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Crime, Law and Justice

'End this cruelty': Progressives call on Biden to work to stop executions

'End this cruelty': Progressives call on Biden to work to stop executions

As the Trump administration accelerates the pace of federal executions in its final days, some Democrats are feeling more urgency to push the president-elect to act upon taking office.
by Juana Summers

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Victim of daytime carjacking describes sudden attack

Victim of daytime carjacking describes sudden attack

She was unloading groceries from her SUV, when a man demanded her wallet and keys at gunpoint. There have been hundreds of carjackings in Minneapolis this year.
by Nina Moini

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Officers connected to Breonna Taylor's death could face dismissal

Officers connected to Breonna Taylor's death could face dismissal

Louisville, Ky., police have taken steps that could result in the firing of two officers connected to Breonna Taylor's death — the one who sought the no-knock search warrant that led detectives to her apartment and another found to have opened fire.
by The Associated Press

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Minneapolis announces changes to police misconduct investigations

Minneapolis announces changes to police misconduct investigations

The city of Minneapolis is beefing up its investigations into allegations of police misconduct in an effort to ensure that officers who are fired by the department don’t get their jobs back. But proponents for police reform say the changes don’t go far enough.
by Jon Collins and The Associated Press

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Mpls. council member says it's time to reopen George Floyd's Square

Mpls. council member says it's time to reopen George Floyd's Square

Minneapolis City Council member Andrea Jenkins, who represents the area where George Floyd was killed, says she wants the intersection reopened to the public.
by Riham Feshir

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Feds decline charges against officers in Tamir Rice case

Feds decline charges against officers in Tamir Rice case

The Justice Department says it cannot bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers for the 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, whose death became a national symbol in the Black Lives Matter movement.
by The Associated Press

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Religion, abortion, guns and race. Just the start of a new Supreme Court menu

Religion, abortion, guns and race. Just the start of a new Supreme Court menu

Conservatives now have a 6-to-3 majority — a vote to spare on any given issue. Experts expect the new majority to move aggressively on an agenda more conservative than any seen since the 1930s.
by Nina Totenberg

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Columbus, Ohio, officer who shot and killed Andre Hill is fired

Columbus, Ohio, officer who shot and killed Andre Hill is fired

"This is what accountability looks like," Police Chief Tom Quinlan said Monday. "Mr. [Adam] Coy will now have to answer to the state investigators for the death of Andre Hill."
by Vanessa Romo

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South Mpls. poet stirs the imagination with poem about police reform

South Mpls. poet stirs the imagination with poem about police reform

Junauda Petrus is an activist, experimental performance artist and filmmaker. Petrus wrote the poem "Give The Police Department to the Grandmothers" after Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer in 2014. 
by Maya Edmonds and Freya Hauer

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