Aside from the obvious, what’s particularly upsetting about this Minnesota State Patrol video is that the pick-up driver didn’t bother slowing down, even when he was about to hit the kid crossing the street after being dropped off by a school bus (with flashing red lights).
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St. Cloud police are investigating another incident in which someone sprayed a swastika at North Junior High School. Read more →
Sometimes, we’re a little too myopic when patting ourselves on the back for the system of justice we have in America.
There is theory and, then again, there is reality and the reality is for many people, the system is corrupt. Read more →
By most accounts Thomas Sonnenberg was a Good Samaritan; that’s how Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman characterized him at a press conference, and that’s how most media in the Twin Cities characterized him.
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‘I’m a Second Amendment person. The weapon didn’t do it. It was the person behind it,’ the man said at his daughter’s bedside.
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday ruled that a spouse is not entitled to a share of military disability benefits, even if the two agree to it in their divorce settlement. Read more →
We have a problem and on talk shows throughout the nation so far today, we’re having another discussion about the constitutional rights of Americans, a week after another debate about the constitutional rights of Americans in a different context. Again, the irony fairly hurts.
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The Minnesota Board of Teaching reportedly has been aware of allegations of sexual misconduct of teachers, but has not told law enforcement authorities of several cases because it doesn’t have a responsibility to. Read more →
It’s been a big week for drunks on the highway. Every week is in Minnesota and many other locations where the slaughter of innocent people hardly registers a blip anymore. Read more →
It was 25 years ago that an attempt to quell gang warfare in Minneapolis ended when a gang murdered a cop while he ate pizza during a break in his shift. Read more →
When Steven and Cheryl Johnson, of Carlton County, were divorced in December 2012, she got the house with the provision that the expenses for it were entirely up to her. [Wife] is awarded the homestead free from any claim or interest by [husband]. [Wife] is also solely responsible for the . . . taxes, utilities Read more →
Ginger Breitzman, 44, a Wisconsin mother, yelled at her son after he burned some popcorn. Her tirade included a generous helping of obscenities.
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When you consider the brouhaha that eminent domain — the government taking your land because it can do better with it — created as an issue a few years ago, it’s amazing that civil forfeiture doesn’t cause the outrage it should.
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The Court ruled in the case of Robin Hensel, of Little Falls, who was cited for disorderly conduct after she moved her chairs closer to city councilors at a meeting, days after the Council rescheduled a meeting when Hensel displayed signs that depicted dead and deformed children, blocking the view of others in the audience. Read more →
I don’t have much choice in this underreported affair; I have to freeze my credit at not only Equifax, but every other major credit reporting firm. And I had to pay for each one. Read more →
Bob Collins