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This ruling comes after eight Northside residents sued the city, citing high levels of violent crime and a lack of police officers. They argued the gun violence, carjackings and break-ins were impacting their daily lives.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled the mayor of Minneapolis hasn’t met a legal duty to hire more police officers or demonstrate why he hasn’t done so. Chief Justice Lorie

Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is required by the city charter to have at least 731 police officers, noting City Council cleared more than enough funding.

The Minneapolis city charter requires the city to fund and employ a minimum number of police officers, yet the city resisted its legal obligation all the way to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Yesterday the Court ruled unanimously that the citys resistance to its legal obligation lacked merit. I have embedded Chief Justice Gildeas 9-page order at the bottom of this post. Five of the Courts seven justices, by the way,

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that the mayor of Minneapolis hasn't met a legal duty...

The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled the mayor of Minneapolis hasn't met a legal duty to hire more police officers or demonstrate why he hasn't done so.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that the Mayor Jacob Frey hasn't met a legal duty to hire more police officers or demonstrate why he hasn't done so.

According to city data, Minneapolis had 621 sworn police officers as of May 21, including 39 sworn officers on continuous leave.

Minnesota Department of Human Rights should be more forthcoming with Minneapolis officials and the public.

Six weeks ago, Minneapolis leaders pledged to cooperate with the Human Rights charge of systemic racist policing. The negotiations have since taken on an adversarial tone, making the future of a court-enforceable agreement uncertain.