Mayor Frey vetoes resolution prohibiting State Patrol to use Minneapolis Park Board HQ
By Rose Semenov
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed a resolution Friday that would prohibit the Minnesota State Patrol from using the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board s headquarters.
During the operation, State Patrol used the park board s headquarters for its parking lot and restrooms under an agreement with the board. At the park board meeting Wednesday, commissioners voted 5-4 to end the agreement. The folks who have been at the heart of putting that unrest down or stifling the protesters have been the Minnesota State Patrol, so I think it s time for us to end our agreement with them, said Commissioner Londell French during Wednesday s meeting.
Minnesota Workers Took on the National Guard to Defend Black Lives
Members of the Minnesota National Guard stand guard outside the Brooklyn Center police headquarters as protesters gather on April 13, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
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On Sunday, April 11, a cop pulled Daunte Wright over for air fresheners hanging from the rearview mirror and expired tags. Then she murdered him, saying she couldnât tell her gun from her taser. The killing happened 20 minutes down the road from where Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck.
Protests have erupted night after night since then, in Brooklyn Center where Wright was murdered and beyond. The repression by the mayor and governor has been savage. On Friday the 16th, for example, the Minnesota National Guard and the cops beat and gassed the protesters against police violence, shot them with rubber bullets, and then the cops arrested over 100 people. The National Guard had already b
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MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota prosecutors filed multiple charges Wednesday against a man accused of opening fire on National Guard soldiers stationed in Minneapolis as part of efforts to maintain the peace following the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.
Andrew Thomas, 28, was arrested Sunday and handed over to federal authorities the next day. He is charged in Hennepin County District Court with three counts of first-degree assault against a peace officer, two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and an illegal weapons possession, the Star-Tribune reported. Moreover, the gunman also faces a federal weapons possession charge.
Minnesota police oversight board votes to ban white supremacists, update crowd control tactics article
Law enforcement as part of Operation Safety Net respond to a protest outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department after the police shooting of Daunte Wright.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Minnesota s police oversight board voted Thursday to take a first step toward banning officers who affiliate with white supremacy groups and imposing limits on police responding to protests.
The Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and Training Board took the unanimous votes two days after Derek Chauvin s murder conviction and on the same day Daunte Wright was laid to rest after he was killed by police in Brooklyn Center this month.
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The Minneapolis City Council’s Public Health and Safety Committee wanted to discuss the use of less-lethal weapons by the Minneapolis Police Department, but the city attorney’s office advised against discussing the issue publicly because the city is facing several lawsuits related to the use of less-lethal munitions.
Less-lethal weapons include projectiles such as rubber bullets, beanbags and tear gas canisters.
Despite the concerns of the city attorney’s office, several City Council members discussed a recent University of Minnesota study of the use of less-lethal weapons during the civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd last year.