Authorities have launched an investigation after a woman’s body was found beheaded in a neighborhood outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota this week. America Thayer, 55, was found dead with her head decapitated on a sidewalk in Shakopee, a suburban area in the Twin Cities on July 28, Fox 9 reported. Officers responded to a call of […]
Minnesota’s attorney general has asked the judge who oversaw former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial to modify language in his sentencing memo. Keith Ellison says the current wording minimizes the trauma experienced by minors, two of which were Black, who witnessed Chauvin kill George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Judge Peter Cahill stated in the […]
A 9-year-old girl in Minnesota confronted members of her school board for posters of Black Lives Matter and Amanda Gorman that hang on the walls of her school after she was told political posters were not permitted. The “no politics in school policy,” was implemented by the district last month the Washington Examiner reported. The girl, […]
White St. Paul Officer Apologizes During Sentencing for Assaulting Innocent Black Man Was Already Getting Mauled By Police Dog A former St. Paul, Minnesota officer was sentenced to six years in prison by a federal court judge on Friday, May 21, for using excessive force against an unarmed civilian during a 2016 arrest involving a […]
A video shows a Minnesota Department of Corrections official showing him harassing people peacefully protesting police violence last Sunday. The video shows Sgt. Paul Gorder wearing American flag shorts and yelling at the protesters. “F**k you, f**kers!” Gorder yells. A woman standing next to him — who has since been identified as Kimberly Beer, his […]
Protests erupted in Minnesota after police shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. During a Monday press conference, Brooklyn Center Police Department Chief Tim Cannon asserted that the officer unintentionally drew their handgun as opposed to their taser, concluding that the fatal shooting was accidental. “During […]
A Minnesota judge declared a mistrial in the case of Anthony James Trifiletti, who was on trial for second-degree murder after shooting 39-year-old Douglas Lewis during a traffic incident in May 2020, according to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office. Dennis Gerhardstein, public information officer for the county attorney, explained to Blavity in a statement that the office […]
A lawmaker in Minnesota is seeking to ban trans women from high school sports by introducing harsh criminal penalties. The proposed legislation would have teens jailed if they used a women’s locker room and fined if they participated in women’s sports at all, according to the text of the bill introduced by State Rep. Eric Lucero. […]
Dave Revsine, Howard Griffith, Joshua Perry and Gerry DiNardo have a discussion on the challenges facing African American head coaches in college football. #NCAAFootball SUBSCRIBE to Big Ten Network on YouTube for the latest highlights and videos: http://www.btn.com/youtubesubscribe Looking for videos for your favorite Big Ten school? FOLLOW our YouTube Big Ten school Playlists: ▶ […]
“Black Men Teach is trying to get Black men in elementary school classrooms,” Markus Flynn, executive director of Black Men Teach told KARE 11. “The reason we focus on elementary school is because there are studies that say the longitudinal impact that black teachers have is tremendous.” Markus says he got involved after seeing a […]