Three people were killed and two were seriously wounded in a shooting at a busy tavern in southeastern Wisconsin early Sunday, sheriff's officials said.
The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis legally purchased the two assault rifles used in the attack despite red flag laws designed to prevent that, police said.
The Minneapolis suburb where Daunte Wright was shot by police has diversified dramatically over the last 30 years. Its city administration — and police force — have been slower to change.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department on Saturday for a seventh night of protests over the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright, as fallout continued from a police crackdown on protesters and journalists the previous night.
Coordinated events held Saturday in the Twin Cities aimed to support people traumatized by the recent killing of Daunte Wright, and the police response to subsequent protests.
The jury in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial began deliberations Monday afternoon, after three weeks of hearing testimony from witnesses and experts called by the prosecution and defense. The panel of 12 will weigh whether the former Minneapolis officer’s actions led to George Floyd’s death while in police custody last May.
Despite pleas from elected leaders for police restraint, law enforcement on Friday night took aggressive action against protesters and journalists outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department.
With the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial about to begin deliberations, some Minnesotans are wondering how juries work. How do courts ensure that jurors remain impartial? And what happens if jurors can’t all agree on a verdict?
Minneapolis Public Schools will be changing their schedules next week in preparation for jury deliberations and a verdict in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin.
The Brooklyn Center school district has canceled in-person classes this week and turned some of its buildings into community aid centers. School leaders say the worst thing they could do would be to carry on with business as usual as their students and families are frightened and in pain after yet another police killing, clashes with protesters and boarded-up grocery stores.
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