Crime, Law and Justice

What are the challenges of rebuilding Lake Street?
More than half of the Lake Street businesses that were damaged during May’s civil unrest have been reopened, but a lot of work remains. What are the challenges confronted by business owners trying to rebuild? Host Angela Davis hears stories of both rebuilding success and frustrating roadblocks.
At least 231 people have died in Texas jails and prisons from COVID-19, study finds
Nearly three-quarters of those who died from COVID-19 in prison did not have a life sentence and 58 percent of them were eligible for parole, the study found. In county jails, 80 percent of the people who died hadn't even been convicted of a crime.
Judge rules acting DHS secretary lacked authority to suspend DACA program
It's the latest court ruling against the Trump administration's attempts to terminate the Obama-era program that protects young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Revisiting the life of Jamar Clark, 5 years after his death
Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of the death of Jamar Clark. On Nov. 15, 2015, the unarmed 24-year-old was shot and killed in a confrontation with two Minneapolis police officers. Host Angela Davis spoke with Clark’s birth mother and a racial justice activist to examine what has changed in the past five years.
Minneapolis City Council approves police staffing proposal
The Minneapolis City Council narrowly approved a $500,000 measure Friday that will add emergency staffing to the city’s Police Department. The city will get help from Hennepin County sheriff's deputies and Metro Transit police officers.
Officials say an apparent steam explosion in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut killed two people and left a third missing.
Mosque attacker testifies against alleged ringleader of 2017 firebombing
In response to questions from a prosecutor, 31-year-old Michael McWhorter testified that he drove with 49-year-old Michael Hari and 25-year-old Joe Morris more than 500 miles from their home in Illinois to attack the Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center.
A suburban Minneapolis man who told police he’s a supporter of President Donald Trump is accused of attacking an elderly couple with a golf club after he saw them at a street corner with a Joe Biden sign. 
Minneapolis police looking for reinforcements to help with officer shortage, 911 response
After an often heated discussion, the Minneapolis City Council supported a proposal for nearly $500,000 to pay for law enforcement officers from other agencies to help the MPD respond to a spike in crime.