Crime, Law and Justice

The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office said a missing girl had been found. Police believe she may have been driving a black 2018 Chevy Equinox.
Suspect in attack on Asian American woman in NYC is arrested
The suspect wanted in a brutal attack of an Asian American woman near New York City’s Times Square has been arrested and charged with felony assault as a hate crime, police said early Wednesday.
Chauvin trial: Jurors shown extended, intense officer bodycam video
Viewed in succession, the videos offered a brutal, up-close look at officers struggling to push a handcuffed Floyd into the squad car, then pinning him to the pavement to subdue him as he pleads that he can’t breathe, while bystanders on the curb yell that Floyd is dying.
After year of trauma, Minneapolis students to return to police-free schools
Some of the district’s new security specialists have law enforcement training. Experts say they could encounter elevated behavioral problems linked to trauma.
Video shows Asian American woman assaulted on NYC street
An Asian American woman was attacked in New York City by a man who repeatedly kicked her as two people nearby who appeared to be security guards did not intervene, according to surveillance footage released by police.
What we learned from Day 1 of testimony in the Chauvin trial
Two key questions are at play in Derek Chauvin's murder trial: What killed George Floyd and did Chauvin use excessive force? Civil rights lawyer Charles Coleman Jr. discusses the early takeaways.
Chauvin trial: Witnesses tell of anger, helplessness watching Floyd die
In sometimes emotional testimony Tuesday, witnesses spoke of feeling powerless at the scene as they admonished and pleaded with the officer who had his knee pressed into George Floyd’s neck.
Photos: Prayers, calls for justice for Floyd as Chauvin trial starts
George Floyd’s supporters held a rally at the courthouse and a prayer walk at George Floyd Square Monday to mark the start of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer indicted in his killing.