I have heard from various sources that none have gone into any Black Communities which is why I was asking. Where is the proof? What have they done? Blacks that were interviewed said that they've seen nothing of any of the funds and I suppose they wouldn't have since there's still $60M in the bank account. They received $90M but apparently purchasing expensive homes was first on the list. Just sayin....
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Cousin of Black man shot dead arrested in probe that drew Minneapolis raid
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Rami Ayyub
Publishing date:Feb 08, 2022 • 13 hours ago • 2 minute read • Join the conversation
A demonstrator holds a photo of Amir Locke during a rally in protest of his killing, outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 5, 2022.
A demonstrator holds a photo of Amir Locke during a rally in protest of his killing, outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 5, 2022. PHOTO BY KEREM YUCEL /AFP via Getty Images
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The cousin of Amir Locke, a young Black man who was shot dead by Minneapolis police executing a “no-knock” search warrant last week, has been arrested in a homicide probe that led officers to conduct the fatal raid, police and prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Police in neighbouring Saint Paul said a 17-year-old, who county prosecutors identified as Locke’s cousin, Mekhi Speed, had been arrested Monday in connection with a Jan. 10 homicide.
“This arrest is related to the search warrants that were served last week in Minneapolis,” the Saint Paul Police Department said on Twitter.
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The fatal shooting of Locke, 22, in an apartment in Minneapolis, the state’s largest city, has drawn protests against no-knock search warrants authorizing police to enter private property without first alerting occupants.
Locke had not been named in the warrant issued in relation to the Saint Paul homicide investigation, and police have acknowledged it was unclear if he was connected.
The apartment raided on Feb. 2 was registered to the girlfriend of Speed’s brother, according to a charging document filed by Ramsey County Attorney John J. Choi. Speed’s brother, his girlfriend and Locke were at the apartment at the time.
The document identified Locke as “A.L.,” adding he was “Speed’s cousin” and was “shot during execution of the warrant and now deceased.”
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Speed was charged Tuesday with two counts of second-degree murder in the killing of Minneapolis resident Otis Elder, 38, the document said, adding Speed is being held at the Ramsey County Juvenile Detention Center.
Locke’s parents have joined others in Minneapolis in calling for an end to no-knock warrants in the city. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced a moratorium on such searches on Friday, and some state lawmakers are seeking to enact legislation limiting them.
“The no-knock warrant is what caused Amir’s death,” his father, Andre Locke, told CNN in an interview on Tuesday. “He didn’t even see what was coming. He couldn’t see who took his life.”
Holding back tears, Locke’s mother, Karen Wells, said during the interview: “As professional people that carry guns and are supposed to protect and serve a community, they didn’t protect my son that day.”
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The day after Locke’s killing, police released video footage from the raid that showed Locke holding a gun as he twisted beneath a blanket on a sofa after being roused by officers.
Building on protests held over the weekend, students at several Minneapolis schools staged a walkout on Tuesday, waving banners that read “Justice for Amir Locke” and “Protect Young Black Lives,” photos and video on social media showed.
The incident is the latest to put the Minneapolis police department under scrutiny. Almost two years ago, George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was killed by a white officer who knelt on his neck for over nine minutes during an arrest.
Outrage over Floyd’s death sparked a nationwide movement challenging police brutality and bias in the U.S. criminal justice system.
The officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck, Derek Chauvin, was convicted by a jury of unintentional second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin has filed notice that he will appeal the conviction.
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Rami Ayyub
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A demonstrator holds a photo of Amir Locke during a rally in protest of his killing, outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 5, 2022.
A demonstrator holds a photo of Amir Locke during a rally in protest of his killing, outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 5, 2022. PHOTO BY KEREM YUCEL /AFP via Getty Images
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The cousin of Amir Locke, a young Black man who was shot dead by Minneapolis police executing a “no-knock” search warrant last week, has been arrested in a homicide probe that led officers to conduct the fatal raid, police and prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Police in neighbouring Saint Paul said a 17-year-old, who county prosecutors identified as Locke’s cousin, Mekhi Speed, had been arrested Monday in connection with a Jan. 10 homicide.
“This arrest is related to the search warrants that were served last week in Minneapolis,” the Saint Paul Police Department said on Twitter.
