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Winston Smith Jr. s killing by members of a federal task force in Minneapolis last month is prompting fresh scrutiny of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, along with its newly formed unit dedicated to investigating violent or deadly police encounters and other misconduct.
The latest investigation lies with the year-old Force Investigations Unit (FIU), specifically dedicated to decreasing law enforcement violence. The unit has 23 staffers, including a special-agent-in-charge, two assistant special agents, 13 senior special agents, two criminal intelligence analysts and a victim, family and community relations coordinator. I want everyone in Minnesota to know we have a strong commitment to continually improve, BCA Superintendent Drew Evans said in an interview last week from his office in St. Paul. People may not feel good about an outcome, but I want people to have trust in our process.
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After police reforms fall short, backers plan home protests Dismayed over state s lack of reforms, activists vow front lawn protests. July 5, 2021 5:04pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Activists and relatives of those killed by law enforcement spent hours last week huddled inside the State Capitol rotunda, their voices reverberating as they shouted their insistence on new major police accountability reforms.
But when a late-night public safety bill vote yielded a far more modest slate of policing legislation than they sought, the group that had spent the session testifying to lawmakers and marching throughout the Twin Cities made plans to further ramp up their activism this summer. It will be, as they put it, stage two.
Dismayed over lack of police reforms, Minnesota activists vow to protest outside lawmakers homes Stephen Montemayor, Star Tribune © Elizabeth Flores/TNS Toshira Garraway cried as she spoke alongside families who have lost loved ones to police violence in Minnesota during a news conference in the Capitol Rotunda to give statements regarding the proposed Public Safety Omnibus Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at the State Capitol in St. Paul, MN. Garraway lost her fiance Justin Teigen who she said was killed by St. Paul police.
MINNEAPOLIS Activists and relatives of those killed by law enforcement spent hours last week huddled inside the State Capitol rotunda, their voices reverberating up the building as they shouted their insistence on new major police accountability reforms.