Crime, Law and Justice

Activists say diversifying police forces not best answer to cop misconduct
There’s been a drive for decades to diversify the nation’s mostly white police forces, including in the Twin Cities. But the recent fatal beating of a Black man by five Black Memphis police officers has renewed questions about the role police officer diversity plays in reducing officer misconduct or brutality. 
16-year-old charged with murder in St. Paul Harding High stabbing
Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 16-year-old with the second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old Friday at Harding High. Separately, St. Paul’s school superintendent said district, police and city leaders are working to craft a new approach to schools and policing.
A St. Paul police officer fatally shot a man on Saturday, after responding to reports that someone was threatening people with a knife. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating. Authorities said there is body camera video of the incident.
Stabbing at St. Paul's Harding High leaves boy, 15, dead; 16-year-old in custody
The school went into lockdown just before noon Friday. Police say the victim as well as the alleged assailant, were Harding students. Authorities say they’re still trying to understand what led to the stabbing.