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Taser use down in both Minneapolis, St. Paul police

Taser use down in both Minneapolis, St. Paul police

Data from other departments show Tasers don't perform as well as their manufacturer claims. But Twin Cities police don't measure Taser failures.
by Brandt Williams

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Noor sentenced to 12 1/2 years in death of 911 caller Justine Ruszczyk

Noor sentenced to 12 1/2 years in death of 911 caller Justine Ruszczyk

The ex-Minneapolis police officer was sentenced Friday for killing 911 caller Justine Ruszczyk. The sentence was handed down after a series of emotional statements from Ruszczyk's loved ones.
by Jon Collins and Riham Feshir

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Minneapolis police report record number of drug overdoses

Minneapolis police report record number of drug overdoses

The Minneapolis Police Department on Thursday reported 50 overdoses -- including one suspected fatal overdose -- in the city for the week running from May 28 to Monday. Statewide, there have been 163 overdoses reported in the last two weeks, according to the BCA.
by Martin Moylan and MPR News Staff

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R. Kelly pleads not guilty to latest charges

R. Kelly pleads not guilty to latest charges

At an arraignment in Cook County, Ill. court on Thursday morning, the embattled R&B singer entered a not guilty plea on 11 felony charges.
by Anastasia Tsioulcas

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Hemp farmer sues MN over crop crackdown, says state broke its own rules

Hemp farmer sues MN over crop crackdown, says state broke its own rules

Southern Minnesota farmer Luis Hummel is pushing back on a move by state agriculture officials to yank his license and destroy his hemp crop after police said it tested more like marijuana than hemp. But it's not clear what happened, or if the state followed its own regulations.
by Briana Bierschbach

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Charges: Minnesota man sprays Somali children, yells slurs

Charges: Minnesota man sprays Somali children, yells slurs

A Minnesota man is accused of a bias crime for allegedly spraying a Somali-American teenager and her siblings with a garden hose while he yelled racial slurs.
by Associated Press

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Drug overdose cases languish in court for three years

Drug overdose cases languish in court for three years

A Maplewood woman convicted in the drug overdose deaths of three men will be back in court later this month to resolve charges in two other third-degree murder cases.
by Brandt Williams

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Hookah coals blamed, man charged in pavilion fire at Bde Maka Ska

Hookah coals blamed, man charged in pavilion fire at Bde Maka Ska

An attempted hookah session gone wrong appears to be the explanation for the fire that burned down the pavilion and restaurant at Bde Maka Ska, also known as Lake Calhoun. Hennepin County prosecutors say they've charged a man in connection with the May 16 fire.
by MPR News Staff

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Before sentencing, Noor supporters speak of his kindness and compassion

Before sentencing, Noor supporters speak of his kindness and compassion

Police officers, friends and family are asking a judge to consider Mohamed Noor's character when she sentences him Friday. In April, Noor was convicted of killing an unarmed woman, Justine Ruszczyk, while responding to her 911 call.
by Jon Collins and Riham Feshir

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Federal judge dismisses charges against 3 white supremacists

Federal judge dismisses charges against 3 white supremacists

The three, members of the Rise Above Movement, had been charged under a federal anti-riot statute with planning and then carrying out assaults at rallies in California in 2017. The judge said the federal statute used to prosecute them was unconstitutional.

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