Crime, Law and Justice

Attorney General sues two Minneapolis nonprofits for illegal spending
Two Minneapolis charities are facing a lawsuit alleging that their leaders spent more than $2 million of the nonprofits’ money on luxury travel, clothing and cash payments to themselves and their families.
House to vote on new security measures for Minnesota lawmakers
The bill would fund personnel and technology used to help identify threats and add protection on the state Capitol campus, state Rep. Brion Curran, DFL-White Bear Lake, told MPR News.
After highly publicized arrests, feds dismiss a third of ICE protester charges
Of the 36 people charged with assaulting immigration agents during the winter enforcement operation, prosecutors have dismissed cases against 14. But prosecutors are pressing forward with others, including one that a judge calls “perplexing.”
Minnesota State Fair assistant police chief sues Ramsey County sheriff for retaliation
The Minnesota State Fair assistant police chief said in a whistleblower lawsuit that Ramsey County Sheriff Robert Fletcher tried to have him fired for reporting Fletcher’s alleged use of chemical munitions on bystanders.
BCA identifies man killed by Richfield police
One officer reportedly scuffled with the man who, while on his back, shot the officer in the hand. That officer and another then fatally shot the man.