Fewer than half of illegal alien habeas corpus petitioners are being released from ICE custody, since an important 8th Circuit appeals court ruling in late March. Reportedly, during the height…
I have frequently highlighted Minnesota’s struggle to detain violent offenders, only to see them commit further preventable crimes after their release. The May 23, 2026, murder of 17-year-old Tyson Goodsell…
You know that one of them had to be from Minnesota. From a U.S. Dept. of Justice press release, Justice Department Moves to Strip U.S. Citizenship from 17 Naturalized Sex…
Recently, I’ve had the opportunity to dig into the secret case files of dozens of illegal alien habeas corpus cases filed in federal court in Minnesota. The hidden files reveal…
Two illegal aliens appeared in federal district court in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon. Your correspondent was there. Both defendants participated in the day’s proceedings with the help of a taxpayer-paid…
Most detectives will tell you there is a case that sticks with them. For me, that case was the murder of Byron Phillips, an 11-year-old African American boy from North…
Summary In late March, the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) created the Firearms Assault Shoot Team (FAST), a new unit dedicated to investigating non-fatal shootings as if they were homicides. FAST…
Ahmed Said won’t be heading to Cameroon, at least not immediately. That was the upshot of a more-than-hour-long court hearing held this morning at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis.…
Richard Rodriguez Soriano was deported back to his native Nicaragua three weeks ago (May 7). Yesterday, May 27, there was a court hearing lasting for more than an hour at…
Hugo Cardona-Jiminez will be returning to his native Guatemala on his third deportation following a hearing this morning at the federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul. Your correspondent was there.…
The resignation Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) Chief Brian O’Hara resigned his position late yesterday following an investigation into allegations of an inappropriate relationship with another city employee. Mayor Frey issued…
What was in the Feds’ latest Minnesota fraud update (and does it validate Nick Shirley)? What do Minnesotans think of the state of the state as we head into midterm…
Minneapolis’s auto theft problem reached a new depths this week with the death of Amos Ferrier, 38. Ferrier was seriously injured on Friday afternoon, May 16, when he attempted to…
The Claims Bill During the final week of the 2026 legislative session, the joint House-Senate Subcommittee on Claims identified the tort claims against the state that it recommended be paid…
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison held a press conference yesterday to announce 2nd degree assault charges filed against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agent…
Artemio Martin-Martin of Guatemala pled guilty yesterday to the felony crime of illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien in federal court in downtown St. Paul. He had previously been…
On Monday afternoon in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Tyler Brown, 46, a man with a violent criminal history and documented mental illness, walked onto Memorial Drive and fired as many as 60…
Eduardo Solis-Perez, age 32, of Mexico, pled guilty yesterday in federal court in downtown St. Paul to one count of illegal re-entry of a previously deported illegal alien. He pled…
From a press release issued by the office of the state attorney general, Attorney General Ellison sues We Push for Peace and its two former leaders for misusing over $6.5…
Center of the American Experiment’s public safety policy fellow David Zimmer joined law enforcement leaders, legislators, and advocates today for a press conference at the State Capitol urging Minnesota lawmakers…
“State of Hennepin” It is true that crime has decreased in recent years in Minnesota overall — and that’s a good thing. However, as this article illustrates, the statewide recovery…
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has identified the man who was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with Richfield Police last week as Desaver Brian Hollis, 27, of…
Allan Fernando Flores-Lemus, an illegal alien from Honduras, appeared in federal court on Wednesday and pled guilty to one count of producing child pornography. Flores took Minnesota Man of the…
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