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Minneapolis City Council unanimously approves sweeping plan to reform policing

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council on Friday morning unanimously approved a sweeping plan to reform policing that aims to reverse years of systemic racial bias.

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Minneapolis mayor and his wife are speaking out about death threats

MINNEAPOLIS — Nearly three years after the unrest following the murder of George Floyd, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey still gets death threats.

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Debate stirs as Minneapolis council vote nears on proposed police oversight reforms

MINNEAPOLIS — Faced with ongoing criticism over Minneapolis' longtime police civilian review process, the City Council is poised to vote next week on a plan to replace it with a new Community Commission on Police Oversight.

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Minneapolis council approves changemaker as new police chief

The Minneapolis City Council has unanimously approved a former public safety director from New Jersey as the city's next police chief

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Editorial: Pelosi attack reveals larger problem

Violent political rhetoric has become increasingly common in our polarized society, and all too frequently it's spilling over into actual physical violence. Both pose serious threats to our democracy and civilized society.

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City where George Floyd was killed struggles to recruit cops

Minneapolis has struggled to rebuild its police department after hundreds of officers quit in the two years since George Floyd was killed by a city police officer

The Independent UK

How planting trees fights racial inequity and climate change in poorest Twin Cities neighborhoods

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Metropolitan Council data scientists quickly recognized a pattern when they began mapping the Twin Cities' patchy tree canopy.

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NJ official eyed for chief in city where George Floyd died

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has announced that he will nominate a former public safety director from Newark, New Jersey, as his top pick for police chief

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Minnesota's 5th District DFL primary shows division over Rep. Ilhan Omar's tenure

MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar spent months largely ignoring her Democratic challenger.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar defeats Don Samuels in 5th District DFL race

MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar narrowly defeated former Minneapolis City Council Member Don Samuels in Tuesday's Fifth District DFL primary.

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Don Samuels concedes as Rep. Ilhan Omar holds lead in Minn. 5th District DFL primary race

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels conceded the Fifth District DFL primary to Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar Tuesday night as Omar held a narrow lead in the race.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar leading Don Samuels in 5th District DFL primary race

MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar faced a spirited challenge from former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels in Tuesday's 5th District DFL primary.

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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.

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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.

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Minneapolis police release body camera footage from shooting during standoff

MINNEAPOLIS — Police body camera footage released Wednesday shows a chaotic scene in which Minneapolis officers rescue a mother and her two young children as Andrew Tekle Sundberg fires a gun repeatedly from inside his apartment last week, but the video fails to show clearly the final moment, about six…

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Court finds Minneapolis mayor failed to replace 300 police officers who left in wake of George Floyd murder

Minneapolis voters weighed cutting staffing requirement in fall elections

The Independent UK

Court rules Minneapolis mayor failed to hire more police

The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled the mayor of Minneapolis hasn’t met a legal duty to hire more police officers or demonstrate why he hasn’t done so

The Guardian - US

Police on Trial: two years after the killing of George Floyd, what has changed?

The Minneapolis murder led to protests and calls for structural change but a new documentary shows that the journey to racial equality remains long

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Report reveals decade of ‘repugnant’ police racism in Minneapolis

Police regularly used slurs and extra force against Black people, state audit finds

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What's next for George Floyd Square? City cautiously undertakes public engagement process

MINNEAPOLIS — Nearly two years since the murder of George Floyd turned 38th Street and Chicago Avenue into a semi-autonomous protest zone, the city of Minneapolis has started to figure out what's next for the complicated intersection of culture, business and historic trauma.

Reason

Minneapolis Bans Police Use of No-Knock Warrants

After the tragic shooting of Amir Locke, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has made changes to the controversial practice. But are they enough?

Mic

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is once again pretending he’s banned no-knock warrants

This is the latest time he’s insinuated an end to the practice … while carefully excluding the fact that the practice hasn’t actually ended.

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's new no-knock warrant ban starts Friday. Here's what it does and doesn't do.

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey unveiled earlier this week a "ban on no-knock search warrants" — but city police officers still can enter places without announcing their presence in some cases. The new policy, which takes effect Friday, comes nearly two months after a Minneapolis police officer killed Amir…

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Editorial: No charges in Locke shooting is right call

The Feb. 2 shooting death of Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man asleep in an apartment when Minneapolis police officers entered on a no-knock warrant, was and remains nothing less than a tragedy. Locke, who was not named in the warrant and was not a suspect in the underlying investigation,…

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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.

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