A Lyft service dog settlement Minnesota officials announced follows a complaint from a blind rider whose rides were repeatedly canceled because of her guide dog.
Minnesota Department of Human Rights
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Federal Immigration Presence Raises Alarm as Minneapolis Police Reform Efforts Lag
Community members warn that expanding ICE activity and delayed reforms are threatening progress under Minneapolis’ court-enforced police reform agreement.
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Effect of state consent decree on MPD still unknown
At a Nov. 20 panel hosted at The Glass House, Minnesota Department of Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero, MPD Constitutional Policing Bureau chief GaneishaEff Martin and independent monitor Arlinda Westbrook agreed that it is too early to tell if the state consent decree is transforming MPD culture. The conversation highlighted ongoing concerns about technology, transparency, public input and whether community voices are truly shaping reform, even as federal oversight has been withdrawn.
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Ousted Civil Rights Director Alberder Gillespie addresses recent firing
Alberder Gillespie, the city’s civil rights director, was fired on Feb. 16 after two years into her four-year term.
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Vetaw speaks out on disrespect, homelessness, light rail
Councilwoman LaTrisha Vetaw discussed the Minneapolis City Council’s commotion with other members, the need for more funding for housing and homelessness, and the importance of identifying individual needs in the encampments.
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Court approves MPD settlement agreement
‘We can put some rules in place, but what concerns me is I don’t know how hearts will change because of this.’
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Community group voices opposition to MPD settlement agreement
‘My biggest concern, as a Black man, is the lack of acknowledgement of the wrongdoing that our police officers have done to us.’
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State report confirms racism, sexism among Mpls police
‘We found that MPD officers are more likely to stop vehicles with people of color and Indigenous individuals, and they treat Black and White individuals differently once they have pulled someone over.’