Crime, Law and Justice

NRA sues New York officials over 'blacklisting' campaign
The National Rifle Association is suffering grave financial harm that threatens its ability to pursue its advocacy mission because of a "blacklisting" campaign by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York regulators, the gun rights group said in a federal lawsuit.
Attorney General Lori Swanson says access to 3D-printed guns is a "significant public safety risk," and the guns are untraceable for law enforcement. She argues that state and federal laws prohibit certain people from possessing guns, including people diagnosed with a mental illness and felons.
The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation concluded that the 41-year-old man who was shot and killed refused orders to drop his gun. Body camera footage reportedly showed that the officers gave loud commands for eight minutes before the first shot was fired.
Video: ICE arrest tactics roil Twin Cities courthouses
Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are increasingly finding their arrest targets inside local courthouses. But one arrest caught on video last Thursday in St. Paul has immigrant advocates crying foul.
The nearly hourlong 911 outage that prevented some emergency calls and texts from reaching dispatch centers Wednesday afternoon across Minnesota stemmed from problems caused by a third-party vendor working for CenturyLink.