Crime, Law and Justice

January 23, 2017 4:25 PM

Mpls. cops: arrest made in grandmother's crossfire killing

Birdell Beeks was killed May 26 as she sat in a minivan near the corner of 21st and Penn Avenues north. She was well-known in the neighborhood and her shooting provoked outrage.

by Matt Sepic

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January 23, 2017 4:13 PM

Chief vows more beat policing in Mpls. this year

Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau said there will be more cops walking the beat this year to bring a suburban feel to the city.

by Riham Feshir

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January 23, 2017 2:53 PM

Charges: St. Paul cop punched handcuffed teen girl who spit on him

According to a criminal complaint filed Monday, the girl was handcuffed at the time of the December incident and was in the back of a squad car. The complaint says Officer Michael Soucheray II hit the girl after she spit in his face.

by Associated Press

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January 23, 2017 1:19 PM

St. Paul office of anti-abortion group is vandalized

Brian Gibson, executive director of Pro-Life Action Ministries, says a staff member found spray painted messages and an upside-down cross when she arrived at work Monday.

by Associated Press

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January 23, 2017 6:41 AM

Minnesota GOP charts new course in response to protests

The Republican-controlled Legislature is plotting a crackdown on protests, with tougher penalties for highway marchers and potentially putting some demonstrators on the hook for the enforcement costs at unruly protests.

by Kyle Potter, Associated Press

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January 20, 2017 2:35 PM

Lawsuit alleges clergy abuse group received attorney kickbacks

Gretchen Hammond, who worked for the St. Louis-based Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, says SNAP referred abuse victims to lawyers and then got kickbacks from lawyers in the form of donations.

by Martin Moylan

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January 20, 2017 1:59 PM

Jamar Clark protest shooting victim: I thought I would die

Teven King said he felt the bullet hit him in the stomach after Allen Scarsella shot him near the 4th Precinct police station, where demonstrators were protesting the police shooting of Jamar Clark.

by Brandt Williams

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January 20, 2017 1:56 PM

Kingpin 'El Chapo' faces US authority; it faces securing him

It's a scene U.S. authorities have dreamed of for decades: One of history's most infamous drug lords, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, facing justice in an American court.

by Associated Press

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January 20, 2017 12:25 PM

Driver charged with striking, injuring teens with pickup

The driver told investigators he never saw the school bus stopped with its flashing lights or the teens who were about to board it until it was too late, according to the criminal complaint.

by The Associated Press

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January 20, 2017 12:01 PM

Smashed windows, chaotic confrontation near inauguration

Police deployed pepper spray in a chaotic confrontation blocks from Donald Trump's inauguration Friday as protesters registered their rage against the new president.

by Associated Press

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