A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, accusing them of willfully violating the Black man’s constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air.
A white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb and the city’s chief of police resigned Tuesday.
A black man died in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Sunday after being shot by police during a traffic stop and the St. Thomas Art History department has called on two artists to commission memorial art for two students who died. Designer Liselle Diaz has today’s News in :90.
The police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb apparently intended to fire a Taser, not a handgun, the city’s police chief said Monday.
President-elect Joe Biden’s win has been locked in under federal law, Minneapolis City Council members are now voting on whether or not to shrink the Minneapolis police department and Wisconsin has set new restrictions for bars and restaurants. Chief Video Editor Taylor Shupe has today’s News in :90.
The University of St. Thomas closed its Minneapolis campus at 5 p.m. Thursday and will be “operating on reduced hours” from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. through the weekend amid civil unrest that broke out in downtown Minneapolis Wednesday night.
A majority of the members of the Minneapolis City Council said Sunday they support disbanding the city’s police department, an aggressive stance that comes just as the state has launched a civil rights investigation after George Floyd’s death.
Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black men grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles, with police cars set ablaze and reports of injuries mounting on all sides as the country lurched toward another night of unrest after months of coronavirus lockdowns.
The Minneapolis police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday and charged with murder.
University of St. Thomas leaders reached out to the campus community in multiple emails midweek, responding to the death of 47-year-old George Floyd, a black man who was handcuffed and died Monday in Minneapolis after an officer kneeled on his neck for almost eight minutes. Director Emily Haugen has the story.
St. Thomas administration responds to Tuesday’s bomb threat, a man was fatally shot and killed by a St. Paul police officer Tuesday night, and the Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis has opened an investigation on Bishop Michael Hoeppner. Web Manager Maggie Martin has today’s News in :90.
Jurors answer written questions for the case of a former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an Australian woman, President Donald Trump suggests he will defer until after 2020 to push for a Republican health care plan, and New Zealanders vote in favor of new gun restrictions. Chief Story Editor Samantha HoangLong has today’s News in :90.
A new federal alert system is tested, the Senate reviews a supplementary investigation into Brett Kavanaugh, and Minneapolis Police will not investigate Keith Ellison. Director Noah Brown has today’s News in :90.
A man holed up in a hotel on the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus has two others with him in one of the rooms, university and police officials said Monday, but they have stopped short of calling them hostages.
Impeachment papers are filed against President Trump, and Tampa police search for a suspect in the killing of four people. Reporter Benton Johnson has today’s News in :90.
