Report: White supremacists shoot five Black Lives Matters protesters
Five Black Lives Matters protesters were shot and are being treated for non-life threatening injuries after a shooting incident Monday night, and those on the scene say the shooter or shooters were...
View ArticleTwo men arrested in shooting of Black Lives Matter protesters
Monday night, Black Lives Matter protesters who have been camped out at the 4th precinct police station confronted a handful of masked white men wielding a video camera. At least one of those men also...
View ArticleArmed white supremacists threaten protesters at Fourth Precinct shutdown
In the ongoing standoff at the 4th precinct police station over Jamar Clark's killing, various radicals have emerged to complicate and agitate police against protesters, protesters against police....
View ArticleFederal judge fed up as state stalls changes to sex offender program
In July, U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank ruled the Minnesota Sex Offender Program unconstitutional, calling it draconian and broken. That’s because in the program's two decades of existence, more...
View ArticleAllen Scarsella, 3 others charged in Black Lives Matter protest shooting
The night of November 23, a group of masked men waded into the crowd of protesters who have been camped at the 4th precinct police station since the shooting death of Jamar Clark by a Minneapolis cop....
View ArticleJudge refuses to lower bail for suspected shooter at Jamar Clark protest
The four men charged in the shooting of five black protesters at the 4th precinct last week made their first appearances in court on Tuesday. Allen Scarsella, the alleged shooter, has been charged with...
View ArticleWhen Black Lives Didn't Matter
Before Jamar Clark, there was David Smith, dead on a gym floor In his last hour, David Smith was trying to be someone's big brother. While shooting hoops at a Minneapolis YMCA, Smith approached an...
View ArticleIowa Republican Mark Chelgren wants some illegal immigrants executed
It’s cool, everyone. A Republican from Iowa has solved America’s immigration problem. We just gotta kill 'em. Well, some of them. This week Mark Chelgren, a state senator running for Congress, spelled...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter protesters evicted from Fourth Precinct occupation
Black Lives Matter protesters spent 18 days occupying the area around the Fourth Police Precinct, using their presence to make demands related to the fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark. That all came...
View ArticleActivists claim police union chief Bob Kroll is racist
Is Minneapolis Police union president Bob Kroll a raging racist? About 100 protesters marching through the streets of Northeast on Thursday night, calling for his ouster, insist that he’s a belligerent...
View ArticleCentral High student who allegedly choked teacher has been charged
A St. Paul Central High School student faces a felony assault charge after a cafeteria tussle rendered a teacher unconscious. Around 10:30 a.m. last Friday, a fight broke out between two students over...
View ArticleIndependent report absolves U of M in Norwood Teague sexual harassment scandal
This summer, former Gophers athletics director Norwood Teague resigned amid a flurry of sexual harassment allegations stemming from his behavior at a department retreat. One female coworker accused...
View ArticleMugshots of alleged Black Lives Matter shooters [PHOTOS]
Late November 23, a group of armed masked men descended on the 4th precinct occupation to film the encampment and stir up trouble, according to police. They taunted protesters, who tried to push them...
View ArticleSt. Paul Central teacher assault spurs strike talk
After a Central High School teacher was beaten and choked by a student last week, the St. Paul teachers union has renewed calls to improve safety and school climate. Denise Rodriguez, president of the...
View ArticleHalf of Minnesota’s members of Congress want to end the ban on gun research
America loves guns. America also had 353 mass shootings (where there are at least four victims) in 2015, more than any other developed country. Could the two be related? It’s a strangely touchy...
View ArticleWanna know how many people have been shot near your home this year?
If you think gun violence only happens in the less rarified air of inner ring suburbs and downtrodden hoods of Minneapolis and St. Paul, well, oops. The Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit, nonpartisan...
View ArticleKlutz discharges gun in a Fridley Target store
Holiday shopping madness can be a bit imposing. But so much so that one needs to pack heat at Target? It’s hard to know why a fella was compelled to carry a gun during a Sunday shopping spree at a...
View ArticleAllen Scarsella, accused 4th Precinct shooter, faces upgraded charge
Allen Scarsella, 24, was charged two weeks ago with shooting five protesters at the 4th precinct protest for Jamar Clark. At the time, he faced five counts of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon...
View ArticleDecorated Army vet Alan Eslinger gets 16 years for second child-porn bust
According to at least one of his superior officers, Alan Douglas Eslinger was the type of medic you want in your regiment while deployed in a combat zone. The 44-year-old logged at least three combat...
View ArticleBank robber runs by during live TV report about bank robbery [VIDEO]
The criminal always returns to the scene of the crime. At least that's how it happens on television. The old cliche came true on yet another TV show this week. But this time there's a plot twist: The...
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