10 things you need to know today: April 14, 2021 Harold Maass
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The Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the timetable. Biden is expected to announce Wednesday that he will leave thousands of troops in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline set in negotiations last year between the Trump administration and the Taliban, which has vowed to renew attacks on U.S. and NATO soldiers if they stay longer. Setting a clear plan to exit is necessary to avoid renewed war after the deadline passes, one official said. The Taliban did not immediately release a response to the reports of Biden s plans. U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan fluctuates, and is currently about 1,000 above the official target level of 2,500, the
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Mayor Mike Elliot (Credit: NBC News)
We’ve seen a lot of craziness over this past year with the ‘Defund the Police’ movement on the left.
Maybe it’s just me, but it never made sense to me. If you truly wanted to improve things, why would you take money away, rather than have more training, if you actually thought there was a real problem? Taking more money away, having fewer cops, guarantees more crime, more chaos, and more people including black people hurt. Why would you ever think that was logical? The only way it makes sense is if you actually want more chaos.
Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned Tuesday, two days after Potter shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Gannon has said he believed Potter mistakenly grabbed her pistol when she was trying to pull out her Taser.
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Law enforcement officials with Operation Safety Net confirmed that dozens were arrested following a demonstration protesting the police shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center.
Authorities said during an early morning press conference that bricks and cans were among the objects thrown at police officers during the third night of protests at the Brooklyn Center Police Department, after a member of their department shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop.
Col. Matt Langer, with the State Patrol, said upwards of 60 people were arrested in connection with the unrest Tuesday night. The behaviors we continue to see are unacceptable, and we are not going to tolerate them, Langer insisted. We encourage you to be peaceful and come and exercise your first amendment rights, it is not acceptable and will not be tolerated if you choose to come and do criminal activity and destroy property and throw objects and make it unsafe for people to come and exercise your
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