What to do about the MPD? How three activist groups are rethinking public safety.
Communities United Against Police Brutality, Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar and Black Visions Collective describe their proposals for change.
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Would an updated early intervention system help MPD avert excessive force incidents?
As calls for accountability from the Minneapolis Police Department continue to mount, city officials are turning to data in hopes of identifying problematic police officers before they use excessive force.
A revived debate: What role should police play in traffic safety?
Those who want to see less police enforcement offer varied solutions, including design and education approaches; regulations on devices that distract drivers; and automatic cameras for red-light running.
Terrell Bryant went to 38th and Chicago to kill a cop and die. He found a community instead.
In the weeks since the Floyd killing, Bryant has become a fixture among a group of neighbors in Powderhorn.
What comes next for south Minneapolis’ recently destroyed post offices?
The stations, both built in the 1970s, were deemed to be total losses, and both facilities’ operations have now been moved outside their respective neighborhoods.
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights is investigating the Minneapolis Police Department. How much can it do to change the MPD?
The investigation will seek to determine if MPD policies or training lead to race-based discrimination. If so, the state can require changes, enforceable through the courts.
Four takeaways from Ellison’s decision to prosecute the three other ex-MPD officers, add 2nd-degree murder charge against Chauvin
A look at what we learned from Ellison’s remarks about the case, and from Gov. Tim Walz, who spoke to reporters after the charges against the officers became public.
Why are cops in Minnesota so rarely charged in officer-involved deaths?
And why the prosecutions stemming from the death of George Floyd may be different.
Walz, mayors blame looting, violence on ‘outsiders’; urge Twin Cities residents to observe Saturday night curfew
Walz said he now believes that much of the violence is being fanned by well-organized groups trained in urban warfare, while his public safety commissioner says there’s evidence that right-wing extremists and white supremacists have organized efforts to foster unrest.
Curfews imposed in Minneapolis, St. Paul; former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin charged with murder, manslaughter
“This is not going to be an easy journey,” the Minnesota governor said at a Friday morning news conference. “But the one thing we have to assure is that civil order is maintained so those changes we want to see” can happen. “None of us want to live in a society where roving bands go unchecked and do what they want to do, to ruin property.”
Seven days in Minneapolis: a timeline of what we know about the death of George Floyd and its aftermath
The death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis Police has set off days of protests, a state of emergency, and the callout of the Minnesota National Guard. Here, a chronological look at what’s transpired since Floyd’s encounter with the MPD Monday evening.
Beyond unemployment: How COVID-19 is affecting assistance programs throughout Minnesota
State government, county officials and nonprofit organizations have seen a significant increase in people needing help paying for food, housing and other daily costs.
Minnesota school-district leaders grapple with new financial uncertainties amid pandemic
The shift to distance learning has prompted districts to invest in technology, prepare and deliver meals to students and incur other COVID-related expenses even as fee-based programs have been canceled.
Local officials call for canceling rent payments in Minnesota
Among the letter’s signers are majorities on the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Richfield city councils.
A ‘prolonged tornado’: how north Minneapolis leaders are responding to the fallout from COVID-19
Among other things, a coalition of African-American organizations called the Northside Community Response Team has created an outreach strategy that includes television and radio programming, community health efforts and economic aid.
Public Works crews embrace social distancing as routines shift
With many Minnesotans staying at home, the streets are emptier than usual right now. In some ways, that makes the pandemic the ideal time for some street repair.
Signs of life in Minneapolis: a photo essay
MinnPost photographed messages on shuttered storefronts and elsewhere across the city Saturday and Sunday, with many small business owners keeping a stiff upper lip for their bricks-and-mortar customers via store windows.
How homeless shelters across Minnesota are scrambling to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Across the state, housing advocates are worried that shelters’ inability to keep guests away from each other could turn the facilities into “ground zero” for an outbreak.
Cremate and wait: How COVID-19 is changing the way funeral homes do the business of life and death
For funeral directors dealing with the day-to-day nuts and bolts business of life and death, the coronavirus and social distancing era has changed the way they help people grieve, and how funeral homes host celebrations of life.
Hennepin, Ramsey counties approve funding to establish quarantine sites for vulnerable residents
Hennepin County is preparing to negotiate leases with existing buildings to set up isolation rooms for some residents who show signs of COVID-19.
