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Crime, Law and Justice

MN newsmakers look back on 2021: JaNaé Bates, Yes 4 Minneapolis

MN newsmakers look back on 2021: JaNaé Bates, Yes 4 Minneapolis

As 2021 ends, we’re reexamining the year through the eyes of key Minnesota newsmakers. On Tuesday, host Cathy Wurzer spoke with JaNaé Bates, one of the community organizers who worked with Yes 4 Minneapolis in support of the policing and public safety charter amendment that ultimately did not pass in November.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lindsay Guentzel

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Minnesota Jan. 6 defendant faces new felony charge

Minnesota Jan. 6 defendant faces new felony charge

Authorities charged Daniel Eugene Johnson of Austin in June with four misdemeanors, including remaining in a restricted building. Now the 29-year-old is facing a new felony count of interfering with U.S. Capitol Police during the Jan. 6 insurrection.
by Matt Sepic

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Mankato officials won't discipline officers for take-down

Officials in Mankato have decided not to discipline two police officers accused of using excessive force when they took a college student to the ground outside his apartment six years ago.
by The Associated Press

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Former mayor dead after deputy runs him over in driveway

The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Tuesday that former St. Michael Mayor Harold Welter was lying in the driveway of a home Thursday evening when Wright County Sheriff’s Deputy Dustin Hatzenbeller pulled in and ran him over with his squad vehicle.
by The Associated Press

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Appeals court says group can sue over Minnesota mining rules

Appeals court says group can sue over Minnesota mining rules

A Minnesota appellate court has affirmed that a wilderness advocacy group has standing to challenge state rules on copper mine sites. The Minnesota Appeals Court's ruling Monday means that Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness' lawsuit can continue.
by The Associated Press

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States send kids to foster care and their parents the bill — often one too big to pay

States send kids to foster care and their parents the bill — often one too big to pay

In every state, governments charge parents for the cost of foster care when children are taken away. When that happens, NPR found, poor parents can't make ends meet, so families are kept apart longer.
by Joseph Shapiro, Teresa Wiltz, POLITICO and Jessica Piper

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Man dies in confrontation with police in Austin, Minn.

Authorities in southeastern Minnesota say a person allegedly armed with a knife has died following a lengthy standoff with police that ended when an officer shot the individual.
by MPR News Staff

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