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Twin Cities get serious about crosswalk etiquette Mpls., St. Paul, the U working to improve crosswalk etiquette. July 14, 2021 9:07pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Minneapolis and St. Paul are working on new efforts with researchers from the University of Minnesota to make crosswalks safer for pedestrians.
Large blue signs, updated weekly, will now show the rate that drivers have been yielding to pedestrians at select sites. The aim is to raise awareness and help communities track their progress, researchers said.
A study which began in April and will end in November is measuring how many drivers stop for people crossing the street and how various engineering treatments may affect pedestrian safety at crossings.
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Minnesota Rep. John Thompson, who claimed he was racially profiled during a July 4 traffic stop, said he supports the release of body camera video from the St. Paul police officer who pulled him over. It is within the power of the St. Paul Police to release that footage, and I am not a barrier to that, Thompson, DFL-St. Paul, said in a statement released on his legislative website on Monday.
He said that even though the video will show the officer conducted the traffic stop by the book, the bigger issue is we need to rewrite the book.
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The DFL Party chairman issued a statement Sunday evening in response to the latest controversy surrounding Rep. John Thompson.
Thompson made headlines recently after he accused a St. Paul police officer of racial profiling during a traffic stop. According to a police report, the St. Paul representative was pulled over on July 4 for driving without a front license plate.
St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell responded to Thompson s acusations, saying the traffic stop had nothing to do with race after watching a video of the encounter. He also asked Thompson for an apology.
In a statement, DFL Chairman Ken Martin said he was disappointed in Thompson s claims.
Names of officers who killed Smith unlikely to ever go public Due to their undercover status, legal barriers are high for their names to be released. July 11, 2021 8:43pm Text size Copy shortlink:
It s unlikely that the names of the officers who fatally shot Winston Smith atop a Minneapolis parking ramp last month will ever be made public.
Minnesota and federal laws call for concealment of the names of officers working undercover, and the legal hurdles against their release are high especially since they were deputized as federal agents by the U.S. Marshals North Star Fugitive Task Force. The government has a privilege to conceal the identities of officers acting in undercover capacity, said John Marti, a former federal prosecutor in Minnesota.