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News Articles: Minneapolis

Headstones bearing the names of people killed by law enforcement stand in the "Say Their Names" cemetery, a grassroots art installation created by two University of Pennsylvania students. Located just blocks from the George Floyd Memorial in South Minneapolis, the exhibit honors lives lost and calls for justice. Photographed on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minn.

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Who George Floyd was — and how systemic racism shaped his life

Five years after George Floyd's death, NPR's Michel Martin talks with Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert Samuels, the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of His Name is George Floyd.

May 22, 2025
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By:
  • Michel Martin and
  • Destinee Adams
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, flanked by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, left, and Chief Brian O'Hara of the Minneapolis Police Department, speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Courthouse in Minneapolis, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

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  • National

Minneapolis agrees to overhaul police training and policies following Floyd murder

The Minneapolis City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the federal government to overhaul the city's police training and use-of-force policies in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.

January 07, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Sam Koshiol-Wright of Sequeerity helps lead a community outreach event in Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 4.

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  • National

Trump's reelection victory pushes some LGTBQ Minneapolis residents to safety training

For some marginalized communities the second Trump term is fraught with fears over personal safety. In Minneapolis, one organization is helping with de-escalation services and gun training.

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Odette Yousef
Police prepare to open fire with tear gas and nonlethal rounds on a group of demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd on May 29, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minn.

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  • National

A journalist shot by police while covering the 2020 protests is dying of her injuries

Linda Tirado, 42, lost her eye and suffered a brain injury after being shot by Minneapolis police in 2020. The National Press Club said she developed dementia as a result and "is at life's end."

June 21, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Vehicles drive toward downtown Minneapolis on Interstate 35 in Minneapolis, Minn., on Sunday, May 26, 2024.

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  • Business

Uber and Lyft are fighting minimum wage laws. But in this state, the drivers won

Internal emails, interviews and in-app messages show Uber and Lyft deployed a powerful lobbying playbook to stop minimum wage laws in Minnesota. But drivers had a playbook of their own.

June 17, 2024
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By:
  • Dara Kerr
Members of law enforcement gather outside Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis on Thursday following a fatal shooting.

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  • National

Police officer, suspect among 3 dead in Minneapolis shooting

A Minneapolis police officer was killed when he responded to a shooting call and was providing medical attention to a man who shot him. The suspected gunman and another person were also killed.

May 31, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A view of the Kingfield neighborhood from the roof of the Sundial Building, a new 12-unit apartment building in Minneapolis.

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  • National

The hottest trend in U.S. cities? Changing zoning rules to allow more housing

As Americans struggle to find affordable housing, cities are realizing their own rules have made it too hard and expensive to build the homes they need. Now, some cities are trying to change that.

February 18, 2024
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Jaleel Stallings said he fired at officers in self-defense — and after he surrendered, he was badly beaten. A former officer pleaded guilty to a felony charge in the case on Wednesday.

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  • National

Former police officer admits to felony assault on Black man after George Floyd murder

Former Minneapolis police officer Justin Stetson told the court he "crossed the line" on May 30, 2020, when he repeatedly kicked, hit and kneed Jaleel Stallings in the face and head.

May 10, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane is already serving a 2 1/2-year federal sentence for violating George Floyd's civil rights.

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  • National

A former Minneapolis officer is sentenced to 3 years for aiding George Floyd's death

Former police officer Thomas Lane, who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd, was sentenced on Wednesday.

September 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Dave Chappelle looks on during a UFC event on July 10, 2021, in Las Vegas. The comedian's show in Minneapolis was suddenly moved to another venue Wednesday night.

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  • Arts & Life

A Minneapolis venue canceled a Dave Chappelle set hours before showtime

Chappelle has received criticism over the last few years for his jokes aimed at the LGBTQ community, particularly transgender people.

July 21, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Clyde Bellecourt, co-founder or the American Indian Movement, is shown speaking in 2018 at Minneapolis City Hall. Bellecourt, a leader in the Native American struggle for civil rights and a founder of the American Indian Movement died at 85 on Tuesday night from cancer.

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  • Obituaries

Clyde Bellecourt, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, dies of cancer at 85

Bellecourt died on Tuesday night in Minneapolis, where more than 50 years ago he helped launch the American Indian Movement.

January 12, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram and
  • Doualy Xaykaothao
The Minneapolis Police Department has been under increased scrutiny by residents and elected officials after the murder of George Floyd in police custody last year.

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  • National

Policing In Minneapolis May Look Different After A Ballot Vote In November

After the murder of George Floyd, Minneapolis leaders pledged to dismantle the city's police department. Residents disagree on what that should look like.

July 28, 2021
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
Protesters face police on June 6 in Minneapolis as they demand justice for Winston Boogie Smith Jr., who was fatally shot by members of a U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force. A woman at another Smith protest was killed Sunday after a vehicle drove into demonstrators.

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  • Law

1 Woman Is Dead, Others Injured In Minneapolis After A Driver Plows Into Protesters

Demonstrators were gathered to protest the June 3 shooting death of Winston Boogie Smith Jr., a Black man, by U.S. marshals in Minneapolis when a man plowed into a crowd Sunday night.

June 14, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was met with boos from protestors in his city last summer after saying he didn't support abolishing the police.

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  • National

Minneapolis Mayor Says He Welcomes Justice Department Policing Investigation

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says his city is taking more steps to change policing following the murder conviction of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.

April 22, 2021
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly and
  • Mano Sundaresan
People celebrate at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis after the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial on Tuesday.

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  • National

Activist: Convictions In George Floyd's Death Could Represent 'A Huge Paradigm Shift'

"It would have been unimaginable just even a month ago that something like that was possible," activist and civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong says following Derek Chauvin's murder conviction.

April 21, 2021
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  • Rachel Martin and
  • Noel King
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