Minnesota
Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau has resigned after the fatal shooting of Justine Damond.
Diamond Reynolds, the girlfriend of Philando Castile, was arrested and charged in relation to a hammer attack on a woman in St. Paul.
Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Wednesday to move forward with his plan to build a wall along the Mexican border.
Obama invited president-elect Donald Trump to the White House on Thursday to talk about a “smooth transition of power."
Castile's family and friends say that he was an upstanding man and was soft-spoken. His mother, Valerie Castile, told CNN that her son was a "laid-back," "good person."
Governor Mark Dayton questions whether Philando Castile would still be alive if he was White and calls for swift justice.
The video opens with a gruesome scene--Reynolds can be seen first saying, "Stay with me," to Castile, while she explains the couple was pulled over for a busted tail light.
Prince was found in an elevator on his Minnesota estate on April 21.
UPDATED: November 24, 2015 12:16 PM EST On Friday, the Minneapolis chapter of Black Lives Matter shared a video of two masked men spewing racial slurs, leading members to believe the men are the same suspects who turned themselves in after the shooting on five BLM affiliates Monday evening. Police haven’t confirmed if the men are suspects arrested […]
A Confederate flag supporter ran over a boy with his car, causing many to believe the beating the man got from witnesses was race-related.
Hartland, MN firefighter who flew Confederate flag on fire truck has been suspended, @AP reports. http://t.co/AXwiwj151u — Chris Hrapsky (@ChrisHrapsky) July 5, 2015 A volunteer firefighter from Hartland, Minnesota was suspended for flying a Confederate flag from his fire truck during a parade, the Huffington Post reports. Brian Nielsen placed the controversial flag on the back of his parade truck in […]
On Tuesday, the father of Barway Collins was charged with second-degree murder after a body found floating Saturday in the Mississippi River was identified as the missing 10-year-old fourth grader. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, police said Pierre Collins had two insurance policies out on his son. He and his wife Yamah, who is the boy’s […]
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