WCCO is getting a first look at a new unit formed as part of a historic state settlement over police reforms. The team will carry out requirements agreed upon with the state's human rights department, which earlier uncovered a years-long pattern of racial discrimination in the Minneapolis Police Department.
On Friday, organizers got the route ready for riders on Saturday morning, sweeping parts of the 146 miles starting in Maplewood to ride in honor of retired firefighter Walt Lindahl.
"Minnesota with its riverways and railways is an industrial mecca, and you can put a vehicle onto a significant major transport in very short order and have it to the border and overseas in very little time," MCFB's Tony Ofstead said.