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Andrew Williams, 33, charged with assault and marijuana possession

Cleotha Abston has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of Eliza Fletcher. Here is a timeline of events in the case

Minneapolis voters weighed cutting staffing requirement in fall elections

A teenager was shot dead and three others including a police officer were injured in a shooting in the area of 14th and U Street Northwest in Washington, DC, officials said. Read further on Dynamite News:

Pro-choice activists are planning protests at Catholic churches in the US on Mother’s Day following the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion this week which called for overturning emRoe v Wade/em.

An investigation by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights has found that prosecutors are often reluctant to use bodycam video from officers in the Minneapolis Police Department in court because the officers' language is so offensive. "When MPD officers scream obscenities at community members, it makes it challenging for prosecutors…

A district court just allowed a First Amendment challenge to this policy to go forward.

Adding yet more impetus to the urgent call for reform, a state investigation found that the Minneapolis Police Department routinely violated civil rights law over the past decade by engaging in a pattern of racial discrimination.

Police regularly used slurs and extra force against Black people, state audit finds