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Minneapolis Council president files ethics complaint against police chief

Minneapolis Council president files ethics complaint against police chief

Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender announced Thursday that she filed an ethics complaint against the city's police chief, Medaria Arradondo, after he held a news conference Wednesday to speak out against the public safety charter amendment.
by Matt Sepic

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Jaleel Stallings sues Minneapolis and MPD over excessive force

Jaleel Stallings sues Minneapolis and MPD over excessive force

Jaleel Stallings filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday against the city of Minneapolis and 19 police officers. He says police used excessive force during the unrest following George Floyd’s murder and then lied in their reports that he’d been resisting arrest.
by MPR News Staff

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Minneapolis mayor faces voters with policing on their minds

Minneapolis mayor faces voters with policing on their minds

The Democrat faces a tough fight to keep his job in the city's first election since George Floyd's death under the knee of a white police officer in May 2020. Jacob Frey's fate is likely tied to whether voters agree with his moves to change the city's Police Department — and whether they agree with his opposition to a ballot question that would replace it with something new.
by Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

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'Flatlining': MPD chief warns yes-vote on police overhaul will hurt Minneapolis

'Flatlining': MPD chief warns yes-vote on police overhaul will hurt Minneapolis

Medaria Arradondo on Wednesday spoke out strongly against a November ballot measure intended to remake his department, warning it wouldn’t fix relations between residents and the police and could do serious damage to a department already severely understaffed.
by MPR News Staff

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Judge in Chauvin trial to release names of jurors on Nov. 1

Judge in Chauvin trial to release names of jurors on Nov. 1

Judge Peter Cahill. who oversaw the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, said Monday that he will make the names of the 15 jurors and alternates who sat in the courtroom public next week.
by The Associated Press

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Tenants to share in $750K settlement with landlord over harassment claims

Tenants to share in $750K settlement with landlord over harassment claims

A federal judge on Monday ordered a Minneapolis landlord to pay $750,000 to settle allegations of sexual harassment against his tenants, who are mostly single Black mothers.
by Matt Sepic

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State takes control of Minneapolis nursing home amid financial concerns

State takes control of Minneapolis nursing home amid financial concerns

A recent review of Twin City Gardens Nursing Home found evidence of unpaid bills for oxygen, insurance, medications and electricity and that staff payroll checks had bounced, the Minnesota Department of Health said Monday.
by Peter Cox

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