Some Protesters Released From Jail After I-94 Protest
Some of the protesters who were arrested overnight were released from jail on Sunday.
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Some of the protesters who were arrested overnight were released from jail on Sunday.
Children are taking their own stand against violence in the wake of Philando Castile's shooting death.
Police say more than 100 people were arrested following an overnight protest that shut down Interstate 94 in St. Paul and left more than 20 officers injured.
Airport customers heard the loud cries of an angry union amid pouring rain and thunder claps Tuesday. Transportation Security Administration screeners say understaffing and slipping morale are no way to solve the crisis.
A Minnesota state representative is proposing to make people pay for police costs if they are convicted of unlawful assembly.
Dozens of protesters marched down Cedar Avenue Saturday, taking a stand against something many are all too familiar with--discrimination.
The Minneapolis Board of Education will meet Tuesday night with plans to discuss the search for a new superintendent. In the past week, Interim Superintendent Michael Goar requested to have his name be withdrawn from consideration for the job.
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges' planned comments at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event were interrupted on Monday by protestors. Video posted by the group Black Liberation Front shows Betsy Hodges at the podium at the Monday night event.
A Minneapolis City Council member accused of posting inappropriate tweets has still not commented on the controversy.
One of eight people arrested during a flash protest that briefly tangled holiday travel at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport remained in jail Thursday, with the others facing orders to appear in court later.
Activists with the group Black Lives Matter called Wednesday's protest that started at the Mall of America and ended at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport a success.
Gov. Mark Dayton says the moving protest that has led to disruptions at the Mall of America and Minnesota's main airport has created a "very, very dangerous situation."
A request for a temporary restraining order against Black Lives Matter by Mall of America was denied in part and granted in part Tuesday. The mall filed the motion to stop the group from protesting there Wednesday.
During one of the busiest shopping weeks of the year, Mall of America is caught up in a legal battle with protesters. Monday afternoon, attorneys for the mall asked a judge for help in preventing members of Black Lives Matter from doing what the group did last December.
Eight activists with Black Lives Matter Minneapolis have been sued by Mall Of America, according to the group. Black Lives Matter Minneapolis said that Mall of America has targeted four activists and four "John Does" with a temporary restraining order, as well as requiring them to delete any social media posts encouraging a the upcoming demonstration at the mega mall.
A number of protests and demonstrations are planned during the next few days in the name of the man who was fatally shot by Minneapolis police last month. More than 1,000 protesters may march and rally on Saturday over the death of Jamar Clark, who died during a confrontation with two police officers in north Minneapolis.
For the first time in nearly three weeks, Minneapolis Police's 4th Precinct is free of protesters. But calls for justice for Jamar Clark continued Thursday night at city hall and in northeast Minneapolis.
The four men charged in the 4th Precinct protest shooting are slated to make their first appearances in Hennepin County court on Tuesday.
City and community leaders are saying "enough is enough" and are calling for protesters to end their encampment of the 4th Precinct on Minneapolis' north side.
Charges were filed Monday against the four men arrested last week for shooting Black Lives Matter protesters near Minneapolis' 4th Precinct, where demonstrations have been on-going since the fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark earlier this month.
The Hennepin County Attorney's Office has until Monday to decide if it will charge four suspects in Monday night's shooting near the 4th Precinct in north Minneapolis. Police named the suspects Wednesday: Joseph Martin Backman, 27; Daniel Thomas Macey, 26; Allen Lawrence Scarsella, 23; and Nathan Wayne Gustavsson, 21.
Rep. Keith Ellison is calling for the protest at the 4th Precinct on Minneapolis' north side to "evolve beyond encampment" following a shooting Monday night where five protesters were injured.
After 11 days of protests over the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Jamar Clark, he will be laid to rest. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Shiloh Temple in north Minneapolis. A visitation will start at 10 a.m. and the service will begin at noon.
It's happened nearly each night of the occupation at Minneapolis' 4th Precinct. Black Lives Matter protesters say white supremacists cruise by, shoot video and scope out the crowds.
After a night of violence that left five people shot near the 4th Precinct occupation, protesters are marching to Minneapolis City Hall in a show of solidarity.
