Crime, Law and Justice

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said Thursday the city will review its police pursuit policy after a chase that ended with an officer hitting and killing an innocent motorist. 
Judge is asked to change 'trauma' wording in Chauvin memo
Prosecutors have asked the judge who handled former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in George Floyd’s death to rewrite his sentencing order to delete suggestions that child witnesses did not suffer trauma.
Minnesota will get $50M in Purdue Pharma settlement
State Attorney General Keith Ellison said the settlement money, paid out over nine years, will be overseen by the state’s opioid epidemic response advisory council and will be used for addiction prevention, treatment and recovery.
Floyd family attorney to represent Frazier family in fatal Mpls. police chase crash
Attorney Ben Crump, the attorney for the George Floyd family, says he is representing the family of a man who died in a crash with a police squad car in Minneapolis Tuesday. Separately, Mayor Jacob Frey said the city will review its police pursuit policy.
In Clearwater County, sheriff aims to keep peace amid Line 3 resistance
Some opponents of the Enbridge Line 3 project have complained of heavy-handed tactics by police, who've rounded up and arrested people holding marches and occupying construction sites. In Clearwater County, Sheriff Darin Halverson has taken a noticeably different approach.
Darnella Frazier says her uncle was innocent driver killed in Mpls. police chase crash
Frazier, the woman who recorded the police killing of George Floyd, said the crash happened as officers pursued a robbery suspect in another vehicle. On Facebook, she questioned why police were involved in a high-speed chase on a residential road.
Five years after his death, Philando Castile's mother criticizes lack of progress in police accountability
As protests of police shootings of Black men continue in Minnesota and beyond, Valerie Castile marked five years since her son Philando’s death. A St. Anthony police officer shot and killed the St. Paul man during a traffic stop.