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30 years after Rodney King’s beating, George Floyd’s friends see similiarities in historic cases Updated Mar 03, 2021; Facebook Share George Floyd and his childhood friends spoke of the video with astonishment. The year was 1991, and images of Los Angeles cops beating Rodney King, a Black motorist, were sparking a national firestorm over police brutality. Floyd was a 16-year-old student in an impoverished Black neighborhood in Houston, a city with its own accusations of authorities using e...

Video recorded by bystanders delivered images that shook the public then and now.

Local and state officials appear to have a good public safety strategy for Chauvin trial.

CNNS AMANPOUR Women in Blue; Interview With Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel; U.S. Report Released on Murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Aired 2-3p ET Aired February 26, 2021 - 14:00   ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. [14:00:13] Heres whats coming up. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) AMANPOUR: Accountability moments. First, the U.S. intelligence report on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which could have major geopolitical consequences. I ...

Chauvin trial puts focus on gaps in 911 system revealed during George Floyd riots Liz Navratil, Star Tribune Metro-area 911 centers lacked the technology to communicate amid jammed phone lines and crowded radio channels during rioting last year — and that has not changed as officials brace for the first trial in George Floyds death. With a larger solution still far off, state and local leaders are pinning their hopes on a patchwork of smaller fixes they hope will lead to a smo...

George Floyd protests gave him purpose. But Third Precinct arson plea comes with a price Bryce Williams found purpose in Floyd protest; now hes paying a price for police station fire.  February 20, 2021 — 5:25pm Text size Copy shortlink: It had been several weeks since he had seen his daughter. So Bryce Williams, a 26-year-old former basketball star at a small Minnesota college, picked up 2-year-old Kinley and took her to a playgro...

We’ve heard an awful lot of false equivalency when it comes to the Trump-inspired riot on Jan. 6, which was the subject of the recent impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate. Trump’s …

Waiting for the Umbrella Man or someone like him Who can take a city, burn it to the ground? The Umbrella Man can, at least according to the search warrant application/affidavit filed by Minneapolis police officer Erika Christensen this past summer. Star Tribune reporter Libor Jany told me he came across Christensen’s affidavit in a routine review of court filings. Libor reported on the allegations of Christensen’s affidavit in his July 28 story “Minneapolis police say ‘Umbrella Man’ ...

Readers Write: Minneapolis police, custody laws, cooking at home Good officers are leaving the force.  February 5, 2021 — 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink: I read with great concern retired Minneapolis Police Department Lt. Kim Voss opinion piece ("Why I am one of many former MPD officers," Feb. 5). As a former public defender, prosecutor and judge in Minneapolis, I had cases throughout the years with countless members of the MPD, i...

Minneapolis police officers have gotten no support in the aftermath of the 2020 protests, and many are struggling with PTSD.