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Brickbat: Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud

An investigation by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights has found that prosecutors are often reluctant to use bodycam video from officers in the Minneapolis Police Department in court because the officers' language is so offensive. "When MPD officers scream obscenities at community members, it makes it challenging for prosecutors…

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Judge accepts plea deal in Derek Chauvin's civil rights case

The judge in the civil rights cases of four former police officers in the killing of George Floyd said that he has accepted Derek Chauvin's plea agreement and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years.

WEKU

Parmy Olson: Online privacy becomes critical if Roe v. Wade is overturned

About 10 years ago, a story about Target Corp.’s uncanny ability to detect a customer’s pregnancy made waves. An angry man had gone into a Target store in Minneapolis, demanding to speak to a manager and flashing coupons that his teenage daughter had received in the mail for baby clothes…

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Add or subtract? A Timberwolves player-by-player look ahead.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves' season ended Friday night with a loss in Game 6 to Memphis at Target Center, a defeat that eliminated them from the NBA playoffs.

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Judge overseeing Chauvin civil rights case accepts plea deal

The judge overseeing the federal civil rights cases of four former Minneapolis police officers in the killing of George Floyd has accepted the terms of Derek Chauvin’s plea agreement and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years in prison

The Independent UK

Iconic painting of George Washington is sailing away from Minnesota for $15 million-plus

MINNEAPOLIS —"Washington Crossing the Delaware" has crossed the Mississippi River — bound from Winona's Minnesota Marine Art Museum to Christie's auction house in New York.

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Professor at Minnesota's St. Olaf College says he lost leadership post for inviting controversial speaker to campus

MINNEAPOLIS — A St. Olaf College professor tapped to promote debate about "highly controversial subjects" through conversations with guest speakers is being removed from his leadership position a year early, reigniting debate of how colleges handle free speech.

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Growing Timberwolves will have higher expectations next season

MINNEAPOLIS — Even if they didn't surprise themselves, the Timberwolves surprised a lot of NBA fans by reaching the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference and beating the over-under on the preseason expected win total by double digits.

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Mark Craig: Annual first-round feeding frenzy on QBs doesn’t materialize

MINNEAPOLIS — Thanks, Stan Kroenke, Les Snead and Sean McVay. Your Super Bowl-winning Rams Way turned many a mock draft from bad to ugly to "You Get Paid To Do This?"

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Leaders, family, friends remember Mondale

MINNEAPOLIS — A preacher's son guided by a quiet faith, Walter "Fritz" Mondale ascended from humble beginnings in southern Minnesota all the way to the White House, forever changing the role of the vice president and acting as a "guiding light" to a generation of politicians who followed him.

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Biden to speak at memorial service for former VP Mondale

President Joe Biden plans to gather with other dignitaries in Minneapolis to remember former Vice President Walter Mondale

The Independent UK

Chip Scoggins: Talbot or Fleury? Goalie debate shows Wild in good spot for playoffs

MINNEAPOLIS — The 2003 NHL draft began with the Pittsburgh Penguins selecting goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury with the No. 1 overall pick, the first step in a career that will conclude in the Hall of Fame someday.

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Timberwolves squander another lead to Grizzlies, get eliminated from playoffs in 114-106 loss

MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves couldn't have asked for much more than what they had entering the fourth quarter of their 114-106 loss to Memphis.

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After flurry of trades, Vikings select cornerback Andrew Booth Jr. with 42nd pick of the second round

MINNEAPOLIS — Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah kept trading during Friday's second round, moving up in a deal with the Indianapolis Colts to select Clemson cornerback Andrew Booth Jr. with the 42nd overall pick.

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Alternate juror in Potter trial: Despite ex-officer's mistake, verdict and sentence appropriate

MINNEAPOLIS — A juror who heard the manslaughter case against Kimberly Potter said that he believed the ex-Brooklyn Center police officer made a mistake when she drew her handgun instead of her Taser and shot Daunte Wright a year ago, but he also thinks the trial's outcome was correct.

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After trading back to No. 32 pick, Vikings select Georgia safety Lewis Cine in NFL draft

MINNEAPOLIS — The Vikings traded down 20 spots and selected Georgia safety Lewis Cine with the last pick in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night.

The Independent UK

Report calls out abuse of social media by Minneapolis police

Among the scathing findings of an investigation launched after the police killing of George Floyd is that the Minneapolis Police Department used covert or fake social media accounts to target Black activists and organizations

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Coroner: Death of 10-year-old Wisconsin girl was homicide

MINNEAPOLIS — A preliminary autopsy found that Iliana "Lily" Peters died of strangulation and blunt force trauma, the Chippewa County Coroner said Thursday.

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Twins break open game in fifth inning, beat Tigers for seventh straight win

MINNEAPOLIS — New-age manager Rocco Baldelli went old-school on Throwback Thursday: For the first time in his career, he called for two sacrifice bunts — in one inning, no less. And they wound up fueling the put-away inning in the Twins' seventh consecutive victory, 7-1 over the Tigers at Target…

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Derek Chauvin appeals murder conviction for killing George Floyd

Former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of murder, sentenced to more than 22 years in prison last year.

The Independent UK

Chauvin appeals murder conviction for killing George Floyd

The former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murder in the killing of George Floyd has appealed his conviction, saying among other things that the jury was intimidated by ongoing sometimes violent protests and prejudiced by excessive pre-trial publicity

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Bob Dylan disc to be the first in a new high-fidelity format developed by T Bone Burnett

MINNEAPOLIS — Leave it to Bob Dylan to promise something special and not give us details. And he's got a co-conspirator in celebrated producer T Bone Burnett.

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Editorial: A damning report on Minneapolis policing

Adding yet more impetus to the urgent call for reform, a state investigation found that the Minneapolis Police Department routinely violated civil rights law over the past decade by engaging in a pattern of racial discrimination.

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Kepler’s two home runs more than enough to back up Ryan’s solid start vs. Detroit

MINNEAPOLIS — Oh, so that's why Joe Ryan is in the Twins' starting rotation and Michael Pineda isn't.

AFP

State investigators find pattern of racial discrimination by Minneapolis police

Washington (AFP) - An investigation launched days after the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by Minneapolis police officers, has found a "pattern or practice of race discrimination" within the northern US city's law enforcement agency.

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