Benson Police: Missing 14-Year-Old Found Safe
The Benson Police Department on Friday morning says Cienna Pittman has been found safe.
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The Benson Police Department on Friday morning says Cienna Pittman has been found safe.
It was the most peaceful night of Daunte Wright protests in Brooklyn Center Thursday night with no arrests reported. No pepper spray, tear gas, rubber bullets or flash bangs were used by police and National Guard.
Daunte Wright's family members joined with community leaders Thursday in calling for more serious charges against the white former police officer who fatally shot him, comparing her case to the murder charge brought against a Black officer who killed a white woman in nearby Minneapolis.
A church in Brooklyn Center is hoping to be a place for the community to find peace despite the chaos outside.
City officials in Brooklyn Center announced just after 8 p.m. Thursday that a curfew would go into effect at 10 p.m.
Amidst a time of great division, a west African native and his wife are working to unite Minnesota in a very creative way.
Some Twin Cities hospitals have declared a third surge in the fight against COVID-19.
Thursday afternoon, dozens of protesters were released from the Hennepin County Jail.
One person has died after a four-vehicle crash in south Minneapolis on Thursday morning.
Gov. Tim Walz says law enforcement officers should be "judicious" when using certain crowd-control tactics, like tear gas, on protestors, but that non-lethal means can be necessary to defuse "really dangerous situations."
More than 140 businesses and properties in Minneapolis have been vandalized in the past few days.
Closing arguments are set for Monday in the Derek Chauvin trial after a dramatic final day of testimony.
Wright's death came as the broader Minneapolis area nervously awaits the outcome of the trial for Derek Chauvin, the first of four officers charged in George Floyd's death.
The Judiciary Act of 2021, introduced by a group of House and Senate Democrats on Thursday, calls for an expansion of the Court from nine to 13 justices.
It was a high-stakes decision. Taking the stand could have helped humanize Derek Chauvin to jurors who haven't heard from him directly at trial.
