2 Lawsuits Filed Against Convicted Ex-MPD Officer Derek Chauvin, Alleging Excessive Force In 2017
Two lawsuits have been filed against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, accusing him of using excessive force in 2017.
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Two lawsuits have been filed against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, accusing him of using excessive force in 2017.
Malcolm James Lessley pleaded guilty last week to second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder as part of a plea agreement, according to court documents.
Authorities say a "very active investigation" is underway after a man was found dead in Morristown early Tuesday.
A South Dakota man is facing charges of leaving the scene of a double fatality crash after his pickup rear-ended a motorcycle with two people aboard in southeastern North Dakota.
Minneapolis police are investigating after a man was shot while walking into a business late Sunday evening.
As of Monday morning, the suspect is still missing.
Rick Kauffman has written guides for schools on how to respond to active shooters, and like many critics he agrees authorities waited too long to enter the classroom in Uvalde.
"It seems to me it's the height of irony, if not in fact the heart of hubris, that in a scathing report about the lack of transparency on the Minneapolis Police Department, that the [MDHR] itself is committing that same lack of transparency," said Steven Belton.
Officers have responded to several incidents in just a little more than a week on the 1700 block of University Avenue Southeast, on the University of Minnesota's East Bank campus in Minneapolis.
A teenage student was arrested Friday outside Fridley High School after being found driving in the parking lot with two large knives and a fake grenade in his car.
A man has been taken to the hospital with what police are calling life-threatening wounds after being stabbed in Northeast Minneapolis overnight.
The victim was taken into surgery for wounds sustained to the upper abdomen. It was not immediately clear the extent or seriousness of his injuries.
The victim told police that he had been at a barbecue with friends on the 400 block of Central Avenue West, when a volley of gunshots was heard. He said he felt pain in his foot and returned fire.
The news that Hart was found dead inside the trunk of a car his mother was driving Friday, May 20, has since gripped the community, organizers say.
When they approached him Friday afternoon, he was tanning and reading a book. He said he was trying to relax.