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The fatal shooting of Locke, 22, in an apartment in Minneapolis, the state’s largest city, has drawn protests against no-knock search warrants authorizing police to enter private property without first alerting occupants.
Locke had not been named in the warrant issued in relation to the Saint Paul homicide investigation, and police have acknowledged it was unclear if he was connected.
The apartment raided on Feb. 2 was registered to the girlfriend of Speed’s brother, according to a charging document filed by Ramsey County Attorney John J. Choi. Speed’s brother, his girlfriend and Locke were at the apartment at the time.
The document identified Locke as “A.L.,” adding he was “Speed’s cousin” and was “shot during execution of the warrant and now deceased.”
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Speed was charged Tuesday with two counts of second-degree murder in the killing of Minneapolis resident Otis Elder, 38, the document said, adding Speed is being held at the Ramsey County Juvenile Detention Center.
Locke’s parents have joined others in Minneapolis in calling for an end to no-knock warrants in the city. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced a moratorium on such searches on Friday, and some state lawmakers are seeking to enact legislation limiting them.
“The no-knock warrant is what caused Amir’s death,” his father, Andre Locke, told CNN in an interview on Tuesday. “He didn’t even see what was coming. He couldn’t see who took his life.”
Holding back tears, Locke’s mother, Karen Wells, said during the interview: “As professional people that carry guns and are supposed to protect and serve a community, they didn’t protect my son that day.”
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The day after Locke’s killing, police released video footage from the raid that showed Locke holding a gun as he twisted beneath a blanket on a sofa after being roused by officers.
Building on protests held over the weekend, students at several Minneapolis schools staged a walkout on Tuesday, waving banners that read “Justice for Amir Locke” and “Protect Young Black Lives,” photos and video on social media showed.
The incident is the latest to put the Minneapolis police department under scrutiny. Almost two years ago, George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was killed by a white officer who knelt on his neck for over nine minutes during an arrest.
Outrage over Floyd’s death sparked a nationwide movement challenging police brutality and bias in the U.S. criminal justice system.
The officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck, Derek Chauvin, was convicted by a jury of unintentional second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin has filed notice that he will appeal the conviction.
Cousin of Black man shot dead arrested in probe that drew Minneapolis raid
The cousin of Amir Locke, a young Black man who was shot dead by Minneapolis police executing a “no-knock” search warrant last week, has been arrested in a homicide…
California sues Tesla over Black workers' allegations of discrimination
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Daniel Wiessner and Hyunjoo Jin
Publishing date:Feb 10, 2022 • 15 hours ago • 3 minute read • Join the conversation
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A California state agency has sued Tesla Inc. over allegations by some Black workers that the company tolerated racial discrimination at an assembly plant, adding to claims made in several other lawsuits against the electric car maker.
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The lawsuit filed in state court late on Wednesday said Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, is racially segregated, according to excerpts provided by the state’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), a civil rights agency.
DFEH quoted some Black workers as saying they are subjected to racist slurs and drawings and assigned the most physically demanding jobs.
A copy of the complaint was not immediately available.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company said in a blog post on Wednesday it was expecting the lawsuit, which it called misguided.
The DFEH said working conditions at the plant are so intolerable that many Black employees have been forced to quit.
“Workers referred to the Tesla factory as the ‘slaveship’ or ‘the plantation,’ where defendants’ production leads ‘crack the whip,'” according to one excerpt.
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Tesla said in the blog post that over the past five years, DFEH had concluded that nearly 50 individual discrimination complaints against the company lacked merit, contradicting the agency’s claims of widespread discrimination. The company said it does not tolerate harassment and has disciplined and fired workers who engaged in misconduct.
“A narrative spun by the DFEH and a handful of plaintiff firms to generate publicity is not factual proof,” the company said.
As Tesla has grown to become the world’s most valuable automaker, it has faced mounting claims involving pervasive racial and sexual harassment at its flagship Fremont plant and other facilities.
A federal jury in October awarded $137 million to Owen Diaz, a former employee at the Fremont plant who said managers ignored his complaints about constant racial harassment including slurs and swastikas scrawled on bathroom walls.
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A judge in that case is considering Tesla’s bid for a new trial or to lower the award, which is one of the largest in a discrimination lawsuit by a single worker.
The company is also defending against similar claims in a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of factory workers in California state court. A judge last year rejected Tesla’s bid to dismiss the claims.
