Good Question: Are We More Violent Than Before?
From the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo. to Sunday's temple attack outside Milwaukee, Wis. -- two mass shootings in two weeks have raised a lot of Good Questions.
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From the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo. to Sunday's temple attack outside Milwaukee, Wis. -- two mass shootings in two weeks have raised a lot of Good Questions.
Some people living in North Minneapolis came together on Saturday to say they're tired of violence. A carwash was held at Farview Park to bring attention to the problems. The group Young Just-Us, made up of young men and women from the Northside, sponsored the event.
Plymouth police are asking residents to keep their garages and cars locked and to beware of suspicious activity after two adults and three juveniles were arrested Thursday morning for entering unlocked cars.
Two new Minneapolis city ordinances hope to crack down on downtown crime, specifically during weekend nights in the Warehouse District.
Peavey Plaza is being temporarily closed for cleaning and maintenance, according to the Minneapolis Police Department.
It seems like a simple equation: more police on the streets equals less violence.
A 21-year-old Brooklyn Park man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in connection with the Oct. 26, 2011, armed robbery of the First Minnesota Bank in Champlin, Minn.
Starting Friday, Minneapolis Police and the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) are partnering up to tackle the problematic bar close hours in downtown Minneapolis.
Widower Mike Fortenberry says the murder of his wife is proof that harsher punishments are needed against career criminals. Last year, Mike's wife, Diane, a mother of two, stopped at home over lunch to leg her dog out.
A 19-year-old St. Paul man faces six counts of second-degree assault in two different incidents, including one that left an 8-year-old boy grazed by a bullet as the little boy was outside playing.
Two men have been arrested Wednesday in connection with a racially charged cross burning incident in Bemidji, police say.
A 25-year-old man was sentenced today in Ramsey County Court to 20 years in prison for robbing a St. Paul couple in their home, and sexually assaulting the wife.
If you're planning on partying downtown Minneapolis this summer, be prepared to see more police officers.
Fridley police say not only did Stephanie Broten and her boyfriend Darnell Landrum force Broten's 12-year-old daughter to run outside in a diaper in front of nearly 100 onlookers, but the two laughed about it in the back of the squad car while getting arrested.
A 55-year-old Minneapolis man was sentenced for distributing child pornography Tuesday in a federal court, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
Right now the city of St. Paul is seeing a rise in car thefts and they're not alone. Just like other major cities, Hondas made in the 90s are the biggest target.
A woman fended off a would-be attacker at the doorstep of her Minneapolis home, police say.
The area surrounding Lake of the Isles has seen a rash of garage burglaries in the past month, according to Minneapolis city officials.
A 27-year-old man from Blaine has been charged with theft, after police said he stole an iPad in an effort to buy methamphetamine.
A popular Twin Cities landmark is clean again. On Sunday, the Spoon and Cherry at the Walker Sculpture Garden was vandalized
Last week, a suspected drunken driver was pulled over by Rosemount police, only to flee and take officers on a 110 mph chase.
Lab tests show that a North Dakota Highway Patrol captain arrested in Minnesota allegedly had a blood alcohol level nearly twice that state's legal limit for driving.
A husband and wife accused of torturing and starving the man's teenage daughter and forcing her to live in their basement are expected to enter pleas in court.
There have been six mob attacks, in all, since February. Now, Police are now wondering if an 8 o'clock curfew keeping anyone 17 and under from two downtown streets will stop the violence.
Minneapolis police are the first in the country to merge two technologies to help officers fight crime.
