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The ACLU of Minnesota joins the NAACP and other civil rights groups in calling for the immediate firing of the Minneapolis police officer who killed Amir Locke. The officer must be held accountable for using more than objectively reasonable force under the circumstances, violating MPD policies.
A federal judge has approved a permanent injunction that will prohibit Minnesota State Patrol from attacking or arresting journalists, as part of a settlement agreement between journalists and the MSP that includes $825,000 for journalists who were attacked and injured, plus numerous reforms.
The ACLU-MN renews its call for a state ban on no-knock warrants following the police killing of Amir Locke.
The ACLU-MN believes that body camera footage will provide necessary details of Amir Locke's shooting death. Mayor Frey should order its immediate release.
MINNEAPOLIS — A jury has found former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter guilty of 1st-degree manslaughter and 2nd-degree manslaughter in the killing of Daunte Wright.
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn.