Lane is one of three former MPD officers charged with aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane has been released from jail on bond with conditions, according to online records posted by the Hennepin County Jail. Lane is charged with aiding and…
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced at a news briefing that the department is withdrawing from police union contract negotiations. He introd...
A Minneapolis small business owner gathered an armed group to protect her neighborhood and its residents when police stepped back amid rioting and looting that grew out of protests over the death of George Floyd in the city, according to a report."Material things we can replace, that's true," restaurant owner Cesia Baires told NPR in a…
Arradondo also said the department would put in place systems that would allow leaders to identify early warning signs of police misconduct. Speaking at a press conference later on Wednesday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey backed Arradondo's decision to pull out of negotiations. "He's the right person to lead our department through a full-on cultural shift…
(CNN)Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo on Wednesday rejected the idea that the two officers who lacked experience on his force are less culpable in George Floyd's killing, saying Floyd "was …
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…