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Ex-Minneapolis police officer pleads guilty in George Floyd case

By entering the plea, Thomas Lane avoided the more serious charge of aiding and abetting second-degree murder.

Al Jazeera

Ex-Minneapolis cop pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd’s death

His guilty plea comes a week before the two-year anniversary of Floyd's murder.

Axios

Minnesota GOP reconvenes to back candidate for governor

Minnesota Republicans have reconvened to endorse a candidate to challenge Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, a day after delegates picked political outsider Jim Schultz to try to unseat Attorney General Keith Ellison

The Independent UK

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Minnesota GOP seeks candidate who can topple Democrat Walz

Endorsing a candidate who can topple Democratic Gov. Tim Walz will top the agenda when Minnesota Republicans gather in Rochester for their state convention Friday and Saturday

The Independent UK

Police release bodycam footage from officers who shot Amir Locke

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension released all evidence connected to the February killing in Minneapolis

The Independent UK

A year after Daunte Wright’s killing, his family continues fight for justice

MINNEAPOLIS — As Katie Wright prepared to celebrate the life of her son killed by a Brooklyn Center police officer, she stopped to reflect on how much she has changed since that deadly traffic stop last year.

Tribune News Service

In the courtroom and the skies, tribe carries on its challenge of the Line 3 pipeline

MINNEAPOLIS — Over two days last November, an aircraft outfitted with high-definition thermal imaging equipment flew the 340-mile length of the Line 3 oil pipeline across Minnesota. It was scouting for evidence of more construction-related damage to the state's aquifers.

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Minnesota's Attorney General Says the Cop Who Killed Amir Locke Was Defending Himself. So Was Locke.

That perplexing situation underlines the hazards of police tactics that aim to prevent violence but often have the opposite effect.

Reason

Editorial: No charges in Locke shooting is right call

The Feb. 2 shooting death of Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man asleep in an apartment when Minneapolis police officers entered on a no-knock warrant, was and remains nothing less than a tragedy. Locke, who was not named in the warrant and was not a suspect in the underlying investigation,…

Tribune News Service

No charges in Amir Locke shooting is no surprise to legal experts, who say the law must change

MINNEAPOLIS — The decision not to charge the Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke during a botched no-knock raid in February came as little surprise to legal observers, many of whom said the law leaves members of the public at risk.

Tribune News Service

Police will not be charged in ‘no-knock’ killing of Amir Locke

Minnesota prosecutors found no criminal wrongdoing by SWAT officer who killed 22-year-old Black man in US raid.

Al Jazeera

'Rust' will reportedly finish filming amid Alec Baldwin’s criminal charges

Apparently, the show must go on.

Mic

Who was Amir Locke, 22-year-old shot dead by Minneapolis police?

Prosecutors declined to file charges against officers who shot and killed Locke when executing a no-knock warrant

The Independent UK

Minnesota will not charge officers who shot and killed Amir Locke

Mr Locke’s killing sparked protests and further drove criticism aimed at ‘no-knock’ warrants

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Minneapolis officer who fatally shot Amir Locke won't be charged

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot 22-year-old Amir Locke during a SWAT raid on a downtown apartment in early February will not be charged with a crime, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman and Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Wednesday.

The Independent UK

No charges filed in no-knock warrant killing of Amir Locke

Minnesota prosecutors have declined to file charges against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant in February

The Independent UK

Do Minnesota cases show it's getting easier to convict cops?

Data show it's rare for police officers to be convicted of on-duty killings

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