Crime, Law and Justice

Street art from Floyd protests gets permanent home
A group that collected and preserved hundreds of plywood murals from the George Floyd protests has found a permanent home for them.
U says hackers may have stolen decades of student, worker data
University of Minnesota officials on Thursday acknowledged that a data breach initially reported last month exposed personal information on students, potential students and employees from 1989 to 2021, including Social Security numbers.
'We're all clear': Ellison says latest moves should end questions over police in schools
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison told MPR News on Thursday he believes his latest legal memo and a meeting with state and local leaders and law enforcement will resolve the controversy around how officers can restrain students in schools.
Minnesota's high court sides with defendant in #MeToo lawsuit
In a new ruling, the Minnesota Supreme Court has sided with a Minneapolis woman who publicly accused her dance teacher, who was also her romantic partner, of sexual assault.
A 96-year-old federal judge was barred from hearing cases in a fight over her fitness
The unusually public and bitter fight over whether a judge should continue to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sparked a lawsuit and turned judges against one another.
Lead found in water at Lino Lakes prison; DOC says testing indicates no risks at Stillwater
Minnesota prison officials say preliminary results from a new round of testing show the water at the Stillwater correctional facility is safe to drink — but testing at a different state prison, in Lino Lakes, found lead in some of the water there.
Authorities are searching for a murder suspect from Minnesota who was mistakenly released from an Indianapolis jail last week.
Investigation into State Patrol killing of Ricky Cobb II goes to prosecutors
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says it’s now reviewing the findings of an investigation into the July 31 fatal shooting of a Black man by a Minnesota state trooper along Interstate 94 in Minneapolis.