Crime, Law and Justice

Authorities say three people were killed in separate shootings in Minneapolis early Saturday, though none of the shootings were related to protests over the fatal shooting of Winston Smith by sheriff’s deputies earlier in the week.
Judge grants delay in civil rights case over Floyd's death
The four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights will be arraigned on the federal charges in September. A magistrate judge ruled Friday that the case is complex and not subject to time restraints under the Speedy Trial Act.
Family IDs man fatally shot in Mpls. arrest attempt; BCA says no bodycam footage of incident
Family members identified the man who was fatally shot by authorities Thursday as 32-year-old Winston Boogie Smith. Officials said Smith was wanted for illegally possessing a gun. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the shooting.
Minneapolis starts to reopen George Floyd Square, but some push back
Mayor Jacob Frey said Thursday’s clearing of barriers at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue was the start of a reopening of the site, which has been closed in the year since George Floyd was murdered. Some, though, called the process an affront to Floyd’s memory.
A year of rebuilding a neighborhood
Near the epicenter of protests launched in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, organizations in one pocket of Minneapolis say they’re working to build a better, more just community.
Sackler family empire poised to win immunity from opioid lawsuits
A federal bankruptcy judge cleared a plan for final vote by Purdue Pharma's creditors that would release members of the Sackler family and their financial empire from liability for the opioid crisis.
State seeks 30 years for Chauvin; defense wants time served
Prosecutors are seeking a 30-year sentence for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd, but a defense attorney is asking that Derek Chauvin be sentenced to probation and time already served.