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State politics reporter @StarTribune . Alum of @PioneerPress , @mndailynews . Texan. Got a tip? 📧 Ryan.Faircloth @startribune .com
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#BREAKING
: Minneapolis Public Schools votes unanimously to terminate its contract with the Minneapolis Police Department, in response to the death of
#GeorgeFloyd
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Final draft: THC edibles and beverages are legal in Minnesota starting tomorrow. A key Republican in the Republican-controlled Senate said he didn’t realize the scope of the law he signed off on, calls for it to be rolled back. Democratic leader says no.
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Under the approved resolution, Minneapolis Public Schools will cease further negotiations with the police department and Superintendent Ed Graff must come up with a new plan for school safety by the board's August 18 board meeting.
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Also meant to note: Minneapolis Public Schools was paying the police department $1.1 million per year for services. Students and school board members say that money could be better spent on mental health services.
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The district has long faced criticism over the use of SROs, and sought to transform the role into a mentor. In 2018-2019, a Minneapolis schools survey gave mostly positive marks to SROs, but data also showed school cops had more interactions with black students than their peers.
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"I value people and education and life," school board chairwoman Kim Ellison said in an interview. "Now I'm convinced, based on the actions of the Minneapolis Police Department, that we don't have the same values."
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#BREAKING
: Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter for killing
#GeorgeFloyd
, Hennepin Co. Attorney Mike Freeman says. Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for several minutes, ignoring pleas that he could not breathe.
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Minneapolis Public Schools has contracted with the Minneapolis Police Department since 1967 (except for 2004-2009, when the district worked with park police), a district spokeswoman tells me.
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Breaking: The University of Minnesota will require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 once the shots get full FDA approval, which is expected to happen in the coming weeks. U President Joan Gabel announced mandate in a message Monday. Mandate will require regent approval.
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NEW: Republican Sen. Jim Abeler, who chairs the MN Senate human services reform committee, tells me he did not realize the new MN law allowing THC edibles would do just that. He thought it would just regulate delta-8 THC products, said the Legislature should roll the new law back
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Democrat Leigh Finke makes history as Minnesota's first transgender legislator, winning her election with 81% of the vote.
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Crowd near midway Target in St. Paul is now smashing the windows of nearby Verizon, Noodles and Co. and Vitamin Shoppe
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Breaking: The Minnesota Senate has approved a bill that will provide free school meals to every student in the state regardless of family income. Final vote tally was 38-26.
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.
@MinneapolisPD
statement: Dept. appreciated the opportunity to serve the district for so long. "The relationships that were built were impactful not only for the students and staff, but for the officers who had a calling to work with our youth through mentorship and engagement."
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Smoke is still billowing out the windows of the Autozone near the Minneapolis police Third Precinct. Flash bombs going off on nearby blocks. Demonstrators are still out in south Minneapolis to protest the death of
#GeorgeFloyd
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DFL state Sen. Bobby Joe Champion is elected president of the Minnesota Senate on a 36-31 vote, becoming the first Black man to ever hold the position. The whole chamber rises in applause.
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Thread: Joshua Rashaad McFadden, a photojournalist covering
#DaunteWright
protests in Brooklyn Center for the New York Times, said officers beat him with wooden batons while trying to pull him out of his car earlier this week.
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New: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Thursday endorsed Democrat Don Samuels' primary election bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, backing the congresswoman's challenger after she supported his mayoral opponents last year.
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Republicans would likely need to win the trifecta -- control of the House, Senate and governor's office -- in November to do that. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz supports full recreational marijuana legalization and is unlikely to sign a bill undoing a lite version of it.
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At least several hundred people have filled the streets outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis to protest the in-custody death of George Floyd. March starting now.
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It isn’t horrible but I am shook up. The window completely shattered and smoke filled the car.
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Abeler's statement, and the no-comment from Senate Majority Leader Jeremy Miller, suggests that the Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate's approval of a new law legalizing THC edibles was likely an accident.
