Crime, Law and Justice

More than 7,100 Minnesota National Guard members were pressed into duty for a mission unlike any other in Minneapolis after George Floyd was killed. The Guard’s commander offered an inside look at the mission to state lawmakers Thursday.

A poll conducted in mid-June found that most respondents thought police officers should be held legally accountable for misconduct. But few respondents favored cutting funding for law enforcement.

When George Floyd said he couldn't breathe, two of the Minneapolis officers at the scene pointed out that he could still speak. Medical experts say that reaction is dangerously wrong, and that a person can still utter words, even if they can't inhale enough breath. 

President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was returned to federal prison, weeks after his early release to serve the remainder of his sentence at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal Bureau of Prisons said Thursday.

A Hennepin County judge issued a gag order Thursday preventing lawyers from publicly discussing the case against the former Minneapolis police officers.

Council members sought Wednesday to reassure the Minneapolis Charter Commission, with some commissioners expressing concerns that the council was rushing to push through the proposal so voters can decide it in the November election.

The fate of arbitration is set to play out at the state Capitol in the coming weeks, as lawmakers convene for a special session where they’re expected to consider this and other measures to increase police accountability in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

The Minneapolis officer who pressed his knee against George Floyd's neck before he died told him, “it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk” after Floyd pleaded for air around 20 times. That's according to transcripts of body camera video recordings made public Wednesday.

Zachary Robinson, 27, is charged with murder and assault in the Sunday shooting that left a pregnant woman dead in south Minneapolis. Prosecutors say Robinson is the baby’s father, and the child is in critical condition.

GOP state senators grilled top law enforcement officials about their decisions on the day protesters tore down a state Capitol monument to Christopher Columbus. Some Democrats on the panel wondered why they weren’t spending more time talking about the killing of George Floyd.