Before voters could go to the polls and decide for themselves, the Minneapolis Star Tribune declared in so many words that people are on the whole opposed to the charter amendment.
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MPD accused of hiding police misconduct evidence
Jaleel Stallings, a Black St. Paul man charged with second-degree murder after he unknowingly fired at Minneapolis police officers during a night of protests last year.
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Why the Minneapolis public safety ballot question is bad for Black people
‘Like many other Minneapolis residents, we demand meaningful change to the city’s police force, AND it must be done right.’
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Mpls Charter Commission: elite, unelected, powerful
A closer look at the Minneapolis Charter Commission history.
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The public safety charter amendment isn’t the answer to the city’s policing problem
This amendment includes two flaws that call into question its practicality, if not legality.
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DFL is not anti-law enforcement
The Minnesota DFL Party fully supports reforming our policing and criminal justice systems to increase transparency, improve accountability, reduce the use of violence and root out systemic racism.
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Was Terrance Franklin killed to cover up a mistake by MPD officers?
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said that it is evaluating its options after the BCA recently rejected the request to reopen the 2013 police killing of Terrance Franklin by the MPD.
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Police chase victim laid to rest; no charges filed
‘An innocent man minding his business, traveling in his neighborhood home to see his family, gets killed because you violated a policy,’ said Ben Crump who represents the Frazier family.
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Police pursuits are inherently dangerous
Until that technology evolves, the decision needs to be made whether to remove more discretion from police considering pursuit.
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Tragedy strikes again: Darnella Frazier’s uncle latest victim of police chase
At the makeshift vigil Wednesday night, the pain was palpable as family and friends gathered and shared stories and remembrances of Leneal Frazier.
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Darnella Frazier identifies her uncle Leneal Frazier as innocent man killed during police car chase
Darnella Frazier, the teenager who recorded George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis police, has identified the innocent man killed after a police car chase as her uncle Leneal Frazier.
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Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to serve 22.5 years in prison for the murder and manslaughter of George Perry Floyd, Jr.
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WATCH: Derek Chauvin sentencing for the murder of George Floyd
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced in court today at 1:30 pm for the murder of George Floyd.
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Unsolved shooting deaths leave family and friends distraught
Mystery still surrounds the April 12 deaths of Lyft driver Ahmed Badal and 15-year-old Jaden Blackmon in South Minneapolis.
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George Floyd a year later: some progress but not enough
What made the killing of Floyd by police so different was the response by people in Minnesota, around the nation, and around the world who took to the streets by the millions to demand justice and accountability.
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‘I knew his life mattered’: Darnella Frazier honors the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death
“A year ago, today I witnessed a murder. The victim’s name was George Floyd.”
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George Floyd did—and—did not change the world
The murder of George Floyd on a street corner in South Minneapolis a year ago this week has changed everything in America, and it has changed absolutely nothing.
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The latest: from aggravating factors to federal indictments
Four former Minneapolis police officers have been indicted by a federal grand jury for violating George Floyd’s constitutional rights, while the state trial for the three other officers has been continued to March 2022.
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Civilian review of police: Why has it failed?
Derek Chauvin has had a long history of complaints, many of which went without discipline from the department.
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Police live by their own set of laws
During the time of the trial, the party of murderers gained more votes than that. From the middle of March to the end of April, eight People of Color, mostly African American, were killed by the police.