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We have followed the fate of law enforcement in Minneapolis since the death of Saint George Floyd on Memorial Day 2020. We have also followed the related media coverage, which has amplified and confused the multifarious racial issues. As the Minneapolis Police Department has contracted to the size of a shrunken head -- a shrunken head capable of scaring no one -- we have repeatedly asked who in his right
From the column: "Truncated transparency seemed to reflect a pattern consistent with the longstanding practices of the university system in shrouding its selection of high-level personnel in secrecy."
Former Brooklyn Center police chief Tim Gannon is suing the city over his termination following the police killing of Daunte Wright.
When the Minnesota Department of Human Rights filed its 72-page charge of discrimination against the beleaguered and undermanned Minneapolis Police Department, I submitted a Data Practices Act request with the department for public inspection of the 480,000 pages of documents underlying the charge. I do not take the department's charge at face value for reasons I suggested in 'Who will speak for the MPD?' On May 10 I heard back
I wrote a set of critical notes on the April 27 Minnesota Department of Human Rights charge (a/k/a 'report') finding probable cause against the Minneapolis Police Department in 'Who will speak for the MPD?' The charge has received enormous publicity in the Minnesota press, yet it is at the least problematic. I wrote in my notes on the charge: 'The report cites supporting materials including some 480,000 pages of documents,