Tag: riots
Police were reprimanded by leadership for using de-escalation tactic during riots
An independent review of how departments and agencies in Minneapolis handled the George Floyd riots revealed that Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) leadership reprimanded officers...
‘Overwhelmed the system’: 911 calls more than quadrupled during Floyd riots
Minneapolis was receiving five times the average number of 911 calls at the height of the George Floyd riots in May 2020. This call...
City report describes leadership failures during George Floyd riots
The Minneapolis City Council received an 86-page report Tuesday from independent auditors that offers the most in-depth look yet at the city’s failure to...
Prosecutors argued for shorter sentence in 2020 arson that killed a...
A Rochester man was sentenced to 120 months in prison Friday for burning down a pawnshop during the George Floyd riots in 2020. That...
Zero jail time for man who knocked Minneapolis police officer unconscious...
A man who knocked a Minneapolis police officer unconscious with a metal trash can lid during the riots of August 2020 will not go...
Minneapolis leftists threaten to burn down another police station after election...
Leftists in Minneapolis are so unhappy with the results of their city's democratic process that they want to burn down another police precinct.
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Minnesota trooper says deletion of texts and emails after Floyd riots...
A state trooper has testified to the truth of deleted text messages and emails among his colleagues after responding to last summer's George Floyd...
Rioter who burned Minneapolis store sentenced to nearly a decade in...
Matthew Lee Rupert was sentenced Tuesday to 105 months behind bars, followed by three years of supervised release for setting fire to a Sprint...
Pro-riot business owner now wants police to find his stolen van
A restaurant that cheered rioters who burned down its building during the George Floyd riots now complains that Minneapolis has too much crime after...
Left-wing groups celebrate anniversary of Third Precinct arson, Twitter allows it
On May 28, the one-year anniversary of Minneapolis’s Third Precinct burning to the ground, several left-wing advocacy groups celebrated the arson, and Twitter allowed...