Jackie DeFoe was found dead in her home from multiple stab wounds March 7 and her son, Kevin, was pronounced dead at the scene from blunt-force trauma. An autopsy later revealed DeFoe was 13 weeks pregnant at the time of her death.
Duluthians march in protest of Daunte Wright shooting
Approximately 100-150 Duluthians joined in a demonstration Wednesday evening in reaction to the killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center earlier in the week. 9:59 pm, Apr. 14, 2021 ×
Quita Leach of Duluth leads a march on First Street in Duluth Wednesday, April 14, 2021 protesting the police shooting of Daunte Wright. On Sunday, April 11, 2021, Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by officer Kim Potter during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
More than 100 protesters marched down First Street Wednesday evening to protest the police shooting of Daunte Wright. On Sunday, April 11, Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by officer Kim Potter during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
Exploiting More Than the Land: Sex Violence Linked to Enbridge Line 3 Pipeliners
One toxic byproduct of pipeline construction has largely escaped public scrutiny: sexual assaults linked to Line 3 workers.
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As the national fight over Enbridge’s 337-mile Line 3 tar sands pipeline in Minnesota continues to intensify amid protests by Indigenous Water Protectors, one toxic byproduct of the pipeline’s construction has largely escaped public scrutiny: sexual assaults and harassment incidents linked to Line 3 workers.
The devastating trend has long plagued U.S. fossil fuel and extraction projects, especially those adjacent to tribal reservations, and helps fuel a much larger human rights crisis in which thousands of Indigenous women and girls are killed or disappeared at shocking rates each year, often after having been trafficked, sexually assaulted or harassed.
2 arrests in human trafficking sting were Line 3 workers
Activists opposed to Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline have long argued its construction would bring sex crimes to northern Minnesota. 6:45 pm, Feb. 23, 2021 ×
Enbridge s Line 3 oil pipeline under construction near the intersection of Hohensee and West Moorhead roads in Carlton County in January. (Clint Austin / 2021 file / caustin@duluthnews.com)
Two of the men charged in last week’s Itasca County human trafficking bust were working on Enbridge s Line 3 project, fueling concern that construction of the oil pipeline is bringing a higher risk of sex crimes to the area.
Michael Kelly West, 53, of Rolla, Missouri, was charged with one count of carrying a pistol without a permit and one count of solicitation to engage in prostitution.
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