A tent encampment of about 60 people at East 28th Street and Bloomington Avenue was the latest to be evicted in a series of forced relocations of unhoused populations.
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Newark deputy mayor nominated for Mpls police chief
Mayor Jacob Frey’s nominee for the next Minneapolis police chief pledged in a September 29 press conference to remake the city’s beleaguered police department into the ‘golden standard for policing’ across the nation.
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Mayor Frey nominates Brian O’Hara for Minneapolis police chief
Mayor Jacob Frey announced on Thursday his nomination of Newark Deputy Mayor Brian O’Hara as the next Minneapolis police chief.
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How the police are defunding Minneapolis
‘The message they’re sending is that this is the way you game the system.’
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Hennepin County Attorney candidate envisions big changes
‘As county attorney, my job is to prosecute violent crime, and I can’t do that effectively unless we have good police work.’Â
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State aims to rein in Minneapolis police
The City of Minneapolis and the Department of Human Rights have agreed to enter into a consent decree.
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Demonstrators march for Tekle Sundberg; 911 transcript and bodycam footage show harrowing night
The city of Minneapolis released body camera footage documenting the events that led up to the police killing of Tekle Sundberg.
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Minneapolis police kill Black man having an apparent mental health crisis
Minneapolis Police officers once again shot and killed a Black man during an apparent mental health crisis.
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Chauvin sentenced to 21 years in federal court for civil rights violationsÂ
Chauvin’s 21 years will be served concurrently with his state sentence.
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Mayor’s ‘community work group’ releases public safety recommendationsÂ
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s community safety work group outlined public safety.
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Trial delayed for Kueng, Thao in the killing of George Floyd
The state trial of two of the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in the killing of George Floyd has been delayed. The trial of J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao will now take place on Jan. 5, 2023.
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Two years after Floyd’s murder: Police reform has stalled nationally
‘I think that we have made some progress, but the problem is we get complacent and the minute that things look like they’re starting to change we relax.’
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Two years after Floyd’s murder: local voices call for more than ‘dribs and drabs’
‘I believe that the City needs to establish a truth and reconciliation commission that is comprised primarily of Black residents.’
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Two down, two to go: Lane pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd’s death
Former Minneapolis Police officer Thomas Lane pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting George Floyd’s manslaughter.
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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.’
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Minneapolis seeks community input for police chief search
‘We need police officers that actually know how to do their jobs properly.’
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​ ‘We’re not going to just give up’: community shocked by lack of charges in Locke case
‘The community is still confused by what happened…that there was no crime committed by the police.’
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No charges filed against police officer in killing of Amir Locke
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Wednesday that no criminal charges will be filed in the fatal police shooting of Amir Locke.
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City-commissioned analysis of civil unrest falls short
Part of the reason so little was mentioned in the report about impacts to the community is that there was little effort to hear from the community.
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​Community control over police is the way forward
‘The City of Minneapolis has nearly 800 officers, yet only a handful live within the city.’