Nation Dec 13 WATCH: Trial of Kim Potter, ex-officer who killed Daunte Wright — Day 4 Prosecutors in the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright walked jurors through the differences between her handgun and her Taser on Monday.
Nation Dec 10 WATCH: Trial of Kim Potter, ex-officer who killed Daunte Wright — Day 3 Potter, 49, is charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in Wright's April 11 death in Brooklyn Center. The former officer has said she meant to use her Taser on the 20-year-old Wright.
Nation Dec 08 Trial of Kim Potter, ex-officer who killed Daunte Wright — Day 2 The woman who was riding with Daunte Wright when he was pulled over by police testified Thursday about the chaos right after an officer shot him, saying she screamed at Wright but that he "wasn’t answering me and he was…
Nation Dec 08 What is ex-officer Kim Potter charged with in Daunte Wright’s death? Potter, who resigned two days after the shooting, says she meant to use her Taser but accidentally grabbed her gun instead when she killed the 20-year-old Black man in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center.
Nation Dec 08 WATCH: Trial of Kim Potter, ex-officer who killed Daunte Wright — Day 1 Jurors at the trial of the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright are hearing starkly different versions of events.
Nation Nov 30 Former police officer to testify at trial for Daunte Wright killing says attorney An attorney for the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright says the former officer will testify at her trial.
Poetry Nov 22 Prominent poet Robert Bly, author of ‘Iron John’, dies at 94 Bly published his first book of poems, "Silence in the Snowy Fields," in 1962. He won the National Book Award in 1968 for "The Light Around the Body," a book of Vietnam War protest poems. Bly donated the $1,000 prize…
Politics Nov 03 Jacob Frey wins 2nd term as Minneapolis mayor after bitter race More than a dozen candidates ran to be mayor, including many who took issue with the way the Democratic incumbent has handled changes to the police department since one of its officers killed George Floyd last year.
Politics Nov 02 Minneapolis voters reject replacing police with new agency The initiative would have changed the city charter to remove a requirement that the city have a police department with a minimum number of officers. Supporters said a complete overhaul of policing was necessary to stop police violence.
Politics Nov 02 Minneapolis voters decide police department’s future after George Floyd Minneapolis voters were also choosing whether to replace the city's unusual “weak mayor, strong council” system with a more conventional distribution of executive and legislative powers that would give the mayor clearer authority.