Minneapolis seeks to quell rumors after four people found dead in five days Minneapolis police have said there is no connection between the deaths The Independent UK · Aug 24
Vance Goes to Minnesota Plus: Nurses on strike, Florida is full, the consumer revolution, and more... Reason · Jan 23
Minneapolis school shooting latest: Funding for mass shooting prevention programs in Minnesota pulled before killings Police say 23-year-old Robin Westman fired 116 rounds through the stained-glass windows of a church next to Annunciation Catholic School, trying to kill as many children as possible The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025
Memorial service set for a Minneapolis police officer killed responding to a shooting call A Minneapolis police officer who was killed while responding to a shooting call will be memorialized at a public ceremony Tuesday The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2024
Why Do Cops Keep Lying? Widespread perjury among police is well documented. Obfuscating has become a routine part of policing The Walrus · Nov 15, 2023
Man says police officer had no right to pull him over because he subscribed to her OnlyFans ‘You can’t arrest me no more; I’ve seen your private parts,’ the driver thought at the time The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023
Minneapolis police reforms leader hired following George Floyd's murder retiring after a year The law enforcement veteran appointed to oversee reforms at the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd’s killing plans to retire in September The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023
Results of federal investigation into Minneapolis police met with hope, skepticism MINNEAPOLIS — On Friday morning, John Pope answered his phone while boarding a flight to Atlanta. The U.S. Department of Justice had just released the results of a scathing federal investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department, including 28 recommendations for institutional change. Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2023
Justice Department Finds 'Deeply Disturbing' and Illegal Policing in Minneapolis Minneapolis police used gratuitous force, discriminated against black and Native American residents, and retaliated against people exercising their First Amendment rights. Reason · Jun 16, 2023
DOJ: MPD targeted Black residents These patterns represent a litany of violations of the public’s constitutional rights, the report finds Salon · Jun 16, 2023
DOJ report finds systemic patterns of abuse by the Minneapolis Police Department The Justice Department, city and police will begin negotiations to set the terms of a consent decree, which will bring federal oversight to police WEKU · Jun 16, 2023
Justice Department finds pattern of discriminatory policing in Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis Police Department routinely engaged in a pattern of racist and abusive behavior that deprives people of their constitutional rights, according to new findings of a Justice Department investigation initiated by the murder of George Floyd three years ago. Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2023
US attorney general in Minneapolis to share results of police department probe U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to announce the findings of a two-year investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department, prompted by the death of George Floyd The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2023
U.S. attorney general to visit Minneapolis for 'civil rights matter' announcement Attorney General Merrick Garland is heading to Minneapolis to make an announcement in "a civil rights matter." The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023
Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023 Adam Minter: Memphis police need to learn from Minneapolis’s mistakes In Minneapolis, the video of Tyre Nichols’s fatal beating at the hands of Memphis police officers triggered unwelcome flashbacks. Just two and a half years ago, the city erupted with riots after video emerged of George Floyd’s murder. In the aftermath, hopes that Minneapolis’s troubled police department might be reformed…
WEKU · Jan 31, 2023 Police statements tell the first version of an incident. Then video footage comes out Memphis authorities initially said Tyre Nichols was taken into custody after two "confrontations" with police. Video footage released later shows Nichols being fatally beaten by officers.
Tribune News Service · Dec 1, 2022 Minneapolis City Council committee overrides critics, approves proposed police oversight commission MINNEAPOLIS — Despite a barrage of criticism for a proposal to revamp civilian oversight of the Minneapolis Police Department, a City Council committee narrowly approved the ordinance Wednesday with several modifications.
The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022 Timeline of events since George Floyd's arrest and murder George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police officers in May 2020 sparked widespread anger after millions of people saw video of his arrest
Tribune News Service · Aug 7, 2022 Policing, abortion at forefront of primary race between Rep. Ilhan Omar and Don Samuels MINNEAPOLIS — Don Samuels is waging his Democratic congressional primary battle against nationally known U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar with the hope that Minneapolis voters will reject her campaign like they did last year's contentious policing ballot measure.
Tribune News Service · Aug 4, 2022 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, other Minnesota mayors endorse Don Samuels over Rep. Ilhan Omar MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Thursday endorsed Democrat Don Samuels' primary election bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, backing the congresswoman's challenger after she supported his mayoral opponents last year.
Tribune News Service · Jul 28, 2022 Downtown Minneapolis shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 critically injured MINNEAPOLIS — An overnight shooting in the downtown Minneapolis Warehouse District has left one person dead and two others injured, including one critically, according to police.
Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022 Man shot to death during police standoff in Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS — An hourslong standoff between law enforcement and a man who allegedly fired shots inside a south Minneapolis apartment building ended early Thursday when he died after being shot by police, according to the Minneapolis Police Department.
Al Jazeera · May 25, 2022 George Floyd two years on: some accountability but killings go on Minneapolis officers prosecuted, local reforms adopted in some states, but national overhaul of policing falls short.
The Independent UK · May 23, 2022 Are police consent decrees an asset? Depends on who you ask The Minneapolis Police Department will face the scrutiny of a federal program after a state investigation concluded that its officers stop and arrest Black people more than white people, use force more often on people of color and maintain a culture in which racism is tolerated
The Independent UK · May 18, 2022 Ex-Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd’s killing Thomas Lane, 38, is one of four men who were indicted in connection with the murder of George Floyd