The newly released findings come from a nearly two-year investigation into the MPD — a probe launched days after the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd.
In reviewing body camera video and discipline records, and interviewing community members and officers, investigators reported finding a litany of vile racist and misogynistic slurs made by officers against suspects, community members and even their own colleagues.
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A judge set a $1 million cash bond Wednesday for a 14-year-old boy prosecutors say fatally strangled and then sexually assaulted a 10-year-old western Wisconsin girl.
Submitted works published in 2021 were whittled down to 36 finalists earlier this year, with winners announced Tuesday night at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts in St. Paul.
Erdrich’s “The Sentence” — set in a haunted Minneapolis bookstore — and Allen-Agostini’s Caribbean story of gender violence and liberation, “The Bread the Devil Knead,” are on a six-book shortlist for the prestigious British award.
With more rain and slightly milder temperatures on the way into next week. Expect the ice-out process to accelerate in the weeks ahead. But lakes in northeastern Minnesota may be sporting ice well into May this year.
