MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a budget early Thursday that will shift about $8 million from the police department toward violence prevention and other programs — but will keep the mayor's targeted staffing levels for sworn officers intact, averting a possible veto. Mayor Jacob Frey, who had...
Spate of Shootings Raises Fears of a Violent Summer
CHICAGO — A spate of shootings over the past several days has law enforcement on edge, with some warning that a turbulent brew of a pandemic, racial unrest, historic surges in gun sales and a rancorous election year could make it an especially deadly summer. Although mass shootings are down...
In Minneapolis, Talk of Changing PD Means Taking on Union
MINNEAPOLIS — The fiery leader of Minneapolis' police union has built a reputation of defying the city, long before he offered the union's full support to the officers charged in George Floyd's death. When the mayor banned “warrior training” for officers last year, Lt. Bob Kroll said the union would...
Sustained Political Action And Education, Not Violence, is How to Overcome Racism: Fiala
GV Wire talked to Fresno State philosophy professor Andrew Fiala this week about the protests that have erupted nationwide and around the world in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man, in the custody of Minneapolis police. Fiala, who directs the university's Ethics Center, talks about...
Clovis Police Chief: George Floyd Case Sets Law Enforcement Back 20 Years
In a Monday interview, Clovis Police Chief Curt Fleming said that George Floyd's death was "wrong" and he was "appalled" by it. "When I saw the video first come out, I looked at it — and I was angry myself," Fleming told GV Wire via Zoom. Fleming also said that...
Raiders QB Derek Carr ‘Disgusted’ by Floyd Video, Calls for End to Hate
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr used his platform as a high-profile Christian athlete Friday to denounce the death of George Floyd and call for the end of racism and hate in America. "I don't know what it's like to have a different skin color so I won't pretend to...
Minneapolis Cop Charged With Murder in Handcuffed Black Man’s Death
MINNEAPOLIS — The police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday and charged with murder in a case that sparked protests across the United States and...
Minnesota Governor Apologizes for Arrest of CNN Crew
NEW YORK — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz apologized to CNN, saying he takes total responsibility for the arrest of one of the network's crews Friday as they reported on violent protests in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd. “This is a very public apology to that team,” Walz said at a...
Minneapolis Cop Arrested in Death of Handcuffed Black Man
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday. Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said state investigators arrested Derek Chauvin. The arrest comes after...
Protesters Torch Minneapolis Police Station in Violent Night
MINNEAPOLIS — Thick smoke hovered over Minneapolis on Friday, hours after cheering protesters torched a police station that officers abandoned as a third night of violent protests flared over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer knelt on his...