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Cartoon by Suerynn Lee Clark had known Floyd, and had looked up to him as a mentor—“my big homie,” he called him. They had often talked to each other at El Nuevo Rodeo, a club where Floyd had worked as a security guard. Clark told me that Floyd had urged him to be more involved in the neighborhood, and to more consciously exercise a positive influence on its youth: “He used to tell me to use my voice—that’s what he always said. Having tattoos on my face, people get...

Cop Derek Chauvin is taken to maximum security prison and placed on suicide watch after being found guilty on ALL three charges of murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd as Joe Biden calls the killing a stain on the nations soul The veteran cop was emotionless as Judge Peter Cahill read the jurys decision, which centred around nine minutes and 29 seconds of Chauvin kneeling on the unarmed black mans neck in May last year  Cheers rose from crowds gathered outside the courthouse and do...

19 Apr 2021 Republican members of Congress from Minnesota have called for an investigation and censure of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) for her “inflammatory rhetoric” during a protest she attended in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Remarks on Waters’ rhetoric came in a letter from Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), and Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN), and was addressed to top Democrats in the House, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Majority L...

April 19, 2021 | 1:43 PM MINNEAPOLIS — Around midday last Monday, Samir Patel received a phone call from his friend, a dentist: Gunshots had rung out, his friend told him, and the contractors who were rebuilding the office he lost in last year’s unrest had fled. He was boarding up, and he told Patel he should move quickly to protect his own business, a dry-cleaning shop. And so Patel got in his car and drove to his shop, cleared out all of his customers’ clothes and brought them home. May...

Read / Add Comments Frania Espinal, age 22, of Dix Hills, was reported missing on Monday, April 12. Following an investigation by the Suffolk County PD Homicide Squad and Second Squad detectives, Espinal was found dead inside a home in Bay Shore, on Heckscher Avenue,  at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 14, according to police. On Friday, April 16, Suffolk PD detectives arrested Darren Mansfield, age 22, of Bay Shore, and charged him with second-degree murder.  He will be held ...

Tensions build between Walz, progressives over police protests Some Democrats have been vocal in opposing projectiles and tear gas deployed against protesters.  April 16, 2021 — 3:30pm Text size Copy shortlink: The fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright and tactics used to respond to people protesting his killing are putting Gov. Tim Walz increasingly at odds with the left flank of his base, threatening to f...

Disappearance, recovery of Chauvins Taser remain a mystery Disappearance, recovery of Derek Chauvins Taser remain a mystery A Taser issued to the ex-Minneapolis police officer was recovered during a traffic stop in Burnsville in January.  April 16, 2021 — 2:45pm Text size Copy shortlink: Among the many revelations from the investigation of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, it ranks a relatively low...

John Minchillo/AP (KNSI) — Police and protesters clashed for the second night in a row as tensions flared following the fatal officer-involved shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center Sunday afternoon. About 40 arrests were made overnight as a 7:00 p.m. curfew went into place but was ignored by hundreds as bottles, rocks, concrete chunks, fireworks, and frozen cans of pop were hurled at officers as they held the line against the angry mob that had shown up at the Brooklyn Center Police De...

Who are the witnesses in the Derek Chauvin trial? These are the individuals who have testified so far in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd.  By Paul Walsh, Abby Simons and Hannah Sayle April 8, 2021 — 5:29pm Text size Copy shortlink: Following weeks of jury selection, the trial of fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin began with opening statements on March 29, 2021. Chauvin is charged with second-d...

Copy shortlink: Federal agents in Minnesota have arrested a St. Cloud man who claims allegiance to anti-government Boogaloo Bois and plotted a violent attack on the Minnesota State Capitol earlier this year, according to charges unsealed in Minnesota U.S. District Court on Wednesday. Last December, Michael Paul Dahlager, 27, traveled to a "Stop the Steal" rally at the Capitol in St. Paul to take video of law enforcement numbers, scout tactical positions for the Boogaloo ...