News in :90 – Sept. 14, 2020


On Sunday, in defiance of state regulations and his own administration’s pandemic health guidelines, President Donald Trump hosted his first indoor rally since June.

Relatively few in the crowd wore masks, but those in the stands directly behind Trump, whose images would end up on TV, were mandated to wear face coverings.

A sheriff’s deputy in Georgia has been fired after being captured on video repeatedly punching a Black man during a traffic stop, authorities said Sunday.

The deputy was being let go for “excessive use of force,” the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. It did not identify the deputy, but said a criminal investigation has been turned over to the district attorney’s office.

Roderick Walker, 26, was arrested and beaten after Clayton County sheriff’s deputies pulled over the vehicle he was riding in Friday for an alleged broken taillight, his attorney, Shean Williams said Sunday.

Joining Walker in the vehicle was his girlfriend, their 5-month-old child and his stepson.

Crews are searching the Mississippi River in Washington County for a plane that’s overdue at a South St. Paul airport.

The search Sunday night was focused near Grey Cloud Island, which is southwest of St. Paul Park and Cottage Grove. The plane was due to land at Fleming Field, a city-owned airport that handles mainly single-engine aircraft. Communication with the pilot was lost.

Sarah McCarthy can be reached at mcca9221@stthomas.edu.