A 16-year-old boy was severely injured in a violent ambush at the Edina YMCA, leaving him with long-term physical and mental challenges and his family facing mounting medical bills.
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Protesters take to the streets of Edina to demand police accountability
Over 100 protesters rallied Saturday to protest racial profiling by police, and specifically the treatment of a Black pedestrian by an Edina police officer last week. On Oct. 12, Larnie Thomas, a Black man, was videotaped being stopped and grabbed by the back of his jacket by White Edina police officer Tim Olson while walking […]
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Mpls. NAACP demands accountability for ‘pedestrian mistreatment’ by Edina police
The Minneapolis NAACP is demanding a formal apology and accountability in connection with the detainment and citation of a pedestrian walking down the street in Edina, Wednesday, October 12. Cellphone footage of the incident was captured and uploaded to YouTube and has since gone viral on social media. In the roughly seven-minute video, Larnie Thomas, a Black man, is seen being confronted by White Edina police officer Tim Olson while […]