Crime, Law and Justice

Attorneys are asking a judge to dismiss a new manslaughter charge against the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright. Former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter says she mistakenly drew her gun instead of her stun gun as Wright was trying to drive away from officers.

The ruling means that former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor must be sentenced on the lesser charge of second-degree manslaughter for the for the 2017 killing of 911 caller Justine Ruszczyk. His lawyer said Noor could be out of prison by the end of October.

Simone Biles and Aly Raisman are among those appearing at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. A July report found the FBI failed to properly investigate charges against the former USA Gymnastics doctor.

The Moorhead police department has struggled to recruit a more diverse force. The police chief is turning to a new cadet program designed to identify and train students who might grow into a career as police officers.

The Dunn County sheriff said the Twin Cities residents found shot to death have no apparent ties to his county, and that he does not believe the person or people who did the killings come from the local community or are still in the area.

The four former Minneapolis police officers federally charged with violating George Floyd’s constitutional rights pleaded not guilty in their first appearance together at a federal court hearing Tuesday morning.

The St. Paul lawmaker who claimed he was profiled by St. Paul police in a traffic stop and was using a Wisconsin driver’s license is now in danger of losing the Minnesota license he just got.

Kang Vang, who teaches citizenship classes, describes a year of “whiplash” for the Hmong community, between the highs of Sunisa Lee’s Olympic medals and lows of anti-Asian hate crimes.

The driver told a U.S. Capitol Police officer he was "on patrol" and spoke about white supremacy. A machete and bayonet were found inside his pickup truck outside Democratic National Headquarters.

Allies of former President Donald Trump are calling those charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol “political prisoners.” Such rhetoric ahead of a rally planned for Saturday at the Capitol is the latest attempt to explain away what played out for all the world to see when rioters loyal to Trump stormed the building to try to stop Congress from certifying the election for President Joe Biden.