Testifying on the sixth day of Chauvin’s murder trial, Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said the former officer “absolutely” violated MPD policy when he kneeled on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes during a botched arrest last May. Floyd was suspected of using a counterfeit $20 bill. “It’s not part …
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The settlement includes $500,000 to be sent to the neighborhood where Floyd died during his arrest in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. The $27 million payment marks the largest pre-trial settlement in a civil rights wrongful death case in US history. “That the largest pre-trial settlement in a wrongful death …
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If I were to sit you down and tell you about an autonomous zone inside a major city where there are reports of violent crime and journalists are being threatened for approaching it, you’d probably think that I was referring to the madness of Seattle last year. But no, the craziness …
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The City Council voted on Friday to greenlight the release of the funds from a Public Safety Staffing Reserve Fund, set up last year. Police called on lawmakers to boost its budget citing a lack of officers to deal with a wave of violent crimes, as the number of people …
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Police shot and killed a man in an exchange of gunfire, after pulling his vehicle over on Wednesday night, the city’s police force said. The individual was pronounced dead by medical personnel who came to his aid. A female passenger in the car was not injured, and no officers involved …
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Beset by Black Lives Matter protests and calls to defund police, the city council at least partially acceded to the activists’ demands and will instead redirect the funding to violence-prevention initiatives and mental health services. However, crime statistics paint a grim picture awaiting the social and mental health care workers …
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The decision was narrowly passed by the Minneapolis City Council in a 7-6 vote on Friday. The city has allocated $496,800 to bring 20 to 40 additional officers from Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and Metro Transit, who will be helping the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) from November 15 till the …
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