KARE 11 investigates: ACLU sues to open secret Minneapolis police discipline files
Lawsuit accuses Minneapolis of “willfully subverting” state law to hide police misconduct after KARE 11 reported hundreds of coaching cases are kept secret.
Credit: KARE Author: Brandon Stahl (KARE11), Lauren Leamanczyk, Steve Eckert Published: 11:14 AM CDT June 3, 2021 Updated: 11:14 AM CDT June 3, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS Claiming Minneapolis has a “culture of secrecy,” the American Civil Liberties Union and a Minnesota group devoted to accessing public records
are suing to force the city to release details about hundreds of police misconduct cases currently kept secret.
The lawsuit accuses city officials of hiding behind what it calls “linguistic gymnastics” to bypass a state open records law and cover up police misconduct.
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National Association of Tax Professionals hires new manager of state chapter activity Cynthia Jackson to oversee NATP state chapters, chapter events
BriefingWire.com, 4/12/2021 - APPLETON, Wis. (April 12, 2021) â The National Association of Tax Professionals (NATP) welcomes new Chapter Program Manager, Cynthia Jackson, to its national staff. In her role, Jackson oversees 41 active NATP state chapters and supports chapter leaders in their efforts to provide local members timely education, resources and networking opportunities.
Jackson joins the NATP team with more than 15 years of previous association experience in chapter leadership, fiscal management, volunteer management and strategic planning. She has a passion for association chapters and is excited to continue that work with NATP to enhance and expand the state programs.
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Dr. Margaret Hunter, senior director for the Centers for Educational Justice and Community Engagement at the University of California, Berkeley, has intimately studied the topic of colorism for decades. She believes it has pervaded nearly all aspects of life for people of color. For example, looking at African-Americans or South Asians, you can see very clear differences by skin tone for things like income, educational attainment, spousal status, the kind of neighborhood you live in, how integrated or racially segregated the neighborhood is, down to the kind of criminal justice sentences that people receive, school-based discipline, all kinds of things
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