Minneapolis law enforcement pledges âde-escalationâ should protests follow Chauvin verdict as tactics draw scrutiny
By Kim Bellware and Marisa Iati The Washington Post,Updated April 19, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Demonstrators protested near the Hennepin County Courthouse on April 19, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Scott Olson/Getty
MINNEAPOLIS - As anti-police violence protests roil a suburb and jurors deliberate in the trial of former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, police here on Monday sought to show solidarity with community activists and emphasize that they intend to prioritize de-escalation in the coming days. Our goal is de-escalation and nonconfrontation at all chances, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, told reporters.
Operation Safety Net kicking into high gear ahead of Chauvin verdict
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KTTC) With the jury now deliberating a potential verdict of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, state and city leaders coupled with law enforcement are now in Phase III of Operation Safety Net.
Phase III will feature the largest presence of law enforcement and national guard members since the beginning of the trial.
The Minnesota National Guard alone has 3,000 soldiers and airmen activated in communities to help assist law enforcement keep the peace.
Meanwhile the Minnesota State Patrol is spread so thin the state has asked for help from Ohio and Nebraska.
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Louisiana s Department of Health is offering free single-dose COVID-19 vaccinations at events across Acadiana this week as all residents over 18 are eligible for the shots.
LDH s Region 4 Office of Public Health, which covers Acadiana, is organizing the events in cities across the region, most of which require appointments that can be made online at OPH4.timetap.com or by phone at (337) 262-5311.
The clinics will be offering the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines that do not require a follow-up second-dose to be administered weeks later, unlike the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna varieties.
The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized for emergency use in people 18 and older by the federal Food and Drug Administration, and this week Louisiana is expecting to receive more than 67,700 doses of the Johnson & Johnson, according to data from the CDC.
Black Preacher To Turn World s Only Klan Museum Into A Racial Healing Community Center
The recently founded Echo Project has raised more $375,000 to renovate and the former KKK meeting place and white supremacist museum.
January 18, 2021 at 4:39 pm
Two South Carolina men have formed an organization to renovate a once well-established place of segregation and white supremacy into a place for racial healing and remembrance.
Officially forming the Echo Project in 2019, Laurens, South Carolina, residents Regan Freeman and the Rev. David Kennedy have so far raised more than $375,000 to transform the historic Echo Theatre, later the Redneck Shop and once known as the World s Only Klan Museum, into a community center that will recognize its racist history while also promoting the fight against racial injustices, according to CNN.