- Andrea May Sahouri
@dmregister journalist. @umich @columbiajourn alumna. tips: andreasahouri@protonmail.com / DM for Signal | فلسطينيةFollowers10KFollowing1KTweets4K - The Police Chief of Brooklyn Center, MN just said he believes his officer meant to draw his taser but drew his handgun instead and accidentally shot Daunte Wright. The body camera footage was tough to watch. #DaunteWright2313331K
- @IowaMMJ officials hope this year to serve 2,000 people with free or low-cost legal counsel and representation through its seven legal clinics, located in Marshalltown, Storm Lake, Decorah, Ottumwa, Columbus Junction, Cedar Rapids and Des Moines.133
- ICYMI: Iowa's Justice For Our Neighbors and the American Friends Service Committee officially merged into one organization to expand services and advocacy to immigrants across the state. https://t.co/IUs98baPrC2516
- You might have seen an internal DMPD email, shared widely on social media, asking officers to remove certain disciplinary records from their files due to an "unprecedented" number of lawsuits against DMPD. 1/2 https://t.co/fC5gmdVwVs32648
- New: Journalism is a discipline of clarity. That’s why we’ve updated our rules for describing people who are in prison or jail. https://t.co/KoiwOztdln779178
- “Are we at war?!” A protester yells as flash bang grenades explode around us. “Feels like we at war.” https://t.co/lT8xS4HWro796602K
- At 38th and Chicago, community members are painting "Justice for Duante Wright" in the street next to George Floyd's memorial. https://t.co/yvmL129ChR
20277913 - The victim in today’s Brooklyn Center, MN shooting is 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Not sure if the two are related, but it looks like Brooklyn Center police fatally shot a man named Dontaylo Wright in 2012. Dontaylo was 20 years old. https://t.co/xHd5QcMNG90411
- Brooklyn Center is right outside Minneapolis. “A Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot a man during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon, inflaming already raw tensions between police and activists in the midst of the Derek Chauvin trial.” https://t.co/VS59oSc4KV https://t.co/uTKoFQKG4jTense scene at the intersection of 63rd and Lee Ave N in Brooklyn Center. A crowd is shouting at the press and police saying that an officer didn’t have to kill a man. BCA is here investigating. https://t.co/laVrMLsF8v4532
- And be sure to read the rest of our coverage, including our mainbar story here: https://t.co/f2bQ3c5SoV ...223
- Polk County authorities declined to speak to any internal investigation, citing state laws keeping confidential peace officers' investigative reports. https://t.co/lkqCgQ8d8h @DMRegister1811
- At least five current or former Polk County Jail inmates have accused a medical provider there of sexually abusing them. https://t.co/DRRonrEgHh01430
- Des Moines Police Sgt. Greg Wessels resigned this morning. This link will update as we learn more. https://t.co/HQLvrRAGE9 w @andreamsahouri32058
- Activists are on day 11 of a hunger strike in DC to end the US-backed blockade on Yemen by Saudi Arabia. They won’t eat until Biden acts. "You can't ignore the starvation when it's right at your doorstep...so how long are you going to let it happen?" https://t.co/M1VYcN99U10612
- Iowa State Patrol troopers arrested an 18-year-old activist inside the State Capitol today during a protest against bills that would increase penalties for protest-related crimes & give greater legal protection to police, report @DMRIanR & @andreamsahouri https://t.co/oodO6HT61y43142
- Read more on today’s protest, and the arrest of an 18-year old, from @DMRIanR and me: https://t.co/NY43BYKUKR53053
