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Crime, Law and Justice

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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Minneapolis volunteers collect remembrances for George Floyd permanent memorial

Minneapolis volunteers collect remembrances for George Floyd permanent memorial

Thousands have left remembrances at the Minneapolis street where George Floyd was killed. Now residents and volunteer art conservators are working to preserve them for a potential permanent memorial.
by Megan Burks

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As COVID-19 ravages U.S., shootings, killings are also up

As COVID-19 ravages U.S., shootings, killings are also up

Homicides in Detroit, New York, Philadelphia and other cities have topped 2019 numbers as violence surged while much of the U.S. struggled during the coronavirus pandemic.
by The Associated Press

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Lori Loughlin released after prison term in college scam

Lori Loughlin released after prison term in college scam

“Full House” actor Lori Loughlin was released from prison Monday after spending two months behind bars for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get her two daughters into college.
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Homicides go unsolved as killings in Minneapolis rise

Homicides go unsolved as killings in Minneapolis rise

This year’s low homicide solve rate poses another challenge to the department’s legitimacy in communities most impacted by crime and violence. 
by Brandt Williams

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Federal officials: Suspect in Nashville explosion died in blast

Federal officials: Suspect in Nashville explosion died in blast

The man believed to be responsible for the Christmas Day bombing that tore through downtown Nashville blew himself up in the explosion, and appears to have acted alone, federal officials said Sunday.
by The Associated Press

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Officers give harrowing account of Nashville RV bombing

Officers give harrowing account of Nashville RV bombing

Police officers on Sunday provided harrowing details of responding to a Christmas morning explosion in downtown Nashville, at times getting choked up reliving the moments that led up to the blast and offering gratitude that they were still alive.
by The Associated Press

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Man charged in Illinois bowling alley shooting that killed 3

Man charged in Illinois bowling alley shooting that killed 3

A U.S. serviceman from Florida has been charged in an apparently random shooting at an Illinois bowling alley that left three people dead and three wounded, authorities said Sunday.
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