Lawsuit asks judge to appoint special master to oversee city of Minneapolis violence prevention office startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In a new civil filing, a Minneapolis attorney is asking a Hennepin County judge to appoint a special master to oversee payments from a city office to violence prevention groups in order to ensure taxpayer funds are going through proper accounting practices. Zachary Coppola, a Minneapolis resident, filed a lawsuit last November alleging the city's Neighborhood Safety department, formerly called .
Lawsuit: Minneapolis violence prevention office used illegal process to award millions in grant money startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A new lawsuit alleges the city of Minneapolis' violence prevention office used an illegal procurement process to "arbitrarily" select recipients for millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded grant money. The Neighborhood Safety Office, formerly called Office of Violence Prevention, also used federal COVID-19 relief money to improperly pay lobbying and political causes, according to the lawsuit, .