NEW: Republican Sen. Jim Abeler, who chairs the MN Senate human services reform committee, tells me he did not realize the new MN law allowing THC edibles would do just that. He thought it would just regulate delta-8 THC products, said the Legislature should roll the new law back
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BREAKING: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz activates National Guard
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New: Starting fall ‘22, the University of Minnesota will offer free or reduced tuition to Native American students attending any of its five campuses. This expands on a program that has been in place at the U’s Morris campus.
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NEW: Democratic state Sen. Kelly Morrison, who’s a practicing OB-GYN, is running for the congressional seat held by Dean Phillips. "I think maybe now more than ever, we need the voice of a pro-choice OB-GYN in the United States Congress," Morrison said.
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Crowd outside now taking a knee, with their fists in the air. A moment of silence near the Minneapolis Third Precinct for
#GeorgeFloyd
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Just deleted tweet about my car being hit with “live rounds.” Don’t want folks using it to push misinfo. Brain was foggy as I tweeted, meant to say it was a marker round. Regardless, the window completely shattered inward. Left me with cut on left brow and cuts on arm.
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Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, a nationally known progressive, told me today she thinks these types of comments aren't productive. "I actually don't think it's helpful for us to be out talking about change in leadership" as Dems fight to maintain control of the U.S. House and Senate.
NEW: I asked Rep. Angie Craig if she hopes Biden runs in 24 and if she would support him if he does. She urged a "new generation" of Democratic leadership "up and down the ballot."
"I think Dean Phillips and I are in lockstep and alignment with that."
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New: Minnesota DFL lawmakers will unveil their recreational marijuana bill during a news conference at the Capitol Thursday morning. Rep. Zack Stephenson is authoring it in the House and Sen. Lindsey Port is sponsoring it in the Senate. The first public hearing will be Jan. 11
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Happy to report I’ve only been wrongly tagged once on this … so far. That isn’t me, folks 😩
Police in Austin, TX have arrested Ryan Faircloth for throwing a Molotov cocktail into the Travis Co Dem Party HQ: He “was not happy with the current political climate. He blamed this office, and who they represent, for a lot of the issues he saw as problems with the country.”
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Who exactly is in charge of the city and state response tonight? So far, it isn't clear where the Fire Department is. It isn't clear where the police are. And it definitely isn't clear where the National Guard is.
#GeorgeFloyd
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My colleague,
@ChaoStrib
, and I were driving near Lake Street and mistakenly turned down a street that was blocked off at the end. Before we had a chance to reverse, the Guard/ State Patrol fired
#rubber
bullets at our car without warning.
Officers of some type just shot some type of rounds (rubber bullets) at the car
@RyanFaircloth
and i driving near Lake St . No warning given
#GeorgeFloyd
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"Our freedoms are on the ballot,"
@IlhanMN
said. "Our right to privacy and bodily autonomy is being threatened ... We have to do everything that we can to stick together and make it through this midterm."
Omar said she would support President Biden if he runs again in '24.
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Minnesota photojournalist covering
#DaunteWright
protests says he was punched in the face by a law enforcement officer. Officer apparently ignored his credentials, used excessive force anyways.
Photojournalist Tim Evans reports that he just was tackled, hit in the face and arrested by troopers as they kettled protesters outside the Brooklyn center police department. He had his credentials clearly displayed around his neck. He is bruised but ok.
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@HennepinSheriff
@Hennepin
@MinneapolisPD
@MetroTransitMN
UPDATE: WE FOUND HIM. Thankfully he was able to find his way to the downtown Target and buy a charger. He called us 10 minutes ago and we just picked him up.
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New: University of Minnesota regents vote 10-1 to approve a vaccination mandate for the 60,000 students attending the school's five campuses. The mandate will kick in once the FDA gives full approval to one of the COVID-19 vaccines, which is expected in the coming weeks.
