Minneapolis
CNN — Two police officers and a firefighter were fatally shot and another officer was injured after responding to a domestic incident early Sunday morning in Burnsville, Minnesota, according to local authorities. The incident began around 1:50 a.m. CT, when Burnsville police were called to a home where a man was reported to be armed […]
Gus Schumacher became the youngest American to win a World Cup cross-country skiing race — and the first U.S. man to win in a decade — at the Stifel Loppet Cup in Minneapolis on Sunday. Schumacher, 23, had a best World Cup finish of fourth before his breakthrough victory in the first World Cup stop […]
The Justice Department on Friday issued a scathing assessment of Minneapolis police, alleging that racial discrimination and excessive force went unchecked before George Floyd’s killing because of inadequate oversight and an unwieldy process for investigating complaints. The probe began in April 2021, a day after former officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, was convicted of […]
Police in the city where patrol officers murdered African American George Floyd routinely resort to violent and racist practices, the US Justice Department said in findings of a review three years after his death. The report on Friday detailed multiple cases of police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, shooting unarmed and unthreatening people before and after Floyd’s […]
The Justice Department accused the Minneapolis police on Friday of discriminating against Black and Native American people, using deadly force illegally and trampling the First Amendment rights of protesters and journalists — damning claims that grew out of a multiyear investigation and may lead to a court-enforced overhaul of the police force. The federal review was […]
Episodes of police brutality through excessive use of force, sadly, continue to occur in the United States against the black population. The case of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, is one of the most famous, and precisely in this city the U.S. Department of Justice revealed the results of an investigation of the police force. The […]
Minneapolis is creating a new climate action plan with ambitious goals to address pollution disparities that hit communities of color the hardest, but environmental justice advocates are criticizing a lack of dedicated funding. A draft of the Minneapolis Climate and Equity Plan calls for large investments in insulating homes, lowering residential energy bills, cleaning up […]
Hennepin Theatre Trust has found its next leader. The performing arts organization manages several historic theaters and event spaces in downtown Minneapolis. It announced Monday that Todd Duesing will be its next president and CEO. Duesing comes to Minneapolis from Ohio, where he currently serves as the vice president and chief operating officer at Cincinnati […]
A day of remembrance on the third anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd ended with a candlelight vigil Thursday night in Minneapolis at the corner of 38th and Chicago — George Floyd Square. A crowd gathered at the square and also marched to the nearby Say Their Names Cemetery, where headstones display the […]
Black-owned small businesses in Minneapolis have decided to organize their own event after losing lots of money at the controversial city planned Black business expo during Black History Month. Community activist J. DeVon Nolen partnered with two of those business owners, Markella Smith and Kamillah El-Amin, to create The People’s Market, CBS Minnesota reported. “The […]