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pandemic, and now as vaccines become more widely available, we are reporting on how our local schools, businesses and communities are returning to a more "normal" future. Theres never been more of a need for the kind of local, independent and unbiased journalism that The Day produces. Please support our work by subscribing today. Minnesota AGs office to prosecute former officer in Wrights death This April 22, 2021, file photo shows a chalkboard near a makeshift memorial in Brooklyn Center, M...

This article is part of a special section on George Floyd and America, a year after his death. Read more about this project in a note from deputy Opinion editor Patrick Healy in our Opinion Today newsletter. On a humid, windless night several years ago, I was driving my parents’ S.U.V. through the oak-covered back streets of my hometown with four teenage friends. At an empty intersection, I reflexively began turning left before spotting the no-left-turn sign on the traffic light above. I je...

One year on, how George Floyd’s murder has changed the world Deborah Douglas, Angelique Chrisafis and Aamna Mohdin George Floyd’s murder felt like everything was the same and nothing was the same, said Miski Noor, an activist in Minneapolis, where Floyd was killed by a white police officer a year ago on 25 May. “How many times have we seen Black death go viral?” asked Noor, the co-founder of Black Visions, which advocates for abolition, an approach to public safety that ...

Minnesota AG’s Office to Prosecute Case in Daunte Wright’s Death MINNEAPOLIS—Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Friday that his office will lead the prosecution of a former suburban police officer who is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright. Former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter, who fatally shot Wright, a 20-year-old motorist, on April 11. The city’s police chief, who has since stepped down, had said he believed Potter meant to use h...

Lezley McSpadden-Head, along with officials from his school and community leaders, this week celebrated his life and renewed calls for racial justice and police accountability.

AP Photo/Evan Vucci Lefties have been demanding police wear body cameras for years, believing the public would finally see all the wanton acts of violence perpetrated by cops against peaceful, law-abiding members of society. Then they saw the truth. New York Attorney General Letitia James has wanted body cams since the death of Eric Garner, back in 2014 when she was public advocate of New York. She even suggested body cameras were a good idea for cops and would save the city of New York money. ...

Share and speak up for justice, law & order... MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Wisc. — David Willoughby, a Milwaukee County Sheriff’s deputy and former U.S. Marine, was suspended after he sent an email to local politicians simply asking whether they supported an anti-law enforcement tweet by Democratic Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. His wife says local politicians are “bullying” Willoughby because several Democratic elected officials complained directly to the sheriff. Here, we name names—an...

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Minnesota legislative session fizzles to a close, tees up overtime and possible blowups on horizon Lawmakers also voted to expand the states medical cannabis program to allow participants to buy dried marijuana flowers to be smoked. 8:30 am, May 21, 2021 × Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, at the podium, addressed reporters in St. Paul after he and legislative leaders, at right, crafted a budget framework in the final hours of the legislative session. (Dana Ferguson / Forum News S...

Seattle inspector general calls for end to low-level traffic stops to avoid deadly outcomes Seattle police in South Park. (KIRO 7 TV, Brian Doerflinger ) Nationwide there are some 20 million traffic stops every year. Researchers say they are the most common face-to-face encounter with police, according to Seattle Inspector General Lisa Judge, who is calling on interim Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz to end low level traffic stops that she says are not worth the risk of tragic outcomes seen bot...