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Crime, Law and Justice

Political, faith leaders beg Floyd protesters to obey curfew, restore order

Political, faith leaders beg Floyd protesters to obey curfew, restore order

Gov. Tim Walz and other leaders on Saturday begged protesters angry over George Floyd’s killing to stay home so police and the National Guard could reclaim the streets and root out what authorities describe as an active criminal element bent only on destruction. The governor will brief reporters again around 6:30 p.m.
by MPR News Staff

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At least 2 killed amid nationwide protests over George Floyd's death

At least 2 killed amid nationwide protests over George Floyd's death

Americans continued to express grief and outrage in a fourth night of protests. Shootings in Detroit and Oakland left a 19-year-old man and a contract security officer for the federal government dead.
by Vanessa Romo, Hannah Hagemann and Suzanne Nuyen

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Pentagon puts military police on alert to go to Minneapolis

Pentagon puts military police on alert to go to Minneapolis

The Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis, where the police killing of George Floyd sparked the widespread protests.
by The Associated Press

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Protests over killing of George Floyd spread across the nation

Protests over killing of George Floyd spread across the nation

Protests over the killing of George Floyd have spread to other areas across the U.S. In Florida, a group of about 10 protesters gathered Friday near a home that belongs to the officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck. Demonstrators blocked traffic in Denver and Columbus, Ohio. A day earlier, demonstrators took to the streets in Los Angeles and Memphis.
by The Associated Press

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Charged ex-Mpls. cop used 'overkill' tactics as nightclub guard

Charged ex-Mpls. cop used 'overkill' tactics as nightclub guard

A white Minneapolis police officer and the black man he's charged with killing both worked as security guards at the same Latin nightclub as recently as last year, but its former owner says she’s not sure if they knew each other.
by The Associated Press

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Uncle of George Floyd calls for peace

Uncle of George Floyd calls for peace

The uncle of a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis said he will be attending a peaceful demonstration in Rapid City this weekend, but that he doesn't approve of the violent protests taking place.
by The Associated Press

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Biden calls George Floyd killing 'an act of brutality'

Biden calls George Floyd killing 'an act of brutality'

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee called on the nation to better empathize with the pain of black Americans in the wake of the death of the black man by a white police officer.
by Alana Wise

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'This is not grieving': Fires, looting rock Mpls. in Floyd protests

'This is not grieving': Fires, looting rock Mpls. in Floyd protests

Gov. Tim Walz called the ongoing mayhem “life threatening” and said he would call up 1,000 more Guard members in the state’s largest-ever civil deployment. The state’s public safety chief said they were battling an “armed … entrenched group of rioters.”
by MPR News Staff

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