Public Safety

COMMUNITY VOICES | Breaking the silence on prostitution in Twin Cities

By Meleah Maynard, Community Voices

It’s hard to put an end to a problem that few people know of, let alone talk about. And that’s precisely why the University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC) is working hard to raise public awareness about sex trafficking and the prostitution of women and children in the Twin Cities through a series of public discussions aimed at putting an end to the practice.

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Outing sexual violence disparities: New data show high rates of sexual assault in LGBT community

By Branden Largent, The Minnesota Daily

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The man was older, and she had a crush on him. They were grabbing movie rentals at Blockbuster before going to a party at his house.

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Minneapolis: Housing boom affects crime in Marcy-Holmes and Southeast Como

By Kelsey Shirriff, The Minnesota Daily

Two neighborhoods are starting to see the effects of a campus housing boom.

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Should battered women be given asylum in the U.S.?

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

Among the hundreds released from immigration detention facilities nationwide as federal budget cut kick in today is a Honduran woman we’ll call Delores.

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As budget cuts loom, low-risk undocumented immigrants freed

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

A young Honduran immigrant — in Minnesota illegally but seeking asylum in the United States — couldn’t believe her good fortune Tuesday afternoon when she was released from jail in Sherburne County after 22 months detention.

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Annie Mae Jones wants everyone to 'leave the guns alone'

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Annie Mae Jones has seen Minneapolis change over the years both positively and negatively.

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License plate readers enable spying on innocent and law abiding Minnesotans

By Rich Neumeister, Open Secrets Minnesota

The discussion that the Legislature had and action they took in regards to a new technology nearly a quarter of a century ago is very similar to the one they are having now with License Plate Readers. (LPR)

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"One Billion Rising to End Violence" brought warmth, rallying near frozen Powderhorn Lake

By Mili Dutta and Ankita Deka, The Alley

The One Billion Rising to End Violence Against Women: Twin Cities was the catalyst bringing hundreds of people together near the shore of frozen Powderhorn Lake on February 14th, Valentine’s Day at Powderhorn Park, Mpls

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Would a pistol in your hand change your behavior?

By Tom Dooley, Free Speech Zone

Although a gun is an inanimate object it still has the strange ability to influence human behavior. For example, a punk in the hood becomes a big man, a Rambo, with a pistol in his hand. Indian Princess Sita said many centuries ago,“The bearing of a weapon changes the nature of the bearer”, Similarly, the driving of a vehicle changes the nature of the driver ( sometimes to road rage.)

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E-DEMOCRACY | Will gun owners ambush Breakfast with Gary?

By Multiple authors, E-Democracy issues forums

From: N. Jeanne Burns Date: 16:15

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