Community Voices
There are plenty of examples where guns are drawn at police and either police don’t fear for their lives enough to shoot the suspect or they shoot but don’t kill the suspect.
Community Voices
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman was correct in not indicting the officers who killed Thurman Blevins. He could never have secured a conviction because the law is on the side of the police.
MNopedia
The end of prohibition coincided with some changes in the way St. Paul police did business.
Politics & Policy
The decline in homicide clearance rate in the Mill City mirrors a national trend.
Politics & Policy
The numbers won’t settle any debates about bias and policing. But they’re a start.
Politics & Policy
You know we’re going to say “it depends.”
Politics & Policy
Critics call the practice “policing for profit.”
Politics & Policy
There’s no perfect screening process. But Minnesota police departments do make an attempt to identify would-be officers that exhibit troubling behaviors.
Politics & Policy
The agency is often called in to investigate officer-involved shootings, but it has many other duties.
Community Sketchbook
Hundreds attended the sessions, held January 9 through 11, but many were skeptical that the Justice Department’s review would lead to any change.
