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Crime, Law and Justice

Alleged Boogaloo member pleads guilty to terrorism charge

Alleged Boogaloo member pleads guilty to terrorism charge

Prosecutors say Benjamin Ryan Teeter of Hampstead, N.C., traveled to Minneapolis during protests following the death of George Floyd. He pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
by The Associated Press

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Report: Native American women, girls suffer more violence

Report: Native American women, girls suffer more violence

A task force has found that Native American women and girls are far more likely than other Minnesota residents to be victims of homicide, go missing or experience others forms of violence.
by The Associated Press

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From ‘schoolmarm’ to sentry: Mpls. teacher responds to George Floyd killing

From ‘schoolmarm’ to sentry: Mpls. teacher responds to George Floyd killing

A teacher who’s spent 22 years holding teenagers in line at Roosevelt High School in south Minneapolis threw out all the rules when this summer’s social justice uprising arrived in her backyard. 
by Megan Burks

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Report: Mpls. police disciplinary records detail pattern of mismanagement

Journalist Tony Webster and the Minnesota Reformer analyzed Minneapolis police disciplinary records and found the system for managing officer performance and misconduct has contributed to the difficulty city officials complain about when they want to fire bad cops.
by Cathy Wurzer and Tim Nelson

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Dozens arrested in Minneapolis carjacking crackdown

Minneapolis police and the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office collaborated in a three-day campaign, which included use of a State Patrol helicopter.
by Tim Nelson

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Brainerd man pleads guilty in precinct fire at Floyd protest

Brainerd man pleads guilty in precinct fire at Floyd protest

A federal complaint accuses 23-year-old Dylan Shakespeare Robinson of lighting a Molotov cocktail that another person threw toward the 3rd Precinct headquarters on May 28. 
by The Associated Press

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Life sentence commuted, Myon Burrell leaves Stillwater prison

Life sentence commuted, Myon Burrell leaves Stillwater prison

Myon Burrell, a man who was sentenced to life behind bars as a teenager, walked out of a Minnesota prison Tuesday to the sound of ringing bells and cheers from supporters, hours after a pardons board commuted his sentence in a high-profile murder case.
by Robin McDowell, Margie Mason and Jon Collins

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News outlets push for livestream of trial in Floyd case

News outlets push for livestream of trial in Floyd case

The judge in the trial of four former Minneapolis police officers has already announced plans to allow an unprecedented level of recording and livestreaming of the trial, acknowledging that space in the courtroom is limited due to the pandemic. The defendants and a coalition of media organizations are arguing for the heightened access, but prosecutors disagree.
by Jon Collins

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Crystal man charged for wounding Brooklyn Park officer

A man accused of shooting and wounding a Brooklyn Park police officer has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, the Hennepin County Attorney's Office says.
by The Associated Press

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