Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Man killed by FBI in Minneapolis pointed shotgun at woman, search warrant alleges by Andrew Hazzard, Joey Peters and Alfonzo Galvan April 27, 2023April 28, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Rod Adams endured years of hardships because of a marijuana conviction. Now, Minnesota could legalize the drug. by Joey Peters April 26, 2023April 27, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Fires at two south Minneapolis mosques this week investigated as potential hate crimes by Joey Peters April 25, 2023May 1, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Ex-officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor hired as a deputy by Dylan Lovan | Associated Press April 24, 2023April 24, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Marijuana convictions can jeopardize employment and housing. What to know about removing them from your record and how to get free help Wednesday. by Joey Peters April 18, 2023April 28, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Seventh suspect in Feeding Our Future fraud case pleads guilty to aiding money laundering by Joey Peters April 11, 2023April 12, 2023
Posted inEDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY Education department seeks more statutory oversight in wake of alleged Feeding Our Future fraud by Becky Z. Dernbach April 10, 2023April 10, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Lawsuit bars ex-Minneapolis police union head Bob Kroll from policing in 3 counties by Jon Collins April 5, 2023April 7, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Report: Black kids 6 times likelier to be strip-searched in England and Wales by Associated Press March 27, 2023March 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS Trump waits out grand jury as New York braces for protests by Eric Tucker | AP and Michael R. Sisak | Associated Press March 21, 2023March 21, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Video shows Irvo Otieno pinned to floor before his death by Denise Lavoie | Associated Press and Sarah Rankin | Associated Press March 21, 2023March 21, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Silicon Valley Bank collapse concerns founders of color by Kat Stafford and Claire Savage March 20, 2023March 20, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Family: Video of Irvo Otien’s death shows ‘absolute brutality’ by Sarah Rankin | Associated Press March 16, 2023March 17, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Army, resistance trade accusations over Myanmar killings by Grant Peck | Associated Press March 14, 2023March 14, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Here are the 10 new defendants who were charged Monday in the Feeding Our Future fraud investigation by Hibah Ansari March 13, 2023March 13, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY A plane for Kenya, a Tesla in Eagan: New defendants charged in alleged Feeding Our Future fraud spent money on lavish toys instead of needy children. by Andrew Hazzard and Alfonzo Galvan March 13, 2023April 6, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Robbinsdale police release footage of Khalil Azad traffic stop by Louis Krauss March 9, 2023March 9, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Khalil Azad’s family, students call for investigation into his death by Elizabeth Shockman and Feven Gerezgiher March 6, 2023March 7, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Robbinsdale police requests BCA review on circumstances around Khalil Azad’s death by Feven Gerezgiher March 6, 2023March 6, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Cody Fohrenkam sentenced in the killing of Deshaun Hill Jr. by Matt Sepic February 28, 2023February 28, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY St. Paul police killing of Yia Xiong sparks ongoing protests by Drew Arrieta February 26, 2023February 26, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Hmong community members demand police reform while mourning the killing of Yia Xiong by Katelyn Vue February 24, 2023February 24, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Hmong elders lead campaign for answers in St. Paul police killing of Yia Xiong by Katelyn Vue and Hibah Ansari February 23, 2023April 10, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Family of man shot by St. Paul police demand answers by Estelle Timar-Wilcox February 20, 2023February 20, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Minneapolis, Bemidji rallies advocate for missing, murdered Indigenous people by Sam Stroozas and Mathew Holding Eagle III February 15, 2023February 20, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Activists say diversifying police forces not best answer to cop misconduct by Sarah Thamer and Jon Collins February 15, 2023February 15, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Slow but ‘fruitful’ negotiations continue in state consent decree with Minneapolis police by Jon Collins February 8, 2023February 10, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Immigration court can be a daunting experience. Here’s a guide to finding a lawyer and preparing for court. by Hibah Ansari February 2, 2023February 28, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Minnesota legislators, state board considers police reforms after Tyre Nichols’ death by Jessie Van Berkel and Ryan Faircloth February 2, 2023February 2, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Grief and anger: Minnesotans march to protest Tyre Nichols’s death by Jaida Grey Eagle and Aaron Nesheim January 29, 2023January 30, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Jury convicts man of murder for shooting North High student Deshaun Hill Jr. by Kim Hyatt January 27, 2023February 28, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Minnesotans of color more likely to die during police encounters than whites, new state study finds. by Joey Peters January 25, 2023January 27, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Brooklyn Park man ordered to forfeit beach resort after pleading guilty in Feeding Our Future fraud case by Sahan Journal January 24, 2023January 24, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS Top 10 most-read stories of 2022: Feeding Our Future, COVID, and education by Sahan Journal December 30, 2022January 2, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Top 5 local news stories of 2022: The country’s largest pandemic fraud allegedly occurred in Minnesota, investors preyed on Somali homebuyers, and more. by Joey Peters December 28, 2022January 2, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Cedar-Riverside apartment residents besieged by break-ins by Susan Du | Star Tribune December 26, 2022January 2, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Report: Black women and girls disproportionately targeted for violence by Nina Moini December 22, 2022February 20, 2023
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS County attorney concludes Minneapolis officers justified in fatal shooting of Andrew Tekle Sundberg by Paul Walsh and Kyeland Jackson December 21, 2022December 21, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Federal court rules that Anoka County discriminated against Ham Lake woman, ending five-year legal battle over 2017 arrest by Hibah Ansari December 7, 2022December 9, 2022
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Reports of hate crimes up in Minnesota, but proving bias remains a challenge. by Kirsti Marohn November 17, 2022November 17, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Friends and family celebrate Tekle Sundberg’s 21st birthday months after he was killed by Minneapolis police. by Jaida Grey Eagle November 16, 2022November 17, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Partners in Quality Care drops lawsuit against education department in fraud case. by Joey Peters November 10, 2022November 10, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Muse Mohamed sentenced to two years of probation for lying about absentee ballots. by Joey Peters November 7, 2022November 8, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Fifth defendant pleads guilty in food-aid fraud investigation. by Joey Peters November 4, 2022November 4, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Here’s a list of everyone who has been convicted in the Feeding Our Future case by Joey Peters October 27, 2022July 13, 2026
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Fourth defendant pleads guilty in Feeding Our Future fraud investigation. by Becky Z. Dernbach October 26, 2022October 27, 2022
Posted inPOLITICS Hennepin County voters poised to elect county’s first Black sheriff in November. by Joey Peters October 24, 2022October 25, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY How an Ojibwe grandmother’s adoption fight in Minnesota ended up in the U.S. Supreme Court by Nancy Marie Spears October 20, 2022October 20, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Prosecutors charge 50th defendant in Feeding Our Future fraud investigation. by Joey Peters October 19, 2022October 20, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY First guilty pleas entered in Feeding Our Future investigation; three admit to fraud. by Joey Peters October 12, 2022October 26, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Federal food-aid fraud investigation points to the involvement of another organization and players who haven’t been charged. by Joey Peters October 7, 2022October 7, 2022
Posted inIMMIGRATION Rochester sisters reach $80K settlement with federal government for abuse and mistreatment they suffered at the border. by Joey Peters and Hibah Ansari October 6, 2022October 7, 2022
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Billionaire settles University of Minnesota student’s lawsuit alleging rape. by Jon Collins October 3, 2022October 3, 2022
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Frey nominates Newark deputy mayor as next Minneapolis police chief. by Jon Collins September 29, 2022September 29, 2022