Tesla has denied wrongdoing in those cases, and has said that it has implemented various policies in recent years to prevent racist conduct and punish it when it does occur.
While the allegations in the DFEH lawsuit are similar to those in pending cases, it will likely cover many more workers because the agency is not bound by agreements most Tesla employees have signed to bring legal claims in arbitration rather than court, according to Lawrence Organ, a lawyer for Diaz and the plaintiff in the class action lawsuit.
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“So this is really a great day for those workers because they will get their day in court,” Organ said.
The DFEH said Black workers are assigned difficult, menial jobs in segregated areas of the factory known as “the dark side,” and are less likely to be promoted to management positions. They are subjected to racial slurs including the “N-word,” and “hood rats” on a daily basis, according to the agency.
The DFEH can seek the same kind of relief as workers who file lawsuits, including court orders barring future discrimination and money damages. The penalties can be significant: In December, Riot Games agreed to pay $100 million to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit by the agency.
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A California state agency has sued Tesla Inc. over allegations by some Black workers that the company tolerated racial discrimination at an assembly plant, adding to claims made in several other lawsuits against the electric car maker.
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The lawsuit filed in state court late on Wednesday said Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, is racially segregated, according to excerpts provided by the state’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), a civil rights agency.
DFEH quoted some Black workers as saying they are subjected to racist slurs and drawings and assigned the most physically demanding jobs.
A copy of the complaint was not immediately available.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company said in a blog post on Wednesday it was expecting the lawsuit, which it called misguided.
The DFEH said working conditions at the plant are so intolerable that many Black employees have been forced to quit.
“Workers referred to the Tesla factory as the ‘slaveship’ or ‘the plantation,’ where defendants’ production leads ‘crack the whip,'” according to one excerpt.
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Tesla said in the blog post that over the past five years, DFEH had concluded that nearly 50 individual discrimination complaints against the company lacked merit, contradicting the agency’s claims of widespread discrimination. The company said it does not tolerate harassment and has disciplined and fired workers who engaged in misconduct.
“A narrative spun by the DFEH and a handful of plaintiff firms to generate publicity is not factual proof,” the company said.
As Tesla has grown to become the world’s most valuable automaker, it has faced mounting claims involving pervasive racial and sexual harassment at its flagship Fremont plant and other facilities.
A federal jury in October awarded $137 million to Owen Diaz, a former employee at the Fremont plant who said managers ignored his complaints about constant racial harassment including slurs and swastikas scrawled on bathroom walls.
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A judge in that case is considering Tesla’s bid for a new trial or to lower the award, which is one of the largest in a discrimination lawsuit by a single worker.
The company is also defending against similar claims in a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of factory workers in California state court. A judge last year rejected Tesla’s bid to dismiss the claims.
Tesla has denied wrongdoing in those cases, and has said that it has implemented various policies in recent years to prevent racist conduct and punish it when it does occur.
While the allegations in the DFEH lawsuit are similar to those in pending cases, it will likely cover many more workers because the agency is not bound by agreements most Tesla employees have signed to bring legal claims in arbitration rather than court, according to Lawrence Organ, a lawyer for Diaz and the plaintiff in the class action lawsuit.
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“So this is really a great day for those workers because they will get their day in court,” Organ said.
The DFEH said Black workers are assigned difficult, menial jobs in segregated areas of the factory known as “the dark side,” and are less likely to be promoted to management positions. They are subjected to racial slurs including the “N-word,” and “hood rats” on a daily basis, according to the agency.
The DFEH can seek the same kind of relief as workers who file lawsuits, including court orders barring future discrimination and money damages. The penalties can be significant: In December, Riot Games agreed to pay $100 million to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit by the agency.
California sues Tesla over Black workers' allegations of discrimination
A California state agency has sued Tesla Inc. over allegations by some Black workers that the company tolerated racial discrimination at an assembly plant, adding t…
Silly California. Don't they no there's no racism in America? Never was.
Just ask any White "conservative."
Just ask any White "conservative."
Minnesota judge approved no-knock search that killed Amir Locke to protect officers: Document
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Tyler Clifford
Publishing date:Feb 10, 2022 • 14 hours ago • 1 minute read • Join the conversation
Students participate in a state-wide walkout demanding justice for Amir Locke a Black man who was shot and killed by Minneapolis police, in St. Paul, Minnesota, February 8, 2022.
