Public Safety
Red means stop, even on a school bus
It was a quiet, clear, early morning. The sun was just starting to come up, and a boy was waiting patiently on a street corner, looking for the school bus. I approached slowly, in my bus, turning on my yellow lights to warn traffic I was going to stop. The boy, a kindergartner, fidgeted with his backpack as he waited for mMORE »
OPINION | Men need to weigh in on rape
Just last year, in St. Paul, a woman was raped in an apartment building. She fought like hell to try and keep him off her, screamed loud, but nobody came out to help.
Doors peeped opened and quickly shut. Somebody must've at least dialed 911, because the cops did show up—after the fact (which is not to blame the police, who can't come until they are called).
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Metro Gang Strike Force victim testifies
At a legislative hearing on Thursday, Terrance Frelix testified he was detained by officers from the Metro Gang Strike Force. His vehicle and the equipment in it he used to run his property management business was seized by the police officers. Frelix was later released and no charges against him or his companions were filed. However, Frelix has yet to get his vehicle and equipment back.MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Policing policies of Centennial Lakes Police Department
It wasn't long ago that the only way to contact the police was by dialing 911. Most understand the role the police play, but few view it as proactive. For years there has been a distinct lack of cooperation between citizens and police.MORE »
NEWS DAY | Police, property and punishment
Police can take and keep cash and property used in connection with some crimes, under Minnesota seizure law, but the recent Metro Gang Strike Force scandal raised big-time questions about abuses and seizures from people not involved in any crimes.MORE »
NEWS DAY | Bostrom vs. Fletcher
Assistant St. Paul police chief Matt Bostrom formed a Bostrom for Sheriff committee, which means he probably will run against incumbent Sheriff Bob Fletcher in next year’s election, according to the Star Tribune.MORE »
NEWS DAY | Minneapolis pays again for police misconduct
This time the city is paying $100,000 for bad policing, a settlement for police misconduct caught on a Hennepin County Safe Zone video camera, reports the Star Tribune. The lawsuit alleged false arrest and discrimination, and the video showed that police officers’ descriptions of what happenMORE »
NEWS DAY | We’re number one!
Forbes magazine has just named the Twin Cities the safest place to live, and Twin Cities home price increases lead the nation, with 3.2 percent in August, on top of 4.6 percent from June to July.MORE »
Real people, real names
Not every woman chooses her work as freely as others do. While we focus on a career and work theme in this issue of the Minnesota Women's Press, we are confronted with the fact that many women do not choose their work at all. Every day, 8,000-12,000 women and girls are being sold commercially in Minnesota. MORE »
Franken anti-rape provision may be stripped…by a Democrat
Huffington Post's Sam Stein is reporting that an amendment to the defense appropriations bill authored by Sen.MORE »
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