A jury in St. Paul delivered its verdict today in the weeklong trial of Derrick John Thompson, son of former state Rep. John Derrick Thompson (DFL-St. Paul, b. 1971). The…
The following public safety news made headlines this past week. I offer this summary and insight: Minneapolis juveniles arrested after armed robbery spree. Six Minneapolis juveniles aged between 11-14 years…
The son of the former state legislator is currently on trial for three federal drug and gun counts. The federal case arises from that same June 2023 car crash that…
The federal trial involving gun and drug charges against Derrick John Thompson is on the docket for 9 a.m. Monday morning in courtroom 3A in downtown St. Paul. So far,…
The following public safety issues made headlines this past week. I offer this summary and insight: Random execution-style murder in Lowertown St. Paul. On Wednesday 9/25/24, a local artist, Carrie Shobe…
The owners of 9,000 vehicles owe the city of Rochester hundreds of thousands of dollars for delinquent, unpaid parking tickets. When all else fails, one of the tried and true…
According to the federal government’s own data, there have been nearly 11 million illegal border crossing encounters (2.675 million/year) between 2021 and 2024. By comparison, there were just over 3 million…
A one-man crime spree? Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced additional felony counts today against Joshua Anthony Jones related to an alleged crime spree in south Minneapolis on Wednesday, September…
A beloved local artist is shot down in the street in a seemingly random attack. Carrie Shobe Kwok, aged 66, was shot outside of her Lowertown St. Paul home while…
Damarco Thompson is reported to have been Derrick’s passenger in the rented Cadillac Escalade that night. The federal trial for Derrick John Thompson on drug and gun charges begins October…
Fox 9 TV reports that the City of Minneapolis is pushing ahead with plans for the former Speedway gas station at the site, near where the unfortunate events of Memorial…
A mass shooting in downtown Minneapolis overnight claimed the lives of two with three more injured. It caps a deadly week in the state’s largest city. The Minnesota Star Tribune…
Unlike the assassination attempt of former President Trump in Butler Pennsylvania in July, authorities have released very few details on the assassination attempt against President Trump this past Sunday in…
The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board bowed to political correctness late last week when its board chair and director abruptly canceled training that was to be held next week…
Hennepin County attorney Mary Moriarty put out a press release today announcing five additional murder charges against Derrick Thompson, aged 28. He remains in custody on $1 million bond. You…
This afternoon at 1:30 pm EST, the U.S. Secret Service thwarted an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump while he golfed on his course in West Palm Beach Florida.…
We’ve been reporting on a particularly troubled homeless encampment in south Minneapolis this summer. Police have now made an arrest in an August murder associated with the camp. In custody…
KSTP ran a story yesterday citing encouraging information from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey relative to police staffing. According to Mayor Frey, there has been a 45% increase in applicants for…
The Murder In 2002, Myon Burrell, then 16 years old, went with two others in his gang to ambush and kill a rival gang member on the street in South…
The Minneapolis Police Department still has a staffing problem.
Ongoing violence reaffirms the necessity of a robust police force.
The war on cops, which has been carried out since 2020 by activists and the politicians who have bought into their rhetoric, has had a disastrous impact on Minnesota law…
You may recall the name Empress Malcolm Watson, Jr., from the early days of the Feeding Our Future scandal. He was described back then as the live-in boyfriend of Aimee…
Derrick John Thompson, the son of the former DFL state representative John Derrick Thompson, was back in state court today. You will recall that the younger Thompson, now aged 28,…