The south Minneapolis intersection of East Lake Street and Minnehaha Ave. was the epicenter of the May 28, 2020, George Floyd riots. On May 30, 2025, we returned to the…
Today, the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) published: a comprehensive list of sanctuary jurisdictions including cities, counties, and states that are deliberately obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws…
The state trial of Derrick John Thompson, now age 29, in the June 16, 2023, horrific car crash deaths of five young women on Lake St. in Minneapolis is underway.…
The trial of Derrick John Thompson got underway today in the deaths of five young women in a horrific car crash nearly two years ago. Thompson, age 29, is accused…
The Tri-County coroner (for Hennepin, Scott, and Dakota counties) has documented 26 homicides for 2025 year-to-date (though May 16). [The race recorded for the victim is as published by the…
A recent Twitter (X) post by Bill Melugin of Fox News caught my eye. Melugin writes about a new initiative by the new U.S. Attorney for the Central District of…
In recognition of the upcoming fifth anniversary, I undertook my annual visit to George Floyd Square in south Minneapolis yesterday afternoon. Except for the cold, late-May rain, the scene looks…
At long last, German Adriano Llangari Inga is in federal custody. He is being held in Freeborn, MN, county jail at the behest of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
The New York Post dispatched a reporter to spend a week in Minneapolis to see how the city’s recovered five years after the summer of George Floyd. The Post headline:…
A flurry of budget agreements was announced by legislative leaders and Governor Walz yesterday. Among them was the announcement that the state has decided to close the men’s prison facility at…
Reportedly, ICE has not picked up former fugitive and accused felon German Adriano Llangari Inga after his latest release from county custody. Everyone knows where he is. The address for…
This week is National Police Week, and Thursday is National Peace Officers Memorial Day. In honor of these events, we interviewed Dodge County Sheriff Scott Rose, who produces The Officer…
German Adriano Llangari Inga, the illegal Ecuadorian immigrant accused of criminal vehicular homicide in a horrific drunk driving car crash last August, was released from Hennepin County jail this (Tuesday)…
German Adriano Llangari Inga, an illegal Ecuadorian immigrant, has been arrested and is being held in the Hennepin County jail. Llangari Inga is accused of drunk driving/criminal vehicular homicide arising…
[See below for an important update.] Two vehicular homicide cases in Minneapolis are making headlines this week. In an incident that occurred last Wednesday (April 30), Sophia Sullivan, aged 38,…
In 2022, Mary Moriarty ran for Hennepin County Attorney on a key campaign promise — “ratcheting up accountability” for police officers, specifically with the Minneapolis Police Department. This focus seemed…
Earlier this week, relative peace in Minneapolis was shattered with a mass shooting in south Minneapolis. During the incident, a Native American suspect shot five Native American victims in what…
Three people were killed and two others wounded last night in the state’s largest city. It turns out that I wrote too soon the other day when I pointed out…
The policy As of this morning, assistant county attorneys in the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) have been directed by official policy to consider the race of criminal defendants when…
Our own David Zimmer first noticed the phenomenon over a month ago: Crime rates in the state’s largest city, in every single category, are down from 2024 levels, year to…
Photo credit: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Justice Department filed charges against, and the FBI arrested, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan for her conduct last week in obstructing…
Over a two-week period in March, Dylan Bryan Adams, 33, an employee of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, intentionally damaged at least six Tesla cars by “keying” them while…
According to court records and media reports, Mohamed Adan Mohamed, 24, was arrested last week in St. Peter, MN, after posting threatening messages on social media and following that up…
The death of George Floyd in May 2020 set off a series of events that would have both immediate and long-term consequences for a city that was once seen as…