MPR News host Kerri Miller sat down with people from three communities -- Baltimore; North Charleston, S.C.; and Oakland, Calif. -- where recent police killings that to protests. What lessons can they share with Minneapolis?
In today's conversation, the group discusses the officer-involved shooting of Jamar Clark in north Minneapolis — and the nearly three weeks of protest that followed.
Three white men are in custody as part of the investigation into Monday night's shootings near the 4th Precinct, Minneapolis police said. Protests over that shooting and the police shooting of Jamar Clark continue.
The mayor of Minneapolis got a chilly reception as temperatures fell and gusty winds beat the sides of protesters' tents Thursday night. One person told Hodges he felt terrorized by police.
Demonstrators in front of the Minneapolis police department's Fourth Precinct held a vigil late Friday afternoon, as leaders from the national NAACP joined the group's nearly weeklong efforts.
The entrance to the Minneapolis Police Department's Fourth Precinct has been occupied by Black Lives Matter demonstrators since Sunday, when officers shot Jamar Clark, a black man in his 20s.
Fargo-Moorhead leaders say work on a massive flood diversion project will move faster if a private contractor manages much of the project instead of the Army Corps of Engineers. It's a new approach for the Corps.