When Philando Castile was shot to death last July, many people expected the National Rifle Association to leap to the defense of Castile, who had a permit to carry the gun he was carrying. It’s what the NRA does, of course.
But not this time. Why not? Read more →
Add this verdict to the evidence that it’s nearly impossible to obtain a conviction of a police officer for killing an African-American in the United States. The law allows police to shoot if they’re afraid. It’s a lousy system. But the jury got it right, because that system wasn’t on trial. Read more →
Every now and again the Minnesota Supreme Court will take a tiny step forward, authorizing pilot programs to allow the cameras in, and every now and again they also give judges the power to say ‘no.’ Judges almost always say ‘no.’ Read more →
Greg Bell, of Sioux Falls now, was a meth dealer when he was busted and sent to federal prison for 11 years.
He survived prison, but he’s finding is biggest challenge has been getting back into the life of his now 12-year-old daughter. Read more →
If it wasn’t for Noah Nathan, we wouldn’t have this video of this morning’s shooting at the Republican softball practice.
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The shooting occurred one day before the annual Congressional Baseball Game, the event, which started in 1909, that always gives us hope that perhaps warring factions can put political differences aside for a greater good. In the past, these sorts of things might make the country step back and perhaps even draw closer.
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If you stuck up a bank and walked away with a few hundred thousand dollars — several times — how long do you think you’d be in prison?
The case of a White Bear Lake man provides an instruction for how to steal money properly: do it with a white collar.
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Peteris Sahurovs, 28, of Latvia has finally appeared in a Minnesota court years after being indicted for a scheme that put ‘scareware’ on people’s computers Read more →
In 2005, the Army recalled Martin Breaker, a reservist, and when he informed BSU that he intended to return in 2008, the state university said his previous positions had been eliminated. It offered him a temporary position at less pay. Read more →
He had no family to attend the graduation and his friend Keyira Nunn, 17, a junior at the school, was shot and killed in a shooting late last Friday afternoon. She died at the scene.
So yesterday afternoon, a day after arresting a suspect in the killing, the two investigators for the the St. Paul Police Department attended the commencement, accompanied St. Paul Police Senior Cmdr. Tina McNamara, who heads the homicide unit. Read more →
When Harrison Rund was stopped by a Minnesota state trooper in 2014 who searched his trunk and found marijuana, he made a big mistake.
He went home, started drinking, and then went on Twitter. Read more →
If you happen to be having a lot of indifferent feelings right now about people’s disconnection from each other, follow Officer Tommy Norman. Read more →
Can the media exercise restraint when keeping in mind that whatever is embarrassing to the Wetterlings, it had nothing to do with why their son is dead? Read more →
If ever there was a stroke of brilliance in Minnesota, it was the moment someone thought to create drug courts to help people get rid of their addiction, rather than sending them to jail or prison. Read more →
The tragedy in Portland, Ore. over the weekend in which two men were killed by a knife-wielding white supremacist, might give some people pause before risking their safety to help someone else. But people whose instinct is to help someone else aren’t the type to pause. Read more →
Bob Collins