Crime, Law and Justice

August 13, 2017 9:57 AM

Charlottesville tries to pick up pieces after day of deadly unrest

Authorities in Charlottesville were investigating a day after a rally of neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and Ku Klux Klan members erupted into deadly violence, including a car that rammed into a march of counter-protesters, killing a 32-year-old woman.

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August 13, 2017 6:44 AM

Two police helicopter pilots killed while assisting crash investigation

In a statement, Virginia State Police said the helicopter was "assisting public safety resources with the ongoing situation" before falling into a wooded area.

by Emma Bowman and Wynne Davis

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August 13, 2017 6:37 AM

Ohio man charged with murder in Virginia car attack following white nationalist rally

James Alex Fields Jr., 20, sped his silver Dodge Challenger into a crowd of people who had been protesting the assembly of white nationalists, white supremacists, fascists and others, according to police.

by Joe Ruiz

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August 12, 2017 11:18 AM

3 dead after violence linked to white nationalist rally in Virginia

One of the dead was a woman who was killed when a car plowed into marchers after white nationalists and counterprotesters clashed at a rally in Charlottesville.

by Doreen McCallister and Joe Ruiz

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August 12, 2017 10:36 AM

Hundreds face off ahead of white nationalist rally

Rally supporters and counter-protesters screamed, chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays on each other Saturday morning.

by Associated Press

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August 12, 2017 6:52 AM

Woman killed by Minneapolis officer remembered as spiritual and caring

Hundreds attended a memorial for Justine Ruszczyk at Lake Harriet.

by Matt Sepic

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August 11, 2017 4:57 PM

Media groups argue to join lawsuit over Wetterling file

Several media organizations argued in Stearns County District Court on Friday that they should be allowed to join a legal dispute over whether information from the Jacob Wetterling investigation should be released publicly.

by Kirsti Marohn

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August 11, 2017 12:54 PM

Judge OKs search warrant for officers' phones in Mpls. shooting investigation

A judge has approved a search warrant for investigators to examine the smartphones of two Minneapolis police officers in the fatal shooting of an Australian woman last month.

by The Associated Press

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August 11, 2017 7:30 AM

State Patrol car in governor's motorcade involved in crash

The man in a vehicle that collided with an unmarked State Patrol vehicle was sent to a hospital with noncritical injuries.

by The Associated Press

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August 11, 2017 7:10 AM

Event set to memorialize woman killed by Minneapolis police

The life of Justine Ruszczyk, 40, will be celebrated Friday night at Lake Harriet Band Shell in southwest Minneapolis.

by The Associated Press

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