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…
Some six months after his fatal car crash that took the lives of 5 young women on Lake Street in Minneapolis, Derrick Thompson was officially indicted on federal drug distribution…
In March 2023 I highlighted the baseless allegations being made by several activist groups that local law enforcement had killed a young man, Khalil Azad, because he fled from them…
In the four weeks through December 4, Minneapolis recorded 11 homicides, with the adjacent suburb of Edina recording two more. In the midst of all this violence, the individual stories…
It should stand as a poignant lesson — devaluing law enforcement significantly damages public safety. Unfortunately, this lesson continues to be stubbornly ignored by some. Devaluing law enforcement sends an…
Despite all the talk about falling crime rates in the state’s largest city, we are ending the year on a bang. The latest incident to grab headlines was a shootout…
Thompson killed five young women with his rented SUV back in June. The county attorney is now negotiating a plea deal. The crash in Minneapolis made international news, in part…
Bail was set at $1 million on the single charge of 2nd-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Christian Hans Lundegaard on Thanksgiving Eve. His next court appearance on the…
As we’ve documented on video, the situation at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in south Minneapolis hasn’t improved in 3 1/2 years. A group of businesses located in and near…
WCCO reports that the 32-year-old Garcia has been charged with a single count, 2nd-degree (felony) murder in the Thanksgiving-eve stabbing death of 62-year-old Christian Hans Lundegaard. Garcia remains in custody…
The Pitch A recent Star Tribune article about auto theft in Hennepin County highlighted an initiative out of the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) called the Youth Auto Theft Early…
But you already knew that. Although he has not yet been charged in the Thanksgiving-eve fatal stabbing at an Edina bus stop, KSTP-5 has named the 32-year-old suspect in the…
In June I highlighted our criminal justice system’s apparent apathy in connecting the dots and incapacitating a man responsible for the gruesome death of a man crushed by a train…
There has been a fair amount of effort to characterize our crime problem as improving. These efforts typically cite a handful of crimes that have decreased slightly when compared to last…
Intent Minnesotans frequently ask Center of the American Experiment how they can find information to help evaluate the performance of judges in their district. Unfortunately, information on judicial performance is traditionally…
No doubt Winona residents were basking in the unseasonably warm weather enjoyed by Minnesotans yesterday across much of the state. With a high of 61 degrees in southeastern Minnesota, the…
The number stands at 7,094, according to the official City of Minneapolis crime dashboard. The city blew by the annual record back in September. True, the pace has slowed in…
American Experiment Public Safety Policy Fellow David Zimmer recently appeared on “The Bail Post” podcast with host Ken Good to discuss Zimmer’s report, “Dispelling the Myth of Unwarranted Racial Disparities…
In August 2023, Cecil Wayman, a man with a violent criminal history dating back to the early 1990s who is appropriately prohibited from possessing firearms, was stopped in downtown Minneapolis…
For several years now, the City of Minneapolis has more and more taken a “public health approach” to fighting crime, relying less on police and law enforcement and more on…