RARE PHOTOS: 2 - The Real Truth

Brickbat: Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud

An investigation by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights has found that prosecutors are often reluctant to use bodycam video from officers in the Minneapolis Police Department in court because the officers' language is so offensive. "When MPD officers scream obscenities at community members, it makes it challenging for prosecutors…

Reason · May 6, 2022

Report calls out abuse of social media by Minneapolis police

Among the scathing findings of an investigation launched after the police killing of George Floyd is that the Minneapolis Police Department used covert or fake social media accounts to target Black activists and organizations

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2022

Editorial: A damning report on Minneapolis policing

Adding yet more impetus to the urgent call for reform, a state investigation found that the Minneapolis Police Department routinely violated civil rights law over the past decade by engaging in a pattern of racial discrimination.

Tribune News Service · Apr 28, 2022

Police will not be charged in ‘no-knock’ killing of Amir Locke

Minnesota prosecutors found no criminal wrongdoing by SWAT officer who killed 22-year-old Black man in US raid.

Al Jazeera · Apr 6, 2022

From George Floyd to Amir Locke, have Minneapolis police learned nothing?

Mayor Jacob Frey and the Minneapolis Police Department promised ‘transformational change’ to policing in the city after Floyd’s murder. Nearly two years later, the killing of Locke shows that hasn’t happened, Josh Marcus writes

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2022

‘Just following orders’ defence and blue wall of silence failed officers convicted over George Floyd’s death

J. Alexander Kueng, Tou Thao and Thomas Lane each took a similar line of defence in their federal trial for violating George Floyd’s civil rights: that they were ‘just following orders’. It didn’t work. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2022

Frey’s credibility on the police battered by false claims about reform

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey entered his second term promising to bring together a coalition of allies and former rivals to enact meaningful change to the Minneapolis Police Department following George Floyd's murder.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2022

Editorial: More missteps on police training

Officer training has become central to the continuing controversy over Minneapolis Police Department practices. The city administration, cops and many others say new and improved training are key to shifting the culture that has contributed to civilian injuries and deaths at the hands of police.

Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2022

Second physician testifies that George Floyd died of asphyxia, not drugs or heart attack

MINNEAPOLIS — George Floyd died of asphyxia in Minneapolis Police Department custody, not a drug overdose, heart attack or excited delirium, an emergency medicine and toxicology expert testified Wednesday in the federal civil rights trial of three former officers.

Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2022

Police video shows man shot by officer was on couch, had gun

Body camera footage released by the Minneapolis Police Department shows a Black man who was fatally shot as officers were executing a search warrant was wrapped in a blanket and displayed a handgun as they shouted at him to show his hands and get on the ground

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022