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How police critics on the Minneapolis City Council responded to a police officer's killing
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 26 minutes agoA Black man was gunned down. A neighborhood was besieged by heavily armed police. And a police...
Documentary traces history of policing the Black community – from slavery through present day
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 10 months ago"Seven years from Jamar Clark, we're 18 months from George Floyd, and now we stand here, dealing...
Minneapolis Police Department uses 'unreasonable force' after George Floyd's death, Garland says
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 12 months agoWASHINGTON – Minneapolis and its police department engage in a pattern of violating people's rights...
The Minneapolis Police Department Is Dismantling Itself
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoNearly four years ago, in response to the murder of George Floyd, a veto-proof majority of the...
Amir Locke’s family sues Mpls. for ‘no-knock’ warrant killing
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe family of Amir Locke, the 22-year-old Black man shot and killed by Minneapolis police during a predawn raid last February, is suing the city and the SWAT officer who pulled the trigger, ...
Minneapolis has faced 'unique trauma,' says newly named police monitor
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe newly appointed independent monitor who will oversee the state and impending federal consent decrees over Minneapolis police said Friday the city has undergone "a unique trauma" in the past ...
Minnesotans testify about racial injustice to global audience: The U.N.
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBlack Minnesotans who have experienced racism at the hands of law enforcement gathered Tuesday to tell their stories once again — but this time in front of an international governing body. Representatives ...
“It’s time”: Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman leaves office after 24 years
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe walls are barren, and the shelves that once stored law books and case files have been emptied. Mike Freeman, retiring as Hennepin County attorney after 24 years, went through more than 100 ...
Minneapolis artist Gregory Rose visits Ridgewater College to talk about trauma, community and art
West Central Tribune, Willmar, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 28—WILLMAR — At first glance, the pictures hanging in the Ridgewater College art gallery on the Willmar campus might seem like colorful and exuberant examples of mixed-media modern art.