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Attorney representing George Floyd’s family releases results of independent autopsy, which determined that asphyxiation from sustained pressure was the cause of death.
#GeorgeFloyd
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Didn’t mean live rounds. Brain foggy. Likely rubber bullets, but didn’t know those could blow out a car window. I have some sort of green dust on my arms.
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Leaders in crowd now saying they won’t abide by the curfew if all four officers aren’t arrested and charged. “They can’t arrest us all.”
Crowd outside now taking a knee, with their fists in the air. A moment of silence near the Minneapolis Third Precinct for
#GeorgeFloyd
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I’m at the corner of Franklin Avenue and 15th Ave S, where Native American community members have organized to protect the businesses and housing in their neighborhood
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Breaking: University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel will recommend to the Board of Regents next week that fall classes be held in-person and residence halls be reopened. She will also suggest that each campus adjust their academic calendars to conclude by Thanksgiving.
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Hundreds of St. Paul students have walked out of class today to march for gun reform. Now rallying at State Capitol
@StarTribune
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As Chauvin arrived, all officers of color were ordered to a separate floor, and a supervisor told one of them that, because of their race, they would be a potential "liability" around Chauvin, discrimination charges say. Must-read story from
@ByLizSawyer
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New: Edibles and beverages containing THC — the cannabis ingredient that gets you high — become legal in Minnesota on Friday. The new products may contain 5mg per serving and 50mg per package, enough to get you high. "In some ways, we legalized cannabis."
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Lots of wishful comments from Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. But no clear plan of action detailed for how they will stop riots in the coming days, other than saying they are doing everything they can.
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A couple hundred people or so have gathered outside the Minneapolis Public Schools headquarters urging the district to terminate its contract with Minneapolis police. The school board will vote on this action tonight.
#GeorgeFloyd
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NEW from me: Students at the University of Minnesota Morris, which was built on the site of a former American Indian boarding school, are demanding the campus be searched for possible unmarked graves.
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My colleague,
@ChrisSerres
, on how police treated him last night, despite being a member of the press, who are exempt from the 8 p.m. curfew. He showed them his badge, too.
Regarding police behavior last night, I was twice ordered at gunpoint by Minneapolis police to hit the ground, warned that if I moved "an inch" I'd be shot. This after being teargassed and hit in groin area by rubber bullet. Waiving a Star Tribune press badge made no difference.
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Ten minutes from curfew and the streets of downtown Minneapolis are completely empty. This was at an intersection on Hennepin, right by the Minneapolis police 1st Precinct, which is heavily fortified.
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UPDATE: WE FOUND HIM. Thankfully he was able to find his way to the downtown Target and buy a charger. He called us 10 minutes ago and we just picked him up.
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Developing: It's unclear if leaders in the Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate knew this law would legalize THC edibles before passing it. Sen. Michelle Benson said she knew it would. But she said her and Senate Majority Leader Jeremy Miller "did not discuss that specifically"
New: Edibles and beverages containing THC — the cannabis ingredient that gets you high — become legal in Minnesota on Friday. The new products may contain 5mg per serving and 50mg per package, enough to get you high. "In some ways, we legalized cannabis."
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Some news ... I’m super honored (and in disbelief!) to be named
@mnspj
’s Young Journalist of the Year for my work covering state government at the
@PioneerPress
last year. So grateful for the reporters and editors there who pushed me to do strong work.
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Thread: Just spoke to Minnesota's top Republican, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka. He phoned White House tonight to ask for assistance in Minneapolis.
“I said, ‘Minnesota needs you. Our governor is not able to keep the peace. And we need help before our city burns down.’”
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The wife of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filed for divorce, days after he killed
#GeorgeFloyd
. "She is devastated by Mr. Floyd's death," said her attorney.
