6:00News StoryAndy Browne and his wife Leslie Bowden said police are even less responsive than before George Floyd’s death.“They don’t like our neighborhood, they don’t like us, they don’t like black and brown people, they don’t like white people who associate with black, brown people,” Bowden said. “Growing up here, this is the way they are and now it’s just becoming more apparent and flagrant.” Photo by Emma Gottschalk/Minnesota Reformer.·Dispatch: We spoke to the caller at 37th and Chicago. Per the doctor, due to a spinal cord injury, they are not going to move her. Officer: Who is...…6:00News StoryAndy Browne and his wife Leslie Bowden said police are even less responsive than before George Floyd’s death.“They don’t like our neighborhood, they don’t like us, they don’t like black and brown people, they don’t like white people who associate with black, brown people,” Bowden said. “Growing up here, this is the way they are and now it’s just becoming more apparent and flagrant.” Photo by Emma Gottschalk/Minnesota Reformer.·Dispatch: We spoke to the caller at 37th and Chicago. Per the doctor, due to a spinal cord injury, they are not going to move her. Officer: Who is...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMinneapolis resident Stephanie Wilford, who is considered high risk for contracting covid-19 because of a heart condition, planned to vote by mail in her state primary Tuesday.But with just days left until Election Day, the 60-year-old had not received her absentee ballot. In fact, her public housing complex of 567 residents had mysteriously stopped receiving any mail for more than a week.“I’m pissed off. We’re not getting mail for some reason,” said Wilford, who now plans to go to the polls in person Tuesday. “I’ve had...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMinneapolis resident Stephanie Wilford, who is considered high risk for contracting covid-19 because of a heart condition, planned to vote by mail in her state primary Tuesday.But with just days left until Election Day, the 60-year-old had not received her absentee ballot. In fact, her public housing complex of 567 residents had mysteriously stopped receiving any mail for more than a week.“I’m pissed off. We’re not getting mail for some reason,” said Wilford, who now plans to go to the polls in person Tuesday. “I’ve had...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareBROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Police fatally shot a man after a traffic stop on Sunday in suburban Minneapolis, sparking clashes between hundreds of protesters and officers in an area where tensions are already high during the ongoing trial of former.The victim’s family identified him as 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Hours after the shooting, hundreds of protesters surrounded the police headquarters and clashed with officers in riot gear, who fired stun grenades and tear gas. The Minnesota National Guard, which is deployed to the...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareBROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Police fatally shot a man after a traffic stop on Sunday in suburban Minneapolis, sparking clashes between hundreds of protesters and officers in an area where tensions are already high during the ongoing trial of former.The victim’s family identified him as 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Hours after the shooting, hundreds of protesters surrounded the police headquarters and clashed with officers in riot gear, who fired stun grenades and tear gas. The Minnesota National Guard, which is deployed to the...WW…

Gandhi Mahal has long had a reputation in the Twin Cities for promoting social justice and . Owner Ruhel Islam has said he tries to live by the values of its namesake, Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian political ethicist and practitioner of nonviolent resistance.In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, Islam and his restaurant gained national fame when, as a fire swept through his building the night the third precinct was overrun, he was quoted in a Facebook post written by his daughter as saying, The post was shared more than 33,000 times, and in subsequent national and international news...…Gandhi Mahal has long had a reputation in the Twin Cities for promoting social justice and . Owner Ruhel Islam has said he tries to live by the values of its namesake, Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian political ethicist and practitioner of nonviolent resistance.In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, Islam and his restaurant gained national fame when, as a fire swept through his building the night the third precinct was overrun, he was quoted in a Facebook post written by his daughter as saying, The post was shared more than 33,000 times, and in subsequent national and international news...WW…