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Attorneys ask Floyd judge to hold AG Ellison in contempt

Attorneys ask Floyd judge to hold AG Ellison in contempt

The attorneys for Tou Thao and Thomas Lane took issue Tuesday with a news release from Attorney General Keith Ellison on Monday announcing that four “seasoned attorneys” would be helping his office prosecute the case for free.
by The Associated Press

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Authorities seek man in fatal stabbing at Owatonna park

The Minnesota BCA and Owatonna police are seeking a 28-year-old man as a person of interest a fatal stabbing in a park in the southern Minnesota city. Officers were called Sunday afternoon to a stabbing at Dartts Park.
by The Associated Press and MPR News Staff

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Deputy shoots, kills man holding woman on Mendota Bridge

A Carver County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who had taken a woman hostage and was holding her at gunpoint Monday on a highway bridge in an eastern Twin Cities suburb.
by The Associated Press

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News outlets push for greater access to bodycam video in Floyd killing

News outlets push for greater access to bodycam video in Floyd killing

The media coalition includes MPR News, as well as local TV stations, the Star Tribune, national media organizations like the New York Times and the Minnesota Coalition on Government Information. They’re asking Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill to allow members of the media to make recordings of and distribute the public body camera footage.
by Jon Collins

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Black driver feared for life in Minnesota mistaken ID arrest

A Black man says he was left shaken up and fearing for his life after police arrested him in a Minneapolis suburb in a case of mistaken identity. Darrius Strong said he “could have been dead today" after four white officers pulled him over, and he had thoughts of George Floyd.
by The Associated Press

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Lawyers: 3 Minneapolis ex-cops want Floyd gag order lifted

Lawyers: 3 Minneapolis ex-cops want Floyd gag order lifted

Attorneys for Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao said in court filings Monday that a gag order should not have been issued without a public hearing. They said prosecutors and public officials have already made comments that could prejudice a potential jury pool against their clients.
by The Associated Press

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Legal experts review Black Minnesota teen's life sentence

Legal experts review Black Minnesota teen's life sentence

An independent panel of national legal experts will review the conviction of an African American teenager who was sentenced to life in prison nearly two decades ago for the murder of a little girl, struck by a stray bullet while studying in her south Minneapolis home, Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions and the New York-based Innocence Project announced Monday.
by The Associated Press

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Man accused of fatally shooting pregnant woman arrested

Police have arrested a Minneapolis man charged with fatally shooting a woman who was pregnant with his child. The baby was delivered at a hospital and survived the shooting.
by The Associated Press

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CDC employees call out agency's 'toxic culture of racial aggression'

CDC employees call out agency's 'toxic culture of racial aggression'

Pointing to the coronavirus's disproportionate impact on people of color, 1,007 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call on the agency to declare racism a public health threat.
by Selena Simmons-Duffin and Pien Huang

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‘Excited delirium’ cited in Floyd case, and in other deaths involving law enforcement

‘Excited delirium’ cited in Floyd case, and in other deaths involving law enforcement

Law enforcement officials say excited delirium usually happens to people who have been using drugs or who have a serious mental illness. It may be seen when a person is held in a chokehold, hog-tied, or Tasered, though some medical associations don't recognize the condition.
by Alisa Roth

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