It was big news at the time. Liban Osman, the brother of then-Minneapolis city council candidate Jamal Osman, posted a video to social media in the summer of 2020 that…
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…
WCCO traced the origins of one of the guns found at the scene where two policemen and a firefighter/medic were killed earlier this month. A third policeman was injured in…
At a time when legitimate concerns exist regarding whether Minnesota is doing enough to hold criminal offenders accountable...
Charging Decision Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced today that her office had filed charges against Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan who shot and killed Ricky Cobb II during an…
The controversial Hennepin County Attorney is much in the news. Just three months into her first term as the county’s prosecutor, Moriarty has been removed from a high-profile murder case…
Make no mistake, Governor Tim Walz’s appointment of Attorney General Keith Ellison to take over a murder case from Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is significant. It was the right thing…
The breakdown of Minnesota’s law enforcement institutions isn’t new, neither are the solutions.
Public safety and political activism are on a collision course in the Twin Cities.
Earlier this month progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin was ousted from his post in San Francisco per a special recall election. The recall was spurred on by Boudin’s radical anti-prosecution…
We must no longer tolerate the petty criminals who ultimately hold our communities hostage to fear and lawlessness.
Want to know why we’re worried about public safety? Ask the judges and prosecutors who keep returning thugs to our streets.
Last week, Hennepin County law enforcement leaders sent a letter to Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman asking for immediate assistance and increased partnership across a range of criminal justice issues.…
Five suburban Minnesota cities have banded together to fight surging crime in their communities, especially carjacking. And the first thing that they are asking for is help from their county…
There have been 610 carjackings reported in Minneapolis so far in 2021 with nary a response. But it took only a handful of such crimes committed in nearby suburbs for…
So-called protests by leftist agitators, anarchists and activists have left a devastating mark on the Twin Cities that will likely take decades to erase. But that’s not good enough for…
George Floyd died on May 25 after being arrested by Minneapolis police officers near the intersection of Chicago Ave South and 38th Street. The incident, caught on camera by bystanders,…
At the media update on the state’s belated crackdown on looting and rioting in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Gov. Tim Walz dropped a potential bombshell on the legal front. The…