaving man to his senses.

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New officers are required to knock on doors in the neighborhood they are assigned to patrol.