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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Crime and Justice

Appeals Court overturns unemployment benefits ban on personal care attendants

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2013, 10:07 AM Feb 25, 2013
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To deny unemployment benefits to everyone caring for a family member in the belief that they’re more likely to commit fraud is unconstitutional, the judge said.

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What’s the big threat at Timberwolves games?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 20, 2013, 2:48 PM Feb 20, 2013
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For years, the Minnesota Timberwolves have required fans to pass through hand-held metal detectors. The team, in fact, was more security-conscious than any other sports team in town, dating back to well before 2001. Back then the threat was gang violence. Now it’s mass shooting. You opened up your jacket, they felt your pockets, they Read more →

Freedom of hyperbole

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 19, 2013, 1:18 PM Feb 19, 2013
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The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against a town after an official was banned from all publicly-owned buildings after making a comment about guns.

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Itchy trigger fingers in California

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 8, 2013, 12:42 PM Feb 8, 2013
4

The manhunt for a murderous Los Angeles cop on a killing spree continues in California.

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The case of the snow-tuber who got hurt

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 4, 2013, 11:49 AM Feb 4, 2013
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It’s great weather for snow tubing in Minnesota, but you’re on your own if you go, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled today.

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Mass shooting stats cooked, criminologist says

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 31, 2013, 1:58 PM Jan 31, 2013
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Are mass killings on the rise? It depends, apparently, on how you define mass killings.

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Court: Calling a doctor ‘a tool’ is protected speech

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2013, 10:48 AM Jan 30, 2013
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The Minnesota Supreme Court has thrown out the case against a man for rating a doctor online.

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Wisconsin sheriff: Get in the game with a gun

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 25, 2013, 4:53 PM Jan 25, 2013
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It’s hard to know whether Milwaukee County sheriff David Clarke is seriously trying to get his citizens to arm themselves or just trying to call attention to cutbacks in his department, but his radio ad certainly has caused a stir in Wisconsin.

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Fathers, kids, and guns

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 25, 2013, 3:20 PM Jan 25, 2013
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There’s a weird plethora of news stories today about fathers, their kids, and guns.

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Court: Drunk driving laws not applicable to Segway

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 22, 2013, 10:40 AM Jan 22, 2013
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In a state where 1 of every 7 people has a drunk driving conviction, a Minnesota Court of Appeals decision today provides some important guidance — a Segway is not a motor vehicle.

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What happened in North Mankato?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 18, 2013, 10:48 AM Jan 18, 2013
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Yesterday, police went to a home in North Mankato to check on a resident there. Hours later, the person inside was dead and it’s not at all clear –yet — why.

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A clear case of pedophobia

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 15, 2013, 1:54 PM Jan 15, 2013
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Is fear of young children a legitimate phobia or a good reason to try to shake down a school district? We’re about to find out.

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Why Minnesota has a sexually dangerous person law

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 7, 2013, 10:54 AM Jan 7, 2013
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The law that allows Minnesota to lock people up who might be sexually violent in the future seems taylor-made for Thomas Crosby.

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Ryan Larson and the urge to name suspects

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 4, 2013, 2:48 PM Jan 4, 2013
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If it turns out that, indeed, Larson was not involved in the Cold Spring shooting as he insists, there’ll be plenty of opportunity for introspection on how he was so publicly linked to the crime.

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When rape isn’t rape

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 4, 2013, 1:11 PM Jan 4, 2013
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‘Judicial activism’ has become a bad phrase. A woman in California, however, could’ve used a little in this case.

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