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Jury selection begins in University of Minnesota student’s lawsuit alleging Chinese billionaire raped her. by Jon Collins September 29, 2022September 29, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Deeq Darajo, a prominent Minneapolis journalist, was charged in connection with Feeding Our Future investigation. by Joey Peters September 26, 2022December 21, 2022
Posted inNEWS PARTNERS Most defendants in the Feeding Our Future investigation were spared jail time. by Matt Sepic September 23, 2022September 23, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Mekfira Hussein defended her work feeding needy children. Prosecutors now accuse her of buying a Tesla and other goods with money intended for those kids. by Joey Peters September 23, 2022September 26, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Governor Walz ‘would hope’ for investigation into judge who presided over Feeding Our Future lawsuit. by Andrew Hazzard September 22, 2022September 23, 2022
Posted inNews, PUBLIC SAFETY Forty-eight suspects, $250 million allegedly stolen, and 257 pages of allegations. Eight interesting things about the alleged food-aid fraud scheme involving Feeding Our Future. by Sahan Journal September 22, 2022October 3, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Charges in alleged federal food-aid fraud are rich in detail, but complex issues could confuse jurors, legal scholars say. by Hibah Ansari September 22, 2022September 22, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Need a refresher on the Feeding Our Future allegations? Here’s what to know about the alleged food-aid fraud in Minnesota. by Joey Peters September 20, 2022September 20, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Intruders vandalize St. Cloud mosque; members express shock, concern. by Kirsti Marohn September 9, 2022September 9, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY South Minneapolis mosque suffers $50,000 in losses and damages after a weekend burglary. Suspect remains at large. by Joey Peters September 6, 2022September 7, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY ‘Our family is broken’: Tekle Sundberg’s supporters release new bystander video of his fatal shooting by Minneapolis police. by Joey Peters August 17, 2022August 18, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Cedric Alexander becomes Minneapolis’ first community safety commissioner. by Jon Collins August 4, 2022August 4, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY ‘You’ll never meet someone like Tekle’: Friends remember Tekle Sundberg as spiritual, thoughtful, and deeply supportive of those he loved. by Becky Z. Dernbach July 23, 2022July 26, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Minneapolis police prepared less-lethal measures to resolve the standoff with Tekle Sundberg before snipers shot him, reports show. by Chao Xiong July 20, 2022July 22, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Body camera video offers incomplete view of how Tekle Sundberg standoff led to fatal Minneapolis police shooting. by Hibah Ansari, Samantha HoangLong and Becky Z. Dernbach July 20, 2022July 20, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Transcript details panicked call from Tekle Sundberg’s neighbor before fatal shooting. by Jon Collins and Matt Sepic July 19, 2022July 19, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Tekle Sundberg’s family say he was having a mental health crisis when Minneapolis police killed him. They criticized police negotiations. by Drew Arrieta July 16, 2022July 19, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Minneapolis police shot and killed Andrew Tekle Sundberg from a rooftop across the street, new search warrants reveal. by Joey Peters July 15, 2022December 8, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Minneapolis police shot and killed Andrew Tekle Sundberg after a six-hour standoff. The shooting remains under investigation. by Samantha HoangLong, Joey Peters and Becky Z. Dernbach July 14, 2022July 15, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor released from prison. by Paul Walsh June 27, 2022June 27, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Carjackings rattle south Minneapolis mosque. Leaders say many worshipers have stopped coming for nightly prayers. by Sheila Mulrooney Eldred June 9, 2022June 9, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY George Floyd was honored Wednesday–the second anniversary of his murder–with prayer, a water ritual, and a street sign commemorating his memory. Hundreds gathered for the somber memorial. by Ben Hovland May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
Posted inNews, PUBLIC SAFETY Federal authorities confiscated Abdiaziz Farah’s passport after connecting him to a food aid fraud investigation. Months later, he obtained a new one and booked a one-way ticket out of the country. by Joey Peters May 25, 2022May 26, 2022
