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MPR News with Tom Weber

Tom Weber, a reporter and host at MPR News for a decade, resigned effective June 22, 2018. You can find his work covering the people and places of Minnesota here.
https://www.mpr.org/about/people/tweber

Listen: Dakota community ponders how to remove Walker sculpture

The controversial sculpture "Scaffold" is a combination of different gallows used in executions in American history, including the execution of 38 Dakota men during the Civil War in Mankato, Minn.
by Tom Weber

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Listen: Why police trials are so rare

Officer Jeronimo Yanez faces manslaughter charges in the death of Philando Castile. As the trial gets underway, criminologist Philip Stinson joined the show to discuss why so few officers go to trial after shootings.
by Jeff Jones and Tom Weber

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Political Junkie: Domestic turmoil after President Trump's trip abroad

Political Junkie: Domestic turmoil after President Trump's trip abroad

President Trump returned from his first trip abroad since the election to a new revelation concerning his son-in-law's communications with Russia and the resignation of a White House communications director.
by Tom Weber

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Q&A: Making 74 Seconds

Q&A: Making 74 Seconds

A conversation with the MPR News reporters behind a new podcast about the fatal shooting of Philando Castile and the upcoming trial of St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez.
by Tom Weber

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Charges: Sex traffickers took hundreds from Thailand to U.S.

Charges: Sex traffickers took hundreds from Thailand to U.S.

The indictment brings the total number of people charged to 38, making it one of the largest sex-trafficking prosecutions in the U.S., said Acting U.S. Attorney Gregory Brooker.
by Amy Forliti, Associated Press

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74 Seconds podcast: An officer charged

74 Seconds podcast: An officer charged

When he pulled over Philando Castile, Jeronimo Yanez was working the night shift, patrolling three small Twin Cities suburbs. His law enforcement career was largely unremarkable. Now, he's about to go on trial.
by MPR News Staff

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