Patrolling the East Side

By Mary Thoemke, TC Daily Planet

(Photo courtesy of Paul Dillon and ACORN)

Kids hanging out… drunks loitering in the streets … slum landlords … drug dealing in broad daylight…jaywalking… pre-teens stealing a skateboard from a fenced in yard.MORE »

Community businesses battle theft

By Alex Ebert, Minnesota Daily
June 9 was a normal work day at Dinkytown Optical . Larry Zidel watched as a familiar customer walked across the shop floor and gazed at the dozens of glasses frames gleaming on the racks.
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Murder by the numbers

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet
Murder in Minneapolis has been making a lot of headlines lately, driven by the out-of-control violence shown in the killing of a mother and son, as well as by an unusual number of homicides in a few wMORE »

Who is responsible for public safety?

By Insp. Lucy Gerold, commander of the Third Precinct, The Bridge
Jimmy Johnson is arrested for burglary; it turns out he has broken into several homes and garages, taking residents’ valuables and crippling their sense of safety and security.MORE »

Late-night homicide in Cedar-Riverside claims life of young dancer

By Roxanne Bergeron, The Bridge
Around 2 a.m.MORE »

Losing faith on Father's Day: Clashes with police shake confidence

By Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva, TC Daily Planet

Kemen Taylor and his younger son, Josiah. (Photo by Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva)

Kemen Taylor was heading home from Kentucky last Sunday, eager to spend Father's Day with his family.MORE »

Minneapolis police internal affairs under assessment

By Andy Mannix, Minnesota Daily
There is no shortage of complaints about the Minneapolis Police Department's Internal Affairs Unit.

This was clear to any of the more than 30 people who attended the public forum at the Minneapolis

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Getting tased, Part 2: Beware of the 'excited'

By Molly Priesmeyer, Minnesota Independent
Tasers were originally created as a firearm alternative—a weapon that didn’t kill, supposedly.MORE »

Getting tased

By Molly Priesmeyer, Minnesota Independent
How Taser International expects to make millions from fear mongering, slick marketing and the Republican National Convention ...

A Taser shock has been called the “longest five seconds of your life

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'Home invasions' in Bryn Mawr? Fox 9 errs on crime coverage

By Paul Schmelzer, Minnesota Independent
A Tuesday Fox 9 report had all the keywords to scare the pants off of you: A "pack" of teens "randomly preyed on people in the area about every 15 minutes for a 'solid' hour." They "turned on a coupleMORE »
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