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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 18, 2022

Former MN Officer Sentenced to 2 Years in Daunte Wright Death

“Retribution, or serving time as a way for a convicted person to pay for the harm inflicted on a victim, is the sole purpose that applies in this case,” Chu said. “In this case a young man was killed because Officer Potter was reckless. There rightfully should be some accountability.”

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 18, 2022

Badge from Fallen MN Officer Found After Nearly 130 Years

The pleas wouldn’t pan out until 2017, when Jacobson’s great-granddaughter Gloria Hagestuen called Police Chief Bryan Schafer and said her cousin had recently given her a brittle photo of the officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 12, 2022

Chiefs, Mayors, and Prosecutors in Twin Cities Area Meet to Address Violent Crime

"We are here because our businesses and our residents tell us they are frightened and they want to know what we're going to do about it," said Maplewood Mayor Marylee Abrams.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 23, 2021

Former MN Officer Convicted of Manslaughter in Daunte Wright Shooting

Prosecutors encouraged jurors in their closing arguments Monday to handle former officer Kimberly Potter's deactivated Taser and duty pistol during deliberations.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2021

Delivery Driver Reportedly Destroyed Elderly Couple's Groceries Over Police Support Sign

The driver yelled for them to check inside their Christmas wreath, where they found a receipt with a "derogatory message" against them and police was written on it.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 8, 2021

Deputy Chief to Become Interim Leader of Minneapolis PD

Deputy Police Chief Amelia Huffman will become the Minneapolis Police Department's interim chief, replacing Medaria Arradondo, who said Monday he was retiring after three decades of public service.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 7, 2021

Man Charged with Trying to Intimidate Judge in Former MN Officer's Trial

Cortez A. Rice was charged last week with tampering with a judicial officer, a felony, in connection with allegations that he went into the Loring Park condominium building where he thought Judge Regina Chu lived and made comments meant to intimidate her into allowing broadcast coverage of the trial.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 6, 2021

Minneapolis Chief Announces Retirement, Stepping Down in January

"After 32 years of service I believe that now is the right time to allow for new leadership, new perspective, new focus and new hope to lead the department forward in collaboration with our communities and I am confident that the MPD has the leadership in place to advance this critically important work that lies ahead of us," Chief Medaria Arradondo

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 24, 2021

Minneapolis Looking to Hire Up to 200 Officers

The department is actively seeking full-time recruits and lateral hires from departments across the state, paying anywhere from $31.45 to $40.74 an hour.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 3, 2021

Minneapolis Voters Say "No" to Disbanding Police

Details of the new department, including police staffing levels, if any, would have been determined by the mayor and largely anti-police City Council members.

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