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Elijah Todd-Walden
Jun 13, 2023
Police federation intervenes in Minneapolis - MDHR settlement
The Police Officer’s Federation of Minneapolis is seeking to intervene in Minneapolis’s settlement with the Minnesota Department of Human...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Jun 5, 2023
Ramsey County attorney to review police shooting of elderly man
The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has concluded its investigation into the death of Yia Xiong, who was shot by two St. Paul police...
Elijah Todd-Walden
May 31, 2023
POST Board can now strip officers of their licenses without conviction
The Minnesota POST Board adopted new rules of conduct Tuesday that give it the authority to strip a peace officer’s license before a...
Elijah Todd-Walden
May 26, 2023
Vigil remembers George Floyd, makes demands of the city
Three years ago, George Floyd was murdered at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers. At the corner where he choked out his final...
Jasmine McBride
May 25, 2023
Minneapolis acknowledges trauma, honors victims on 3rd anniversary of George Floyd’s murder
On the third anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, the City Council began its regular meeting by formally recognizing the widespread...
Elijah Todd-Walden
May 23, 2023
Minnesotans see dozens of new protections in legislative session
The Minnesota legislature has had one of its most productive sessions in recent history. With DFL control of the House, Senate and the...
Elijah Todd-Walden
May 16, 2023
Ward 3 residents speak out against proposed police precinct
Nineteen different community partners, a council member, and a collection of neighbors stood together in the Minneapolis City Hall...
Elijah Todd-Walden
May 10, 2023
Ex-MPD officer pleads guilty to excessive use of force
Stallings poses for a mugshot with a fractured eye sockets and multiple cuts and bruises after an MPD officer assaulted him during an...
Jasmine McBride
May 3, 2023
International human rights experts solicit local testimony on police brutality, racism
Representatives of the United Nations Human Rights Council met with Black community members in North Minneapolis Tuesday to gather...
Elijah Todd-Walden
May 2, 2023
Final officer involved in George Floyd’s death convicted
The mugshot of Tou Thao, the final officer to be convicted in the death of George Floyd (Via city of Minneapolis) Tou Thao, the last of...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Apr 27, 2023
North Minneapolis man shot and killed by FBI after standoff
A man was shot and killed by FBI agents Thursday afternoon in North Minneapolis after an hours-long standoff. Authorities say the...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Apr 24, 2023
Former Brooklyn Center cop Kim Potter released from prison after 16 months
Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer responsible for the death of 21-year-old Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Apr 19, 2023
Plans for new MPLS police precinct face public backlash
The City of Minneapolis is considering where to build a new Ward 3 police precinct, three years after the previous precinct was burned...
CBJ Staff
Apr 17, 2023
Derek Chauvin appeal denied
The Minnesota Appeals Court rejected the former Minneapolis police officer’s argument that he was deprived of a fair trial for the murder...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Apr 13, 2023
Minneapolis pays out $9 million in settlements for police misconduct
Body camera footage from an incident where John Pope was violently restrained by former MPD Officer Derek Chauvin. (Via Robin & Kaplan...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Apr 12, 2023
Daunte Wright’s family remember him two years after his death
Katie Wright, the mother of Daunte Wright, releases balloons to remember him two years after his death. (Via Brian Few Jr.) The family of...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Apr 7, 2023
Minneapolis Residents respond to Minneapolis-MDHR settlement
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frye speaks at a press conference announcing the city's settlement with MDHR. (Elijah Todd-Walden/BLCK Press) As...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Apr 6, 2023
Former police union head barred from serving in 3 counties
Former Minnesota Police Union President Bob Kroll has been barred from serving in Hennepin, Anoka, and Ramsey counties following a...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Mar 31, 2023
Minneapolis Police policies to change with human rights settlement
MDHR Commissioner Rebecca Lucero speaks at a press conference about the settlement between MDHR and Minneapolis regarding police conduct....
Elijah Todd-Walden
Mar 25, 2023
Families rally at capitol for those lost to police violence
Bayle Gelle, the father of Dolal Idd, marches out of the Minnesota State Capitol to demand justice for those killed by police. (Elijah...
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