Hundreds of people gathered outside the police station in the north Twin Cities metro just before a 7 p.m. curfew went into effect Monday. After warning them to leave, police used tear gas and flash-bang grenades to disperse protesters. At least 40 were arrested.
- Brooklyn Center chief Cop meant to use Taser on Wright
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- Minnesota Legislature Deadly Brooklyn Center traffic stop renews focus on policing laws
- Photos from Sunday Night of unrest follows fatal police shooting
Twenty-year-old Daunte Wright died soon after being shot by a Brooklyn Center police officer during a traffic stop Sunday. The state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the incident.
- Sunday Tear gas deployed to clear protesters
- Brooklyn Center chief Cop meant to use Taser on Wright; Walz orders wide curfew
- Photos Night of unrest follows fatal Brooklyn Center police shooting
Police deployed tear gas and flash-bang grenades Sunday night to clear protesters who gathered outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department in the wake of the fatal police shooting of a 20-year-old man earlier in the day.
MPR News, which has followed the killing of George Floyd in detail from the beginning, will bring listeners updates on the monumental trial of Derek Chauvin, and the consequences it holds for the city and the country. This podcast was created in collaboration with American Public Media.
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The coronavirus hasn’t just upended classrooms around the state — it’s wreaking havoc on district budgets, which are largely determined by enrollment. State and federal lawmakers are considering and passing billions of new dollars in education funding, but Minnesota districts are still laying off staff and closing schools.
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- As schools reopen in MN COVID-19 cases climb
- MPR News with Kerri Miller Why stress causes teachers to leave the classroom
A man is dead after being shot by police during a traffic stop on Sunday in the Twin Cities suburb of Brooklyn Center, and a large crowd gathered at the scene Sunday evening to protest the shooting.
Native Americans have the highest COVID-19 mortality rate of any population in the U.S. And for tribes working to revitalize language and culture, the loss of elders to COVID-19 leaves an especially painful void.
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MPR has had a keen ear for capturing the words and meter of poetry. Minnesota is home to many nationally renowned poets, city and state poet laureates, spoken word artists, and individuals young and old that have simply created work for the sake of the form. The state is also a magnet for poets all throughout the world.
Here is a wonderful breadth of those readings, speeches, thoughts, and histories of the poet.
Need ideas for easy and fun at-home music learning? Here's our latest Classical Kids Music Lesson, in which we will create a musical map of the instrumentation in a famous work by Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Inequities persist between how easily and quickly Minnesotans of color are getting vaccinated for COVID-19, as compared to their white neighbors. Helping to bridge that gap is a volunteer network of Black nurses, who say giving shots in familiar locations is key to getting more people of color vaccinated more quickly.
- An In Focus conversation Disparities and distrust in BIPOC health care
- State data shows Disparities in race, ethnicity of who's getting COVID vaccine
