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Three St. Paul City Council members joined the list of east metro officials criticizing Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher s live patrol videos in a resolution asking the state to determine whether they violate any policies.
Fletcher s shows on Facebook and YouTube, dubbed Live on Patrol, have attracted more than 13 million views since their debut last July. The sheriff says the livestreams are meant to educate the public about law enforcement, but some local leaders have expressed concerns that the videos are a distraction from Fletcher s duties and more about entertainment than public safety.
The St. Paul resolution sponsored by Council Members Amy Brendmoen, Mitra Jalali and Rebecca Noecker references instances when Fletcher drove the wrong way down a one-way street in pursuit of a stolen car and accuses the sheriff of not wearing a body camera while on duty.
Editorial Roundup:Minnesota
Minneapolis Star Tribune. April 27, 2021.
Editorial: The 2020 census: Nice job, Minnesota
It took years of planning and strong execution to save the state’s eighth seat in Congress.
Minnesota has successfully hung onto all eight of its congressional seats, thanks to a top-in-the-nation turnout for the most recent U.S. census, the decennial count of the nation’s population.
That it did so was no fluke, but the result of years of work, planning, preparation and then execution under the most difficult circumstances imaginable. Minnesota had been in serious danger of losing a congressional seat, until a broad coalition of foundations, community groups, tribal nations, corporations and strong partnership with the state demographer’s office went to work, starting as far back as 2015.
Senate GOP walks back pledge to hold fact-finding police reform hearings Republicans now say proposals will be considered in joint House-Senate committee. April 23, 2021 4:31pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Republican leaders in the Minnesota Senate have dropped plans to hold hearings next week on police accountability reforms sought by Gov. Tim Walz and Democratic legislators.
Speaking on the Senate floor late Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, said the GOP-led Senate will instead debate the policies in a conference committee, where a limited number of lawmakers will resolve differences between the House and Senate public safety spending bills.
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