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A Minnesota lawyer who has already been suspended twice and admonished three times since being admitted to practice law in 1990 has been suspended again. Peter Nickitas, who once told his opposing counsel to sleep with the fishes, faces a suspension of at least 120 days. In an order handed down on Jan. 11, the

A Minnesota lawyer who has already been suspended twice and admonished three times since being admitted to practice law in 1990 has been suspended again.

David Garman was one of several officials with checkered pasts who have been elevated by interim Chief Huffman.

Copy shortlink: A former Minneapolis police trainee who was fired two years ago has sued the department, saying he was singled out for harassment because of his age and Japanese heritage, with one of his coworkers openly questioning whether he intended to commit “hara-kiri,” or ritual suicide. Andrew Arashiba, 50, who was dismissed from the force in October 2017, contends that he was routinely humiliated because he was much older than almost every other cadet, and fa...