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Seized by the Second Precinct Special Ops unit were six firearms, a massive amount of ammunition and 216 pills of oxycodone.

The declining numbers highlight the challenge facing the city's beleaguered police force as it faces calls for its defunding or even abolishment.

Prathaan/iStock(MINNEAPOLIS) -- A Minnesota judge is considering whether to drop charges against an alleged drug dealer after his lawyer claimed Minneapolis law enforcement officers destroyed critical evidence in a panic prompted by a blaze and takeover of another police department precinct during a 2020 protest over the murder of George Floyd. An attorney for 36-year-old Walter Power argued during a court hearing on Wednesday that Minneapolis police officers destroyed a search warrant obtained on Power's home that prosecutors said resulted in the seizure of 3,000 doses of the painkiller ...

In court documents, officers explained why they decided to destroy documents on the other side of the city from riots.

Readers Write: Critical race theory, policing, space, COVID response Key differences in circumstance.  Text size Copy shortlink: In response to the letter "Teach agency, not victimhood":Slavs, Italians, Catholics, Jews, etc., etc., etc., did not come to this country in chains, they were not classified as 3/5ths of a person, they were not treated as animals in every sense of the word.Black folks worked hard (not as heck, but most often to death) when we were in chains, and we continue to work hard, but the oppressor continues to make it dif...