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Crime, Law and Justice

Police: 17-year-old girl fatally shot in north Minneapolis

Officers responded late Monday after a ShotSpotter activation on James Avenue North but could not find any shooting victim. Police were told that a 17-year-old girl who had been shot was dropped off at the emergency department of North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minn., by private car. Police learned that the girl had just died.
by The Associated Press

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Lawyer: Blake not likely to walk again after police shooting

Lawyer: Blake not likely to walk again after police shooting

The family attorney for Black man shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, says his client is paralyzed and it would “take a miracle” for him to walk again. Attorney Ben Crump, speaking Tuesday alongside family members of Blake, said the 29-year-old was in surgery after being shot on Sunday night multiple times.
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NPR special report: Summer of racial reckoning

NPR special report: Summer of racial reckoning

Since the police killing of George Floyd on May 25, the summer has unfolded with an outpouring of grief, anger and calls to action. NPR produced three one-hour specials on racial injustice, the protests that have swept the country, and where the nation is headed.
by MPR News Staff

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Two men charged in fire at Minneapolis bank during unrest

Two men charged in fire at Minneapolis bank during unrest

Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis have charged two people with arson in connection with a fire at a bank during the civil unrest that followed the police killing of George Floyd in May.
by Matt Sepic

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Pentagon: Use of surveillance planes in protests was legal

Pentagon: Use of surveillance planes in protests was legal

The probe was ordered by Defense Secretary Mark Esper in response to questions within the department and Congress about whether the military illegally conducted surveillance of American citizens during the unrest after the killing of George Floyd.
by The Associated Press

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St. Paul man charged with stealing $841K in virus loans

A federal grand jury has indicted a St. Paul man on charges that he fraudulently obtained $841,000 in federal coronavirus loans for a business that doesn't exist. 
by The Associated Press

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Golden State Killer sentenced to life for 26 rapes, slayings

Golden State Killer sentenced to life for 26 rapes, slayings

A former California police officer dubbed the Golden State Killer told victims Friday hew was “truly sorry" before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders that terrorized a wide swath of the state.
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Minneapolis to spend $4.8 million on temporary police station

Minneapolis to spend $4.8 million on temporary police station

The city of Minneapolis plans to rent an office building for at least three years to serve as a temporary headquarters for police displaced from the 3rd Precinct. 
by Matt Sepic

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