Category: Minneapolis Police

LIVE NOW: AG Garland Discloses Minneapolis Police Practices Related to George Floyd’s Death

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland presents findings at 10:45 a.m. ET on June 16 of an investigation into the practices of law enforcement in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2020, related to the death of George Floyd while he was in police custody. …


AG Garland Discloses Minneapolis Police Practices Related to George Floyd’s Death

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland presents findings at 10:45 a.m. ET on June 16 of an investigation into the practices of law enforcement in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2020, related to the death of George Floyd while he was in police custody. …


After George Floyd Protests, a Dramatic Nationwide Decline in Proactive Policing

Police officers pulled back big-time in the last year and a half following the George Floyd protests. Key proactive policing activities such as suspect stops plummeted in the summer of 2020 and continue at a historic low ebb to this day, according to an Epoch Times analysis. The Epoch Times reviewed police stop data from…


Minneapolis Mayor Ends No-Knock Warrants After Deadly Police Shooting

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has announced a moratorium on no-knock warrants, which allow police officers to enter premises without having to announce their presence, after a SWAT raid ended up killing 22-year-old Amir Locke. “No matter what information comes to light, it won’t change the fact that Amir Locke’s life was cut short,” said Frey…


No More Defunding the Police for Minneapolis as Council Allocates Department Budget Increase

The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) will be receiving millions of dollars as part of an increase in the department’s budget, as unveiled by the mayor on Friday, essentially returning back to levels before the region was the hotbed for the “defund the police” movement. Mayor Jacob Frey and the City Council approved a $1.6 billion…


Minnesota Supreme Court Allows Proposal to Dismantle, Replace Police Department on Ballot

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that voters in Minneapolis will be able to have their say on the city’s police department on the local ballot. It overturned a lower court ruling that struck down a proposed ballot initiative asking voters to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety…


3 Ex-officers Ask to Block Streaming of Trial in Floyd Death

MINNEAPOLIS—Attorneys for three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death asked a judge Thursday to bar their upcoming trial from being livestreamed, saying some witnesses won’t testify if the proceedings are broadcast. The request from attorneys for Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao is an about-face from their earlier request to have…


Rioter Fined $12 Million for Helping Set Minneapolis Police Station on Fire

A man was fined $12 million and will serve four years in prison for trying to set fire to the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct building last year in the midst of protests and riots. Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 23, was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release, according to the United States Attorney’s Office District…


Minneapolis to Spend $6.4 Million to Recruit More Police Officers

MINNEAPOLIS—Minneapolis is planning to spend $6.4 million to hire dozens of police officers, at a time when some City Council members and activist groups have been advocating to replace the police department following George Floyd’s death. The City Council voted unanimously Friday to approve the additional funding that police requested. The department says it only…