Kellie Chauvin,
Through her attorney wife of former Officer Derek Chauvin the former Minneapolis Police Officer charged with murdering
#GeorgeFloyd
released a statement saying she is devastated by Floyd’s death, sends condolences to his family and is divorcing her husband
@wcco
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New: In an email to students and employees today, Macalester College announced it will require (with limited exceptions) students and employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine before returning to campus this fall. Macalester is the first Minnesota college to make this decision.
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Sources say former officer Derek Chauvin, recorded on video kneeling on Floyd's neck as he begged for air on May 25, will now be charged with second-degree murder. Other three officers will be charged w/aiding and abetting second-degree murder.
#GeorgeFloyd
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I see many people wondering where the Minneapolis Fire Department is as more buildings are set ablaze. Fire Department spokesman Bryan Tyner just texted me this: "we are responding to fires throughout the City. We are not able to respond to sites until the scene can be secured.”
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A small group of young protesters have kneeled along Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis chanting “peaceful protest” as authorities and National Guard block their path
#GeorgeFloyd
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Personal news: My time at the
@PioneerPress
has come to an end — today is my last day. Luckily, I’m not going far. Starting Dec. 3, I’ll be the resident night owl for the
@StarTribune
, covering all things that happen after dark in the metro. I’m really excited for this next step
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Senate DFL leaders hold press conference after flipping chamber and giving Dems trifecta. “If you show up, you can flip a Senate in a midterm election. You never know what you can do,” Senate DFL Leader Melisa Lopez Franzen said, calling the victory a “Minnesota Senate miracle.”
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Tear gas brought out on crowd of a few hundred people outside Target near Third Precinct. Some protesters picked the canisters up and threw them back.
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AP has called the Minnesota governor's race for incumbent Democrat Tim Walz over Republican Scott Jensen.
BREAKING: Democrat Tim Walz wins reelection for governor in Minnesota.
#APracecall
at 10:24 p.m. CST.
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Some personal news (of the best kind): I got engaged to my best friend while in Hawaii last week! Couldn’t be happier.
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It took a white journalist telling the officers that McFadden was indeed a journalist for them to let him go. "I am assuming because I am a Black photographer that they would not believe me or look at my press credential until who I was with said, 'Oh, he's with the Times.'"
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Gov. Tim Walz: "What you see tonight will replicate tomorrow unless we change something in what we're doing."
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1) University of Minnesota student leaders lit into members of the school’s Board of Regents Friday for donating to a PAC that has attempted to influence the Legislature’s election of new regents, calling the donations a “thinly-veiled effort ... to pick their future colleagues.”
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Nearly two dozen Minnesota county sheriffs are backing Republican Jim Schultz in his closely watched race to unseat Democratic Attorney General Keith Ellison.
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Career news: After 6.5 busy months reporting on night news and filling in on K-12/higher ed coverage, I’m moving to the higher education beat full-time. I’m very excited to cover Minnesota colleges and the students they serve.
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Clarification: Didn’t mean live rounds. Brain foggy. Likely rubber bullets, but didn’t know those could blow out a car window. I have some sort of green dust on my arms.
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Breaking: The Democratic-controlled Minnesota House has passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana. A Senate vote is scheduled for Friday. The final vote tally was 71-59.
#mnleg
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"They're hitting me, they're hitting my camera as if they're trying to break my camera lens ... telling me to get out, but I clearly couldn't get out because now they're blocking the doors," said McFadden, who is Black. He told officers he was press but they didn't believe him.
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Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, whose district includes Minneapolis and much of Hennepin County, said Thursday that "members of Congress who don't represent Hennepin County should not be weighing in on this."
A bipartisan majority of Minnesota's congressional delegation is calling for the murder case against state trooper Ryan Londregan to be taken away from Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and reassigned to someone else.
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The University of Minnesota reported 43 positive student COVID cases out of 231 tests administered at its campus clinic between Sept. 18-24, a 19% positivity rate. Keep in mind: The U isn't reporting data for students who test positive at off-campus clinics. Other schools are.
