After the fatal shooting of two police officers and a firefighter/SWAT paramedic in Burnsville, attention is being placed on the risks faced by first responders.
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State trooper charged with murder in fatal shooting of Ricky Cobb II
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has charged Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan in the shooting death of Ricky Cobb II.
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Cobb family hires attorneys as they await results of investigation
The Cobb family’s legal team alleges breakdowns in procedure.
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State Patrol releases identities of those involved in Cobb’s death Â
On Thursday, the Department of Public Safety released the identities of those involved in the killing of Ricky Cobb II
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Vigil held for Black man killed by a state trooper in North Minneapolis
Police have yet again killed another Black man in Minneapolis.Â
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Protests continue more than a month after Yia Xiong’s police killing in St. PaulÂ
‘The community is really upset and felt terrible and devastated that Yia Xiong was killed so easily.’
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Third officer involved in George Floyd’s death pleads guilty; the last stands trial
The state trial of one of the officers involved in killing George Floyd began this week as another officer involved accepted a plea deal.Â
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Questions remain unanswered one year after Winston Smith’s death
‘Replacement ideology is toxic and promotes violence.’
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BCA investigating fatal police shooting in downtown Minneapolis
The Minnesota BCA is investigating a fatal police shooting by a Minneapolis police officer that occurred in downtown Minneapolis.
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Violence flares again in Minneapolis as law enforcement kills man
The family of Winston Smith is demanding answers after he was shot and killed by members of a U.S. Marshal Task Force on Thursday afternoon.
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PHOTOS: Unrest, protests erupt following fatal police shooting of Black man in Brooklyn Center
Protests and civil unrest erupted following the Brooklyn Center police killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who was shot by police Sunday afternoon after a traffic stop.
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Brooklyn Center police kill unarmed Black man after traffic stop—police chief states shooting was ‘accidental’ (update)
Police Chief Gannon said that after watching the video, it’s his belief that the officer mistook her taser for her gun.
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Louisville reaches $12 million settlement with Breonna Taylor’s family
The city of Louisville, Kentucky, announced Tuesday that it has reached a $12 million settlement with Breonna Taylor’s family.
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Police violence spotlight shifts to Kenosha, WI (photos)
Protests broke out in Kenosha and Madison, Wisconsin on Monday, demanding that police who shot Jacob Blake be charged and prosecuted.
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Dashcam video of Castile’s death only raises more questions
It’s been nearly a year since Philando Castile was stopped, shot and killed in Falcon Heights, Minnesota by Jeronimo Yanez. Last week’s release of the dashcam footage by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and the Ramsey County attorney’s office did not unearth anything new, said Castile’s cousin Antonio Johnson. “We already knew the evidence […]
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After the verdict: The fight for justice continues
On a seemingly appropriate cloudy Friday afternoon, just minutes before sprinkles of rain fell, many reporters, community members and what seemed like the entire nation, waited outside the Ramsey County Courthouse in downtown St. Paul for the verdict in the case against former Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez. Around 2:35 pm on June 16, an individual […]
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Community reacts to not guilty verdict in Yanez trial
The emotions expressed among community members that Jeronimo Yanez, now a former St. Anthony police officer, was acquitted Friday of all charges in the killing of Philando Castile, were nearly unanimous: Everyone is angry. Minneapolis NAACP President Jason Sole on MPR called the verdict a result of a “fake trial” because it’s rare that a […]
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Anguish, anger and demands follow Philando Castile police shooting
Change “needs to come from the streets,” stated former St. Paul NAACP president Nathaniel Khaliq in a MSR exclusive phone interview Thursday morning. Khaliq was among those who spoke outside the Minnesota Governor’s mansion Thursday morning in St. Paul in the aftermath of the Philando Castile shooting by a St. Anthony police officer in Falcon Heights […]
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Video captures aftermath of fatal police shooting in Falcon Heights
This article will be updated as more information becomes available. A Black man was shot and killed by a St. Anthony police officer during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights Wednesday. According to the Star Tribune, the man, identified by family members as Philando Castile, 32, died from his injuries at Hennepin County Medical Center. He was a supervisor at […]