Students participate in a state-wide walkout demanding justice for Amir Locke a Black man who was shot and killed by Minneapolis police, in St. Paul, Minnesota, February 8, 2022. PHOTO BY TIM EVANS /REUTERS
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A Minnesota judge approved the “no-knock” raid that killed Amir Locke in Minneapolis last week, believing that it was needed to protect the investigating officers and the public, court documents released on Thursday showed.
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Officers who requested the warrant to enter a Minneapolis apartment were investigating a previous fatal shooting in St. Paul in which a firearm capable of penetrating police body armor was used. That justified the need for no-knock entry to catch suspects off guard, the requesting officers said.
“The court further finds that no-knock entry, without announcement of authority or purpose, is necessary to prevent the loss, destruction, or removal of the objects of said search or to protect the safety of the searchers or the public,” a court document signed by Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill said.
Locke, a 22-year-old Black man, was not named in the warrant, and Minneapolis police have acknowledged it was unclear how or whether he was connected to that investigation.
His killing has revived calls to ban no-knock warrants, which intensified in 2020 after the death of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman who police fatally shot during a raid on her Kentucky apartment. Taylor was not the subject of that search warrant.
Cahill is the same judge who oversaw the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020, an act that spurred massive protests against racial bias and brutality by the police.
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Students participate in a state-wide walkout demanding justice for Amir Locke a Black man who was shot and killed by Minneapolis police, in St. Paul, Minnesota, February 8, 2022.
Students participate in a state-wide walkout demanding justice for Amir Locke a Black man who was shot and killed by Minneapolis police, in St. Paul, Minnesota, February 8, 2022. PHOTO BY TIM EVANS /REUTERS
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A Minnesota judge approved the “no-knock” raid that killed Amir Locke in Minneapolis last week, believing that it was needed to protect the investigating officers and the public, court documents released on Thursday showed.
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Officers who requested the warrant to enter a Minneapolis apartment were investigating a previous fatal shooting in St. Paul in which a firearm capable of penetrating police body armor was used. That justified the need for no-knock entry to catch suspects off guard, the requesting officers said.
“The court further finds that no-knock entry, without announcement of authority or purpose, is necessary to prevent the loss, destruction, or removal of the objects of said search or to protect the safety of the searchers or the public,” a court document signed by Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill said.
Locke, a 22-year-old Black man, was not named in the warrant, and Minneapolis police have acknowledged it was unclear how or whether he was connected to that investigation.
His killing has revived calls to ban no-knock warrants, which intensified in 2020 after the death of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman who police fatally shot during a raid on her Kentucky apartment. Taylor was not the subject of that search warrant.
Cahill is the same judge who oversaw the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020, an act that spurred massive protests against racial bias and brutality by the police.
Minnesota judge approved no-knock search that killed Amir Locke to protect officers: Document
A Minnesota judge approved the “no-knock” raid that killed Amir Locke in Minneapolis last week, believing that it was needed to protect the investigating officers a…
That rubber stamp gets a lot of use.
NB: In many states, a warrant can be signed by a "magistrate," a significantly lower bar than judge.
Thanx, I did not know that.
On TV it's always a judge. And if it's on TV it must be true right?
I've not heard any conservative say that there's no racism in America - only that America is not racist. There are individuals who are racist but to generalize and say an entire country is racist is in of itself racist! Got it?
You're right. It ended in 1865 or 1886 or 1954 or 1964 or 1966 or 1968 or 1976 or 2008.
No it slowly evolved and can continue if the race baiters will let it . On all sides .
Don’t know anything about it but it i now less than 30 % and I would hope dropping . And of course banning books and racism are not necessarily the same .
Rising. And all of the proposed legislation is the same, banning "books that make kids feel bad on account of race."
Obviously they mean "White kids," but I'm sure you'll deny that, blissfully ignoring the fact that all of the books mentioned by name make the same general claim: that racism is alive and well in America.
Oh, like the Leftists in the U.S.? Conservatives don't ban books unless they're "sexually explicit" and available to young children who don't need to see them. Unfortunately, Liberals don't see the need and actually have no qualms educating young children on sexual positions & other crap that they don't need at that age. They'll have enough time when they're older to figure out if they want to read & learn crap like that.
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