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Walz also said law enforcement officers will no longer photograph journalists' faces and credentials, acknowledging it "created a pretty Orwellian picture."
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When did Gov. Tim Walz know about Feeding Our Future fraud? Walz told
@michellemgriff
he was first briefed about suspicious activity in April or May 2020. Then his office doubled back, first saying it was summer 2020 and then November 2020 via
@mnreformer
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California Congresswoman Maxine Waters is here in Brooklyn Center speaking to press and protesters. “We’re looking for a guilty verdict.” Says ex-officer Kim Potter, who fatally shot
#DaunteWright
, should be charged with murder, not manslaughter.
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On the right is the 3rd Precinct, on the left is Minnehaha liquor. Both are up in flames.
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Scoop: Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips will not run for re-election to the U.S. House even if his insurgent primary campaign against President Joe Biden fails, the Minnesota congressman told me in an interview.
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Breaking: The Minnesota House just cast its final vote to legalize marijuana. The Senate could take up the bill as early as tomorrow. Minnesota is now one Senate vote and a governor’s signature away from legalizing recreational marijuana for adults.
#mnleg
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I don’t understand munitions. Sorry for the misunderstanding, folks. Not typically reporting on this type of stuff. Again, NOT LIVE ROUNDS.
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Protesters chanting “What’s his name? George Floyd!” In front of a line of police officers clad in riot gear along Minnehaha Ave. Loud bangs heard nearby.
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In an interview, MN Gov. Tim Walz said these incidents are "unacceptable in every circumstance." He said law enforcement leaders will communicate to officers guarding the Brooklyn Center police headquarters that they must follow the court order and let journalists do their jobs.
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News: AG Keith Ellison plans to elevate charges against former police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck while adding charges of aiding and abetting murder against the other three officers at the scene, law enforcement sources tell
@smontemayor
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Freelance photographer Tim Evans said he was pepper-sprayed, tackled and hit in the face Friday night by officers who ignored his assertions that he was a credentialed journalist. Evans got caught in the middle of the officers' late-night rush to make arrests after curfew.
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Breaking: Rep. Ilhan Omar wins the DFL's endorsement on the first ballot over challenger Don Samuels. She'll have the party's backing heading into her August primary election rematch against Samuels.
Endorsement battle underway between Rep. Ilhan Omar, Don Samuels
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THREAD: This story/headline is inaccurate. Faculty tell me there isn’t serious interest in a work stoppage. The first paragraph implies that 500+ people who signed a June letter supporting a vaccine mandate also support a work stoppage. The two things are completely separate.
University of Minnesota professors are mulling a work stoppage if the university refuses to impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to American Association of University Professors meeting minutes and documents obtained by 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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Minnesota's congressional Democrats divided on whether Biden should run for re-election. Two moderates are already signaling they want new leadership in 2024, while two progressives say such calls undermine the party heading into the midterm elections.
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Wow. Twitter has slapped a new label on the president’s tweet. “This tweet can’t be replied to, retweeted, or liked due to a risk of violence.”
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A small group has gathered outside Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman’s house, calling on him to charge the officers involved in the death of
#GeorgeFloyd
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News: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signs executive order implementing a temporary curfew from 8 p.m.-6 a.m. on Friday and Saturday in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
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A few hundred anti-Trump protesters have lined the front steps of the state Capitol to deliver a ringing endorsement of the impending impeachment vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Now on Hiawatha Avenue chanting “I can’t breathe.” Many cars honking in support, with drivers raising fists out their windows
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"I'm yelling that I'm press the whole time," Evans said. "[One officer] is telling me to shut the [expletive] up, he doesn't care."
Evans said officers released him on the condition that he leave the area.
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NEWS: Hennepin County Medical Examiner releases updated autopsy report, declaring the death of
#GeorgeFloyd
a homicide.
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