Mpls. Council gives public safety commissioner nominee Judge Todd Barnette a green light
Hennepin County Chief Judge Toddrick Barnette received a heartfelt welcome from Minneapolis residents Tuesday as he stood for a public hearing on his nomination to be the city's second community safety commissioner in just over a year. Barnette was a public defender for 11 years and a prosecutor for two before making history as Hennepin County's first chief judge of color in 2020. In that ...