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Crime, Law and Justice

When crisis workers, not traditional police, respond to calls about mental health

When crisis workers, not traditional police, respond to calls about mental health

Police are often called on to respond to mental health emergencies. That could change, though, as cities across the country — including Minneapolis — consider defunding the police. What would an alternative model look like?
by Alisa Roth

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Noose left in Black driver's garage stall at NASCAR race track

The symbol of violent white racism was found in Bubba Wallace's stall. The only Black driver in the top stock car racing circuit, he had led the campaign to ban Confederate flags from NASCAR events.
by Mark Katkov

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Correctional officers file racial discrimination charges against Ramsey County jail

Correctional officers file racial discrimination charges against Ramsey County jail

In discrimination charges filed with the state, eight Ramsey County correctional officers say they were reassigned or prevented from working in the unit where Derek Chauvin was held last month — against standard staffing protocol — and replaced with white colleagues.
by Jon Collins

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Patrol: Four dead in wrong-way crash on Interstate 35W

Four people died and a fifth person was seriously injured in a crash late Saturday along Interstate 35W in Richfield. The State Patrol reported one of the vehicles was driving the wrong way on the freeway.
by MPR News Staff

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11 people in wounded in Minneapolis shooting

11 people in wounded in Minneapolis shooting

Eleven people were injured in a shooting early Sunday amid crowds gathered in the city’s Uptown neighborhood. Police on Tuesday said a man who was believed to have died in the Uptown shooting was instead part of a separate shooting in downtown that morning.
by Tim Nelson, Andrew Krueger and Emily Bright

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More statues fall as protests against racism continue across U.S.

More statues fall as protests against racism continue across U.S.

Protesters tore down more statues across the United States on Friday and Saturday, including the razing of a monument in a San Francisco park to the writer of America’s national anthem, who owned slaves. On the East Coast, more statues honoring Confederates were toppled.
by The Associated Press

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Manhattan's top federal prosecutor leaves job after standoff with Barr

Manhattan's top federal prosecutor leaves job after standoff with Barr

An unusual standoff between Attorney General William Barr and Manhattan's top federal prosecutor ended Saturday when the prosecutor agreed to leave his job with an assurance that investigations by the prosecutor's office into the president's allies would not be disturbed.
by The Associated Press

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Photos: Minnesotans gather for Juneteenth

Photos: Minnesotans gather for Juneteenth

People around Minnesota gathered Friday to celebrate, protest, reflect and just be together for Juneteenth. Marches, rallies and celebrations took place in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth and other communities.
by Evan Frost, Christine T. Nguyen and Derek Montgomery

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