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Wright Family (BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn.) — Officials in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, the city where Daunte Wright was fatally shot during a traffic stop last month, passed a resolution that aims to make significant policing changes. The Brooklyn Center City Council convened Saturday afternoon to address a proposal, called the Daunte Wright and Kobe Dimock-Heisler Community Safety & Violence Prevention Act, to create new divisions of unarmed civilian employees to handle non-moving traffic violations and respond to mental crises. Wright, a black 20-year-old father, was shot in the chest on April…

Fremont Police Department (FREMONT, Calif.) — A California man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an Asian woman is suspected of two other attacks and could be linked to more, the Fremont Police Department posted on its Facebook page late Friday night. Alexander Lomax, who police described as a 28-year-old man from Hayward, was arrested Thursday, Fremont police said. Police said he severely beat and assaulted a 67-year-old Asian woman in broad daylight around 11 a.m. on Thursday in the front yard of a residence near Grimmer Blvd. and Blacow Rd.…

WFAA (DALLAS) — Police are investigating the apparent murder of a toddler who was found dead on a Dallas street Saturday morning, authorities said. The boy, whose age and name have not been released, was discovered on Saddleridge Drive near Wood Homestead Drive, in a residential neighborhood in southwest Dallas. Officials said the toddler had “multiple wounds” to his body, according to Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA. “The incident is being investigated as a murder and the investigation is active and ongoing,” the Dallas Police Department said in a statement. Police…

Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Police will be banned from participating in NYC Pride events, including its signature LGBTQ march, until 2025, the organization announced Saturday. NYC Pride is also working to reduce the New York Police Department’s security and first responder presence at its events, the organization said. André Thomas, co-chair of Heritage of Pride, which produces NYC Pride, told ABC News it was a difficult decision that’s “not going to please everyone.” “We know many LGBT cops,” Thomas said. “But what the institution represents sometimes to a…

Wright Family (BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn.) — Officials in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, the city where Duante Wright was fatally shot during a traffic stop last month, are expected to vote on a resolution that will make significant policing changes. The Brooklyn Center City Council will convene at 3 p.m. Saturday to address a proposal to create new divisions of unarmed civilian employees to handle non-moving traffic violations and respond to mental crises. Wright, a black 20-year-old father, was shot in the chest on April 11 during a traffic stop. Former Brooklyn…

WCIV-TV (NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.) — The Department of Justice and the FBI are investigating the death of a Black man with a mental illness at a South Carolina jail, as newly released body camera footage showed deputies repeatedly deploying stun guns before he became unresponsive. Jamal Sutherland died on Jan. 5 at the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in North Charleston after deputies attempted to remove him from his cell to attend a bond hearing for a misdemeanor assault charge that morning, according to a state prosecutor investigating the incident.…

J2R/iStock (NEW YORK) — Four people were attacked within an hour in separate incidents in the New York City subway early Friday morning. Authorities arrested four suspects ranging in age from 17 to 19, and accused them of stabbing, slashing or punching the victims. A 44-year-old man was taken to Bellevue Hospital and is in stable condition after he was slashed in the face on a southbound subway train at around 4:25 a.m. Minutes later, another 44-year-old man was slashed in the back of the head in a robbery. The…

memoriesarecaptured/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The United States is facing “threats that have evolved significantly and become increasingly complex and volatile in 2021,” according to an updated National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin on domestic violent extremism issued Friday by the Department of Homeland Security. “These threats include those posed by domestic terrorists, individuals and groups engaged in grievance-based violence, and those inspired or influenced by foreign terrorists and other malign foreign influences,” the bulletin reads. “Social media and online forums are increasingly exploited by these actors to influence and spread violent extremist…

Tim Gray/iStock (NEW YORK) — Last year was the deadliest on record for correctional officers, according to the nonprofit group One Voice, which tracks correctional officers’ deaths. According to the group, 219 officers and 41 staff died of COVID-19, since March 2020. In a typical year, about 11 officers lose their lives, One Voice said. Friday night, One Voice will honor those fallen in a virtual candlelight vigil. “We mourn the 219 correctional officers and 41 non-custody employees who died while reporting for duty during the pandemic as well as…

Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office (DENVER) — A Colorado man arrested this month for allegedly murdering his missing wife has also been accused of voting for former President Donald Trump in her name. Barry Morphew, 53, was charged with felony forgery and offenses relating to mail ballots, a misdemeanor, according to court records filed Thursday. He was previously arrested on May 5 on charges of first-degree murder after deliberation, tampering with physical evidence and an attempt to influence a public servant, according to court documents, in connection with the disappearance of…