Minnesota Minn. AG Reaffirms His State's Laws Allow for Legal Abortion Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison spoke on Friday after the Supreme Court’s ruling on Dobbs.
daunte wright Attorney Slams Traffic Laws That Let Kim Potter Pull Over Daunte Wright Before Brooklyn Center, Minnesota officer Kim Potter drew her gun instead of her Taser and fatally shot Daunte Wright, she pulled him over for expired tags and an air freshener hanging from his vehicle’s mirror. Laws that let officers pull drivers over for hanging items have been criticized for years and subject to a long battle in appellate courts, says...
derek chauvin This Public Defender Expects Chauvin Will Get a Significant Prison Sentence Former police officer Derek Chauvin is unlikely to get a slap on the wrist sentence for the murder of George Floyd, according to former Hennepin County, Minnesota chief public defender Mary Moriarty.
Minnesota Attorney for Daunte Wright's Son: We've Still Got a Policing Problem 2 days after a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, family and leaders mourned at the funeral of Daunte Wright, who was shot and killed by a police officer during an April 11 traffic stop. “This country’s still got a problem that’s got to be fixed before we’re all equal,” says attorney Thomas Bowers, who represents 1-year-old Daunte Wright Jr....
daunte wright What It's Like to Live Near the Daunte Wright Protests in Minnesota Ebonie McMillan spoke to the New York Times about living near the Brooklyn Center Police Department which has seen protests after an officer shot and killed Daunte Wright. She’ll see chants and speeches during the day, but at night, cops and military are more aggressive and it’s a stressful situation for her and her children.
climate change Why You May Want to Move to Duluth, Minnesota: The ‘Most Climate-Proof City' in America Some parts of the U.S. will have an easier time coping with climate change than others. A New York Times reporter talked to a climate adaptation expert who has decided that Duluth, Minnesota, may be the “most climate-proof city” in America and a prime destination for future “climate migrants.”