The FBI said members of the Hispanic and LGBTQ communities reported receiving offensive messages, some of which said “they were selected for deportation or to report to a re-education camp.”
Tawonda Burks, who is Black, was one of many Black Americans targeted by the text messages. There were reports in Virginia, in Tennessee, in Ohio, in Connecticut and in Alabama, among others.
After spending 16 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, Edgar Barrientos-Quintana was released Wednesday following an order issued by a Hennepin County judge.
Special counsel Jack Smith is taking steps to end both federal cases against Trump before the president-elect takes office, according to a source familiar with the Justice Department deliberations.
A 13-year-old boy was killed early Tuesday morning in what Minneapolis police are calling an apparent accidental shooting. Officials say a 14-year-old boy was handling a gun when the 13-year-old was shot.
Chad Aanerud, 35, was charged Monday in Crow Wing County District Court with 12 criminal counts, including second-degree murder, first-degree criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, arson and assault with a dangerous weapon.
With concerns about election-related violence on the rise, poll workers and election officials in Minnesota have some new legal protections. While there have been only sporadic problems in Minnesota, the measure was prompted by harassment elsewhere.
A federal jury has convicted a former Kentucky detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor the night she was shot to death by police officers in 2020. The 12-member jury returned the late night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive force on Taylor’s neighbors.
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