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Crime, Law and Justice

DWI will affect trail, boating privileges

DWI will affect trail, boating privileges

A change in Minnesota law will ban people who have a DWI from taking to the state's trails and waterways on boats, snowmobiles and ATVs while their driving privileges are suspended.
by Tim Nelson

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North Dakota prison officials think outside the box to revamp solitary confinement

North Dakota prison officials think outside the box to revamp solitary confinement

Thousands of inmates serve some of their time in solitary confinement, locked down in small cells for up to 23 hours a day. North Dakota is changing its thinking on this segregated housing.
by Cheryl Corley

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Activists block trains, protest Minneapolis police shooting

Activists block trains, protest Minneapolis police shooting

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman declined Monday to charge Officers Justin Schmidt and Ryan Kelly, who shot 31-year-old Thurman Blevins after chasing him into a north Minneapolis alley last month.
by The Associated Press and MPR News Staff

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Freeman: No charges against Minneapolis cops in Blevins shooting

Freeman: No charges against Minneapolis cops in Blevins shooting

There is "no basis to issue criminal charges against either officer" in the shooting of Thurman Blevins, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said in a prepared statement, which he'd planned to make Monday before family members and activists shouted him down.
by Jon Collins and Riham Feshir

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Mpls. releases police body camera footage from Thurman Blevins shooting

Mpls. releases police body camera footage from Thurman Blevins shooting

The footage shows officers Justin Schmidt and Ryan Kelly chasing Thurman Blevins on foot, down the street and into a north Minneapolis alley. An enhanced video released by the city appears to show a gun in Blevins' hand when officers open fire.
by Jon Collins and MPR News Staff

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Manafort trial to focus on lavish lifestyle, not allegations of collusion

Manafort trial to focus on lavish lifestyle, not allegations of collusion

Paul Manafort's financial crimes trial, the first arising from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, will center on his Ukrainian consulting work and only briefly touch on his involvement with the president's campaign.
by Associated Press

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