Top Met Council and Metro Transit brass spent parts of four days last week taking the pulse of the nation's most dangerous light rail system by riding and speaking with…
The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission released its annual Report to the Legislature last week. The 2024 report is 123 pages and reports on 2022 trends in state sentencing and 2023 changes…
Case law across the country since the 1970s has discouraged and, in many cases, prohibited cities from finding effective ways to address vagrancy, loitering, and unsheltered homelessness. In general case…
Minneapolis, the epicenter of chaos following the death of George Floyd and the self-imposed economic damage from COVID-19, has significant problems to address in 2024. Many would say that unless…
The man accused of a fatal, unprovoked Thanksgiving-eve stabbing at an Edina bus stop was back in court on Monday. The always-alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 reports. Adam Garcia remains…
James William Turner, Jr. was charged in state court with the non-fatal shooting of a then 11-year-old girl in the first few minutes of New Years Day. Turner was allegedly…
A year and a half after unveiling a highly promoted 40-point safety and security plan, Met Council Chairman Charlie Zelle finally plans to get a first-hand look at the nation’s…
These days public libraries in urban areas often operate as drop-in centers for the homeless, vagrants and drug users, as much as anything else. To protect the public and employees,…
The man accused of killing five young women in a horror Minneapolis car crash back in June of last year is now being held in federal custody. Derrick John Thompson,…
KSTP-TV has observed an early-winter epidemic of stray bullets plaguing the state’s two largest cities. KSTP reports, Police in the Twin Cities are looking into multiple recent incidents that left…
In December 2023, sociology professors Christopher Ferguson and Sven Smith of Stetson University published a paper entitled “Race, class, and criminal adjudication: Is the US criminal justice system as biased…
We dig deep into the city’s crime numbers. A Twitter (X) commenter captured an image late last week of the city’s official Crime Dashboard. I draw your attention to the…
Our adversarial system of justice is under attack from within.
As another dismal year rolls off the board, we can total up the carnage. Despite all the available data, state attorney general Keith Ellison is taking an end-of-year victory lap…
If you recall the plot from the 2000 Nicholas Cage car theft movie, our hero is originally tasked with stealing 50 cars in a 72-hour period. That works out to…
As we close out 2023 one thing remains unchanged — Minneapolis violence. For those wanting to scoff at such a statement, consider the following violence in the past 28 days…
The state’s largest unsheltered homeless encampment appears poised to enter its fourth month and second calendar year of existence. This despite several recent dates being set by Minneapolis officials to…
In December 2023, the Minneapolis Foundation published its action strategy for revitalizing Downtown Minneapolis entitled “Downtown Next.” “Our goal with this report is to spur discussion and action, mobilizing the…
Way back on December 4, I wrote about the developing crime spree emerging in Minneapolis. Local media are finally catching up. The city’s official Crime Dashboard (updated through Christmas Day)…
The city of Fargo and its citizens continue to impress. Their collective response, and their unwavering support for the peace officers and first responders who came under gun fire on July…
In 2019, Husayn Braveheart, then 15 years old, and Jared Osman, then 17 years old, conspired to commit multiple armed carjackings and burglaries over several days. During their third carjacking,…
Center of the American Experiment’s Public Safety Policy Fellow David Zimmer was quoted extensively in a recent College Fix article regarding the city of Minneapolis’ plan to “reimagine policing.” Zimmer…
The case of Marvin Haynes We should all be proud to live in a country where people are considered innocent until proven guilty. Marvin Haynes was proven guilty of a…
Several Minneapolis City Council members have taken the bizarre stance to prolong the existence of the city’s largest illegal homeless encampment which has taken over the better part of a…