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A judge has sentenced former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane to 2 1/2 years in prison on a federal civil rights charge for his role in the killing of George Floyd.

Chaos erupted in Downtown Minneapolis on July 4, with witnesses reporting people shooting fireworks in the street.

Federal prosecutors want a judge to sentence one of the four former Minneapolis police officers convicted of civil rights violations in George Floyd’s killing to as many as 6 1/2 years in prison, but to impose stiffer sentences on two others.

Prosecutors have revealed that they offered plea deals to three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd, but say the defendants rejected them

Minnesota officials said there is “insufficient admissible evidence to file criminal charges in this case.”

Minnesota prosecutors have declined to file charges against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant in February

Two thirds of support staff in Minneapolis schools are “homeless or highly mobile,” and many staff work multiple jobs, said Aria Campbell. Campbell is a rep with the Minnesota Federation of Teachers and a support professional in Minneapolis schools. Teachers have been on strike for two weeks now, calling for wage increases, more manageable class sizes and mental health resources...

Teachers across Minneapolis are on strike after their demands for better pay, smaller class sizes and mental health resources were not met by the school district.

Former officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao were each charged with depriving Floyd of his civil rights while acting under government authority.

The issue of race was barely brought up during the trial of Kim Potter

Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright, has been sentenced to two years in prison

Documents show authorities searching the Minneapolis apartment where Amir Locke was killed by a SWAT team member said they believed a no-knock search warrant was necessary to protect the public and officers investigating a violent homicide.

Authorities arrested Amir Locke’s 17-year-old cousin in connection with the homicide investigation that led police to the Minneapolis apartment where a SWAT team officer fatally shot Locke while conducting a search warrant.

The Minneapolis mayor has imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants after Amir Locke was killed as a SWAT team carried out a search warrant in a downtown apartment.

Real estate zoning restrictions have produced a national housing shortage and affordability crisis. Architects and economists say reform could boost growth.

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Opening arguments began Monday in the federal trial for three officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights during his fatal arrest in May 2020. Criminal defense attorney and legal analyst Molly Parmer explains potential legal strategies for the attorneys defending former Minneapolis officers Tou Thao, J. Kueng and Thomas Lane.

Prosecutors in the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights accused the men of standing by as fellow Officer Derek Chauvin “slowly killed George Floyd right in front of them.”

A jury of 18 people who appeared mostly white was picked Thursday for the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of violating George Floyd’s civil rights