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Liz Sawyer

Liz Sawyer

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Liz Sawyer
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Consent decree monitor publishes road map for Minneapolis police reforms

City, MDHR have asked the court to push back initial deadlines because of delay in selecting Effective Law Enforcement for All, the nonprofit overseeing court-mandated reform efforts. That request is still pending.
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Fact check: Did Tim Walz ‘let rioters burn down Minneapolis’?

The Trump campaign is hammering this line of attack in new ads. Through videos, interviews and other public documents, the Star Tribune pieced together a timeline of the governor’s response to the riots.
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Man who fired at Minneapolis park police officer last fall faces up...

Muhyedin Abdirahman, 25, was slated for a jury trial this week in the attack on park police officer Karl Zabinski, who was not injured in an exchange of gunfire.
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Myon Burrell convicted of felony drug, weapons charges related to 2...

His legal team seeks to challenge the legality of the initial police stop and search of his vehicle before the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
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Minneapolis police herald recruitment efforts as applications up 45...

For the first time since 2018, MPD is expected to end the year with more sworn officers than it started with.
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Amid allegations of illegal practices, Minneapolis will start audit...

But an attorney for the plaintiff said in court Wednesday that he isn’t dropping the lawsuit yet, asking a Hennepin County judge first to rule the city structurally fails to abide by state public records law.
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Sources: Metro Transit chief under investigation for hostile workpl...

Multiple complaints by staff prompted an internal investigation this spring, but Morales was not placed on administrative leave until last Friday.

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Police brutality protest briefly blocks Edina intersection

"I Am a Man" rally was held to highlight allegations of police brutality against black men.
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Minneapolis police are seeking to expand ShotSpotter. Skeptics want...

Law enforcement credits the gunshot detection system with reducing response times, aiding investigations and tracking automatic gunfire. Critics claim it’s unreliable and leads to overpolicing.
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Defamation lawsuit by fired Minneapolis police officer moves toward...

Judge ruled that immunity does not apply to “a non-elected police chief.”
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Minnesota Police Association files ethics complaint against Hennepi...

The statewide law enforcement trade group accuses Mary Moriarty of a politically motivated prosecution in pursuing murder charges against state trooper Ryan Londregan.