Bob Collins
It’s been an ongoing issue between the police and the people they serve for several years now, despite ruling after ruling that people have a right to stand on a public street and film the actions of police. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Crime and Justice
We may never again hear the kind of testimony at a hearing for a Supreme Court nominee that we heard in the October 1991 hearings for Justice Clarence Thomas. Read more →
Victims of sexual abuse and assault at St. Olaf in Northfield had hoped a meeting to address complaints that the school was ignoring them would begin to change things on campus, but after a closed meeting they say they’re ‘disheartened’ by the response.
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It is increasingly a part of America’s culture that when your sports team wins a championship, you go flip cars over; burning them is optional, apparently.
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The Duluth Police Department had a reasonable request on Facebook today: Please stop throwing your used hypodermic needles away in a city park. Read more →
Thanks to the Duluth News Tribune, we learned today how fast a police car can go when it has big intentions: 135. We also learned how fast a Camaro can go when it unwinds on Highway 61 on the way to Two Harbors: 171. Read more →
It’s a charming story out of Winona where a police officer helped out a girl whose bike was stolen, but it’s also got an element to it similar to the story last week in Indiana where a police officer turned a traffic stop into a proselytizing session of sorts when he asked the scofflaw whether she’d been saved. Read more →
What does it look like when someone opens fire on you because you tooted your horn at them at a green light at a major Minneapolis intersection? It looks like this. Read more →
In the eyes of the law in Wisconsin, a dog has no emotional value.
An Onalaska couple has lost a bid for a larger award for the injuries to their dog, after arguing that the same law that inflates the market value of photographs and heirlooms should apply to family pets too. Read more →
An investigation into government spy planes shows Minneapolis is one of the handful of American cities getting overhead attention. Read more →
You’ve probably seen the occasional person standing on a freeway overpass waving an American flag or carrying a sign and waving at passing motorists. Is that free speech?
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A divided Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday settled the question of whether the state’s courts have any business settling claims of defamation made by church officials while excommunicating parishioners.
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‘This accident could have been much, much worse,’ the police said. Both the officer and the texter survived. Read more →
A trial would have at least been a venue to question and cross-examine everyone involved in the shooting. Read more →
Under Minnesota law, people who are hurt by uninsured drivers can be covered under the Minnesota Automobile Assigned Claims Plan. But today, the Court of Appeals said Paek Saengkeo, injured in a 2010 crash, isn’t entitled to any benefit because his brother, who lived with him, had co-signed the loan for his then-girlfriend.
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