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No Criminal Charges For Officers In Jamar Clark Shooting

Adam Ciminello March 30, 2016 #BlackLivesMatter

A protester carries a sign during a protest over shooting death of Jamar Clark in Minneapolis on 18 November 2015. Photograph: Craig Lassig/Reuters

Minneapolis County attorney decides not to press charges against two officers involved in fatal shooting of unarmed Jamar Clark Witnesses allege Clark was handcuffed and face down on the sidewalk when he was shot Fatal shooting sparked Black Lives Matter protests nationwide and activists camped outside Minneapolis Police Department for …

Minnesota Republican State Rep Glenn Guenhagen Thinks LGBT Persons Are “Mentally Ill” And Should “Receive Treatment”

Adam Ciminello March 30, 2016 LGBTQ

Minn Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen
Credit: thecolu.mn

Sponsors bill forcing transgender people to use bathrooms corresponding to their ‘biological sex’ Said LGBT persons should ‘receive treatment’ instead of legal protections A Minnesota Republican state representative named Glenn Gruenhagen has sponsored a bill which would force transgender people to use bathrooms corresponding to their “biological sex” instead of their identified gender. …

Minnesota High School Students Dress Up Like KKK For Dodgeball Tournament

Adam Ciminello January 31, 2016 #BlackLivesMatter

A Minnesota area high school has come under intense scrutiny after several white male students were caught showing up to a dodgeball dressed like the Ku Klux Klan. As first reported by WCCO, students from Mound Westonka High School were spotted by parents and community members wearing pointed white hats and …

Cop Shoots Unarmed Driver, Blames It On ‘Muscle Memory’

Adam Ciminello January 26, 2016 Police Brutality

A new dashcam video has surfaced showing an Eden Praire, Minn officer shooting an unarmed driver in the back with no cause. When asked about the mistake, Sergeant Lonnie Soppeland said it was due to stress and “muscle memory from a recent training exercise. Via Raw Story: Video published last …

Black Lives Matter Demands Cop Charged For Encouraging Drivers To Run Over Activists

Adam Ciminello January 25, 2016 #BlackLivesMatter, Corruption

Rashad Turner, left, of Black Lives Matter (BLM), Marea Perry, center, co-pastor of Above Every Name Ministry in St. Paul, and Trahern Crews, also of BLM, said they didn't accept the apology of St. Paul Police Sgt. Jeffrey Rothecker and called for him to be immediately terminated during a news conference at the State Office Building in St. Paul on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. Sgt. Rothecker told drivers in a Facebook post to run over BLM protestors. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri)

The St. Paul, Minn, chapter of Black Lives Matter is calling for authorities to criminally charge the police sergeant who posted the “Run them over” message on social media, as first reported by the Pioneer Press. Via The Root: Sgt. Jeffrey Rothecker apologized Wednesday for his post, which appeared ahead of …

Death And Disappearances Of Native Americans Occurring At Alarming Rates In Northern United States, Police Eerily Silent

Adam Ciminello January 20, 2016 Crimes Against Women, Native Americans

Patti Larsen of Mending the Sacred Hoop, an organization focused on ending violence against Native women. Photograph: Zoe Sullivan for the Guardian

Local activists in Minnesota have been urging local, state, and federal law enforcement units to take seriously a disturbing trend of crimes against Native American women, efforts they claim have been met with callous indifference from police forces and lawmakers. Three Native American women have been killed and two more …

Cop in St. Paul tells drivers to run over Black Lives Matter protestors on Facebook, tells them not to worry because they will win in court

Rebecca Lawrence January 19, 2016 #BlackLivesMatter, America, Discrimination, Law Enforcement, Police Brutality, Racism

Jamine Clark points to the name of his brother, Jamar Clark, on an upside-down flag bearing names of people killed at the hands of police outside the Minneapolis Police Department's Fourth Precinct, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, in Minneapolis. Black Lives Matter demonstrators have set up an encampment at the precinct which is near the site of the Sunday shooting of Jamar Clark by a Minneapolis police officer. Clark has been taken off life support. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

A police officer, identified as Sgt. Jeff Rothecker in St. Paul, Minnesota, is under investigation for a Facebook post he made on Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday which suggest drivers encountering Black Lives Matter protestors on January 15 shouldn’t “slow down for any of these idiots who try and block the …