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Pro-Palestinian voters remain frustrated with Harris-Walz ticket

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“It’s time for a hostage deal and cease-fire that ensures Israel is secure, all hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends, and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, freedom, and self-determination,” Walz said on this year’s anniversary of Hamas’ 2023 attacks on Israel.

Polls indicate Minnesota will likely break for Harris, but in states where margins will be much tighter, some protest voters are choosing to vote for Harris despite their reservations.

Roman Fritz of Oconomowoc, Wis., voted early for Harris on Wednesday, he said, even though he remains deeply frustrated with her stance on the war.

Neither he nor Engelhart want to see Trump win. The Uncommitted National Movement has been trying to carve out a middle ground between opposing Trump and supporting Harris, with leaders saying a Trump presidency would be worse for Palestinians, and warning that votes for third-party candidates could result in a win for Trump. But the group declined to offer its endorsement to Harris.

Similarly, Fritz said, he did not feel he should talk his friends into voting for Harris, especially Palestinian American friends who have lost loved ones in Gaza.

“I do want her to win,” Fritz said, but, “I’m not going to campaign for her.”



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Unlicensed driver going 100 mph before deadly Minneapolis pileup

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An unlicensed driver is now charged on accusations that he was speeding and under the influence of alcohol when he set off a chain-reaction pileup on an interstate exit ramp in Minneapolis, leaving one person dead and several others injured.

Talon Covie-Cardell Walker, 29, of St. Paul, was charged late Thursday afternoon in Hennepin County District Court with criminal vehicular homicide in connection with the seven-vehicle pileup about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday after exiting from eastbound Interstate 94 toward Lyndale Avenue.

Walker remains held without bail ahead of a court appearance Friday afternoon. Court records do not list an attorney for him.

A search warrant affidavit was filed in court by the State Patrol that cleared the way for Walker’s blood to be collected to measure his degree of intoxication. Results are pending. The affidavit said Walker was “pushing 100 mph when taking the ramp, [and] it appears no braking took place before the crash.”

Walker was driving without a valid license, according to the state Department of Public Safety. In late 2019, his license was suspended, then it was revoked in spring 2021, the agency said.

Court records in Minnesota show Walker has traffic convictions for careless driving and operating a motorcycle without a license. State records also show convictions for illegal weapons possession, disorderly conduct, a minor drug offense and twice for violating a court no-contact order.

Walker’s passenger, 20-year-old Taniyah Randle-Smith, was taken by ambulance to HCMC with life-threatening injuries, according to the patrol. A hospital spokeswoman said Thursday afternoon that she was in critical condition.

Killed in the crash was Natalie Gubbay, a 26-year-old SUV driver from Minneapolis, whose vehicle was struck by Walker’s. Her passenger, Molly Elizabeth Brenton, 28, of Virginia, Minn., was taken to HCMC with noncritical injuries.



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Juvenile found dead inside Red Wing correctional facility

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A juvenile has died while in detention at the Red Wing correctional facility in southeastern Minnesota.

Officials with the Minnesota Department of Corrections said staff on Saturday found an inmate who was unresponsive. Authorities attempted life-saving measures, which were unsuccessful. Paramedics arrived and the resident was pronounced dead at the scene, said spokeswoman Shannon Loehrke.

An investigation is underway to determine how the inmate died, she added.

No information about the identify of the deceased was released.

The Red Wing facility has a capacity of 88 inmates.



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Defamation lawsuit against “The Fall of Minneapolis” faces legal hurdles

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Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11″ became the highest-grossing documentary of all time under a spotlight of controversy over its accuracy about the Sept. 11 attacks. “Leaving Neverland” won an Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special before being sued by the estate of Michael Jackson, alleging it was full of fabrications. There’s a cottage industry of films and books questioning the accepted narrative of the assassination of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

The number of individuals accused in “The Fall of Minneapolis” of manipulating the public, producing misleading facts or testimony, or advancing their career via the murder of Floyd, the conviction of Chauvin and unrest in Minneapolis is extensive. It includes Baker, Blackwell, Cahill, former Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, among many others.

Blackwell is the only person in the film to have filed a lawsuit for defamation.

Her lawsuit highlights the final line of “The Fall of Minneapolis” which reads: “If we don’t stand for the truth, we’ll fall for the lies.”

“Plaintiff agrees wholeheartedly with this statement,” the lawsuit reads. “However, at least with respect to Blackwell, the Defendants lied.”



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