Police staffing shortages persist across Twin Citi
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Posted On: 02/06/2023 7:49:08 AM
Police staffing shortages persist across Twin Cities metro
As Lt. Kelly O’Rourke heads into the First Precinct in downtown Minneapolis on a recent Friday night, he pauses to point out the spot where a week prior he got out of his squad to respond to a fight when a gunfight broke out about 20 feet away.
Three men were shot, one fatally. Right in front of the lieutenant and police station.
“They don’t care anymore,” O’Rourke said.
And there are fewer cops around to enforce the law.
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The House on Friday passed the Crown Act, which would ban hair-related discrimination.
The measure, H.R. 2116, passed in a vote of 235-189 along party lines. It was introduced by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J.
Crown stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair, and the act prohibits "discrimination based on an individual's texture or style of hair." The bill now goes to the Senate.
The legislation states that "routinely, people of African descent are deprived of educational and employment opportunities" for wearing their hair in natural or protective hairstyles such as locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, or Afros.
As Lt. Kelly O’Rourke heads into the First Precinct in downtown Minneapolis on a recent Friday night, he pauses to point out the spot where a week prior he got out of his squad to respond to a fight when a gunfight broke out about 20 feet away.
Three men were shot, one fatally. Right in front of the lieutenant and police station.
“They don’t care anymore,” O’Rourke said.
And there are fewer cops around to enforce the law.
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The House on Friday passed the Crown Act, which would ban hair-related discrimination.
The measure, H.R. 2116, passed in a vote of 235-189 along party lines. It was introduced by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J.
Crown stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair, and the act prohibits "discrimination based on an individual's texture or style of hair." The bill now goes to the Senate.
The legislation states that "routinely, people of African descent are deprived of educational and employment opportunities" for wearing their hair in natural or protective hairstyles such as locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, or Afros.
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