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Biden, Trump Have Very Different Mondays

President met with police, while former VP met with family of George Floyd

(Newser) - Monday may have presented voters with what could become a major theme of the 2020 race between President Trump and Joe Biden. The president met with and praised police, while the former vice president met with the family of George Floyd. As the Los Angeles Times sees it, Trump looks...

Minneapolis Cops Slashed Tires of Protesters' Cars

Agencies say they were concerned vehicles would be used aggressively

(Newser) - Minneapolis police officers slashed tires on parked cars during recent protests in the city, the Star-Tribune reports. Two agencies have acknowledged doing so after Mother Jones published videos of cops puncturing tires in a K-Mart parking lot on May 30 and on a highway overpass the following day. Both locations...

Police Chief Turns Her Job Over to 'Exact Right Person'

Mayor had asked city to stop using tear gas against protesters last weekend

(Newser) - With the police department in Portland receiving heavy criticism from the ACLU of Oregon and others for its response to the protests, Chief Jami Resch considered what the city needs. The answer, she decided, was someone else as police chief. She turned to Lt. Chuck Lovell, who hadn't sought...

Shop Ends Cop Discount, Sells Out of Doughnuts

'We're fed up' with injustice, RI shop said

(Newser) - Allie's Donuts has allied itself with Black Lives Matter activists calling for police reforms. The doughnut shop in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, declared on Instagram Saturday that it was ending discounts for police officers and members of the military, Fox13 reports. The owner said the move was sparked by...

&#39;Defund the Police&#39; Becomes New Mantra
What People Mean
by 'Defund the Police'
the rundown
Jun 8, 2020 7:42 AM CDT

What People Mean by 'Defund the Police'

It varies, but common idea is to divert money from police to social programs, communities

(Newser) - The George Floyd protests have resulted in a new mantra: "Defund the police." But what does that mean exactly? The definitions vary, but the most common one centers on redirecting some of the money that goes to police departments to social programs and marginalized communities, reports CNN . Police...

Minneapolis City Council: We're Dismantling the Police

Councilors pledge to build a new public-safety system

(Newser) - A veto-proof majority of nine Minneapolis City Council members vowed Sunday to "dismantle" the city's police department, the New York Times reports. Standing on a hill before hundreds of people, they said the current department was beyond reform and will be replaced with a new public-safety system. "...

New Cop Killings Spark Outrage, Manslaughter Charge

Among them, a new 'I can't breathe' case in Tacoma

(Newser) - Stories of police attacking and killing people are cropping up online, including one about a New Mexico cop who's been charged with killing a man pulled over in a traffic stop. CBS News reports that Officer Christopher Smelser is facing involuntary manslaughter after gripping the man, Antonio Valenzuela, in...

2 Buffalo Police Officers Are Charged With Assault

Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski surrendered Saturday

(Newser) - Two Buffalo police officers were charged with assault Saturday, prosecutors said, after a video showed them shoving a 75-year-old protester in recent demonstrations over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, the AP reports. Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski, who surrendered Saturday morning, pleaded not guilty to second-degree assault. They...

57 Cops Quit Their Unit Amid Shove Hubbub

Entire unit of Buffalo PD resigns after 2 of their own were suspended following incident with elderly man

(Newser) - Two police officers in Buffalo, NY, were suspended after a video circulated showing them shoving an elderly man to the ground during a George Floyd protest on Thursday evening, and now an entire unit within the city's police department has resigned. USA Today cites the Buffalo News in reporting...

Minneapolis Instituting a Big Ban After George Floyd Death

No more chokeholds to be allowed by police

(Newser) - Negotiators for the city of Minneapolis have agreed with the state to ban the use of chokeholds by police, and to require police to report and intervene any time they see an unauthorized use of force by another officer. The moves are part of a stipulation between the city and...

How Hollywood Can Help: Overhaul Cop Shows, Films
'Whitewashed' Cop Movies,
TV Shows Have to Go
OPINION
Jun 5, 2020 12:41 PM CDT

'Whitewashed' Cop Movies, TV Shows Have to Go

In 'WaPo,' Alyssa Rosenberg calls for more realistic storytelling about police

(Newser) - In the wake of the death of George Floyd , the subject of racism and police brutality is now top of mind for most Americans. Alyssa Rosenberg has one idea on how Hollywood can help move things forward on these pervasive, intertwined issues: "Halt production on cop shows and movies...

Family: Chicago Cops Put Knee on Woman's Neck

'She never resisted'

(Newser) - Chicago woman Mia Wright says police officers smashed a car's windows and pulled her out of the vehicle at a mall Sunday—but the most terrifying part was when an officer, despite days of nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd, restrained her by kneeling on her neck....

After Students Pulled From Car, 6 Atlanta Officers Charged

2 of them were fired after the Saturday night confrontation

(Newser) - A high-profile incident caught on video in Atlanta has led to more than just two officers being fired . Six officers who involved in the arrests of two college students who were pulled out of a car amid protests in the city Saturday night have been criminally charged, Fulton County District...

Hitler's Birthplace to Get 'Downright Most Suitable Use'

Austrian cops to move in after $5.6M refurbishment

(Newser) - Austrian authorities have presented the winning plan to redesign the house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889: They will turn it into a police station and try to make it unattractive as a pilgrimage site for people who glorify the Nazi dictator. A design by Austrian architects Marte.Marte...

Charged Minn. Cop Used 'Overkill' Tactics at Nightclub

'He would mace everyone' on 'African American nights,' former owner says

(Newser) - A white Minneapolis police officer and the black man he's charged with killing both worked as security guards at the same Latin nightclub as recently as last year, but its former owner says she’s not sure if they knew each other, the AP reports. What she is certain...

Pentagon Takes 'Rare Step' After Latest Protests

And Minnesota's governor calls in more National Guard

(Newser) - Minnesota's governor is "fully mobilizing" the National Guard to quell violence that has erupted in Minneapolis and to some extent in St. Paul, USA Today reports. Numbers vary, but CBS Minnesota notes that up to 13,000 soldiers and airmen might be serving in Minnesota and CNN reports...

George Floyd's Family Urges Calm in Minneapolis

Seeing Minneapolis burning 'would devastate' him, girlfriend says

(Newser) - As civil rights leaders arrived in Minneapolis, relatives of a man killed in a confrontation with police this week urged an end to the violence and looting in the city George Floyd loved. A statement issued by the family's lawyer thanked demonstrators for "standing for justice," but...

Coach in Hot Water Over Posts About Minneapolis Death

Wrestling coach depicted himself with knee on his neck and wrote 'not dead yet'

(Newser) - A high school wrestling coach who aimed to defend police in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis is now defending himself from charges of racism. Dave Hollenbeck, a wrestling instructor at Bethel High School in Washington state, posted images of himself in which he is on...

Man Barges Into Office Meeting and Opens Fire

Some 30 officers are on the scene in France

(Newser) - Police say a man walked into a business meeting in France on Wednesday and opened fire with a handgun, killing three people and injuring a fourth, CNN reports. He then "turned the gun on himself," says a police spokeswoman. "He is now injured and was transferred to...

Mayor: Let's Charge the 'I Can't Breathe' Cop

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey weighed in after protesters hit the streets

(Newser) - The mayor of Minneapolis called Wednesday for criminal charges to be filed against the white police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed black man during an arrest, even after the man said he couldn't breathe and stopped moving, the AP reports. Based on the...

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