Posted inNews, PUBLIC SAFETY Federal charges: Abdiaziz Farah bought luxury cars, lakefront property, and a church in Kentucky. He’s charged with passport fraud, but authorities believe he’s linked to the multi-million dollar fraud of a food aid program. by Joey Peters May 24, 2022September 19, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY State Senator Omar Fateh says he’s ‘troubled’ by the conviction of his brother-in-law and campaign volunteer, Muse Mohamed. Muse lied to a federal grand jury about handling absentee ballots in Omar’s 2020 primary campaign. by Joey Peters May 10, 2022May 11, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Minneapolis man accused of lying to federal investigators about absentee ballots was a campaign volunteer for state Senator Omar Fateh, witness says in first day of federal trial. by Becky Z. Dernbach May 10, 2022May 10, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Mayor Jacob Frey contends Minneapolis police should obey one—not two—consent decrees to reform the department by Joey Peters May 4, 2022June 15, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Minnesota Human Rights investigation finds pattern of racist law enforcement by Minneapolis Police Department. by MPR News Staff April 27, 2022July 14, 2023
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Upcoming federal trial will focus on alleged voting fraud in Minneapolis state Senate primary, court filings say. by Becky Z. Dernbach April 27, 2022April 27, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Federal authorities charge Minnesota man connected with Feeding Our Future investigation. FBI agents apprehended him at the airport on his way to Kenya. by Joey Peters April 21, 2022April 25, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Daunte Wright’s family fights for police reform one year after he was killed by a Brooklyn Center officer. by Nina Moini April 11, 2022April 11, 2022
Posted inNews, PUBLIC SAFETY A friendship, a rivalry, a federal investigation by Joey Peters April 1, 2022June 13, 2024
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY U.S. border agents repeatedly interrogated Twin Cities imam about his religion, lawsuit says. by Paul Walsh March 24, 2022March 24, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Two men have been arrested and charged in the February burglary of Masjid Al-Ilhsan. But mosque leaders are concerned it won’t be the last time they face criminal activity, despite new security measures. by Hibah Ansari March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Two men broke into Masjid Al-Ihsan in St. Paul, and walked out with the mosque’s safe. They made off with $4,000 in cash, wallets, and a checkbook. by Hibah Ansari March 1, 2022March 2, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY, The killing of George Floyd Former Minneapolis police officers convicted on all charges in the killing of George Floyd. by Jon Collins and Nina Moini February 24, 2022February 25, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Kim Potter, former officer who killed Daunte Wright, receives two-year prison sentence. Wright’s parents decry light sentence: ‘A white woman’s tears trump justice.’ by Nina Moini February 18, 2022February 18, 2022
Posted inPOLITICS, PUBLIC SAFETY Mayor Frey addresses questions, critics after Amir Locke killing. “Policy is ever-evolving,” Frey says. by Tom Crann and Megan Burks February 9, 2022February 9, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Amir Locke killing leads Black elected officials to condemn failed Minneapolis police reform by Hibah Ansari February 4, 2022February 7, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Amir Locke lay under a blanket and held a handgun before Minneapolis police shot and killed him, as seen in a newly released bodycam video. by Jon Collins, Matt Sepic and Tim Nelson February 4, 2022February 4, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY ‘We can’t be a rubber stamp to what the police want’: Ramsey County attorney takes a new approach to criminal justice. by Hibah Ansari and Anna Simonton January 11, 2022January 10, 2022
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Jury finds ex-cop Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright killing. by Jon Collins, Nina Moini and Matt Sepic December 23, 2021December 23, 2021
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Minnesota jurors must speak English — some worry that’s a proxy for race in jury selection. by Megan Burks and Tom Crann December 9, 2021December 9, 2021
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Trial begins for ex-cop Kim Potter in killing of Daunte Wright: What happened, what’s being charged, and what might the legal arguments look like. by Jon Collins November 30, 2021November 30, 2021
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Minneapolis mosque on edge after vandalism of security cameras by Matt Sepic November 23, 2021November 23, 2021
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor re-sentenced to 57 months in prison for the 2017 killing of Justine Ruszczyk. by Abe Asher October 21, 2021October 21, 2021