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Two dead and eight injured in Minneapolis shooting
"Federal grand jury charges 4 former Minneapolis cops with violating George Floyd’s civil rights"
Police say two men in a crowd near a nightclub got into an argument, pulled out guns and started firing
One of those in hospital has critical injuries. Minneapolis police have not made any
arrests yet. Photograph: Jeff Dean/AFP/Getty Images
Associated Press
Sat 22 May 2021 21.37 AEST
Last modified on Sun 23 May 2021 02.40 AEST
Two people were killed and eight more were wounded, one seriously, in a shooting in downtown Minneapolis .. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/minneapolis .. early on Saturday.
Police spokesperson John Elder said the gunfire stemmed from two men in a crowd who got into an argument near the Monarch nightclub, pulled out guns and started shooting, KMSP-TV reported.
No arrests were immediately announced.
Five men and five women were shot, the police department said in a series of tweets. Two of the men died and another man was taken to hospital in a critical condition, police said. The other seven had injuries not considered to be life-threatening.
It was not the only shooting in the city overnight, the Star Tribune reported. Five people were shot in separate incidents. One of them later died.
The latest deaths brought the city’s homicide total to 31 for 2021.
“Last night again brought tragic news,” Minneapolis’s mayor, Jacob Frey, said in a statement on Saturday. “Again, our collective conscience is shocked.”
“These outcomes are not fated,” he said. “We can stem crime in our city, but it will take all of us coming together with a renewed commitment to preventative work and a shared resolve to stop the gun violence and bring the perpetrators to justice.”
Gun-related homicides in mid-sized and large American cities have skyrocketed during the pandemic, and criminologists believe coronavirus-related socioeconomic loss in many communities is causing that trend. A study by the Council on Criminal Justice tracked a 30% increase in homicides overall in a sample of 34 US cities in 2020 as well as an 8% increase in gun assaults.
Frey and other city leaders have come under pressure to reform the city’s police department and promote racial justice and healing since the police killing of George Floyd almost a year ago.
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[Insert: How Camden, N.J., disbanded and rebuilt its police force
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The city of Camden, N.J., a city once known as the most dangerous in the United States, dismantled its police
force seven years ago and rebuilt it from scratch. Canadian expat Bruce Main explains how it happened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zljYgUL2xNk
George Floyd death: How US police are trying to win back trust
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The black man died after Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck and pinned him to the ground for more than nine minutes. Floyd’s death led to protests in Minneapolis and nationwide calling for policing reform and an end to discrimination by officers.
Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter, and three other officers await trial on aiding and abetting charges. The four also face federal charges of violating Floyd’s civil rights, and the police department is the focus of federal and state investigations into its practices.
Frey’s proposals include prioritising funding for more cameras in high-crime areas, and he wants to address disparities in traffic stops by committing to end stops for low-level offences such as broken taillights.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/22/at-least-two-dead-in-minneapolis-shooting
"Federal grand jury charges 4 former Minneapolis cops with violating George Floyd’s civil rights"
Police say two men in a crowd near a nightclub got into an argument, pulled out guns and started firing
One of those in hospital has critical injuries. Minneapolis police have not made any
arrests yet. Photograph: Jeff Dean/AFP/Getty Images
Associated Press
Sat 22 May 2021 21.37 AEST
Last modified on Sun 23 May 2021 02.40 AEST
Two people were killed and eight more were wounded, one seriously, in a shooting in downtown Minneapolis .. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/minneapolis .. early on Saturday.
Police spokesperson John Elder said the gunfire stemmed from two men in a crowd who got into an argument near the Monarch nightclub, pulled out guns and started shooting, KMSP-TV reported.
No arrests were immediately announced.
Five men and five women were shot, the police department said in a series of tweets. Two of the men died and another man was taken to hospital in a critical condition, police said. The other seven had injuries not considered to be life-threatening.
It was not the only shooting in the city overnight, the Star Tribune reported. Five people were shot in separate incidents. One of them later died.
The latest deaths brought the city’s homicide total to 31 for 2021.
“Last night again brought tragic news,” Minneapolis’s mayor, Jacob Frey, said in a statement on Saturday. “Again, our collective conscience is shocked.”
“These outcomes are not fated,” he said. “We can stem crime in our city, but it will take all of us coming together with a renewed commitment to preventative work and a shared resolve to stop the gun violence and bring the perpetrators to justice.”
Gun-related homicides in mid-sized and large American cities have skyrocketed during the pandemic, and criminologists believe coronavirus-related socioeconomic loss in many communities is causing that trend. A study by the Council on Criminal Justice tracked a 30% increase in homicides overall in a sample of 34 US cities in 2020 as well as an 8% increase in gun assaults.
Frey and other city leaders have come under pressure to reform the city’s police department and promote racial justice and healing since the police killing of George Floyd almost a year ago.
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[Insert: How Camden, N.J., disbanded and rebuilt its police force
11,827 views •Jun 11, 2020
CBC News
The city of Camden, N.J., a city once known as the most dangerous in the United States, dismantled its police
force seven years ago and rebuilt it from scratch. Canadian expat Bruce Main explains how it happened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zljYgUL2xNk
George Floyd death: How US police are trying to win back trust
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=163973839]
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The black man died after Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck and pinned him to the ground for more than nine minutes. Floyd’s death led to protests in Minneapolis and nationwide calling for policing reform and an end to discrimination by officers.
Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter, and three other officers await trial on aiding and abetting charges. The four also face federal charges of violating Floyd’s civil rights, and the police department is the focus of federal and state investigations into its practices.
Frey’s proposals include prioritising funding for more cameras in high-crime areas, and he wants to address disparities in traffic stops by committing to end stops for low-level offences such as broken taillights.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/22/at-least-two-dead-in-minneapolis-shooting
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