The New York Post dispatched a reporter to spend a week in Minneapolis to see how the city’s recovered five years after the summer of George Floyd. The Post headline:…
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…
What America needs to know about Tim Walz.
It was the tweet heard-round-the-world. At 5:30 p.m. yesterday, the local CBS affiliate, WCCO TV Channel 4 posted this on Twitter (X): Those 14 words have generated a firestorm. The…
A local cause célèbre for everyone from Hollywood stars to big name politicians is generating more nationwide headlines. AlphaNews reports that former President Trump mentioned the Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF)…
The controversial nonprofit, founded in 2017 “to pay criminal bail and immigration bonds,” is back in the news. The Minneapolis Star Tribune posted on Twitter (X) yesterday, Weaponize? The current…
When MFF indiscriminately pays the bail for a defendant, it subverts this carefully balanced system of individual bail evaluation. This harms our collective safety.
As violent crime continues at unacceptable levels in our state, we need leaders who are willing to put us on their shoulders and fight for our collective safety. Our Governor, the…
A little-known Minnesota nonprofit made national headlines in the wake of the Geoge Floyd riots of late spring 2020. The Minnesota Freedom Fund received a flood of donations after offering…
Members of Minnesota’s Sentencing Guidelines Commission abandon their plan to reduce prison terms during our record spike in violent crime. At least for now.
The Minnesota Freedom Fund, which pays criminal bail for those who cannot afford it, is facing another instance where a client is rearrested shortly after release. According to Crime Watch…
Gov. Tim Walz’s voice on the Sentencing Guidelines Commission is so out of the mainstream that she’s been kicked out of some of Minnesota’s most liberal organizations. Tonya Honsey describes…
The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission is a sleepy little agency with a very important job — they determine the presumptive sentences for felony offenses committed in Minnesota. From their website:…
‘The war on cops’ is only one part of a much broader war on the safety of Minnesotans, which is being waged by people who are driven by an ideological…
Back in December of 2016, American Experiment hosted an event with Heather Mac Donald titled “The War on Cops.” Since then, things have escalated. We’ve continued to stay on top…
Hundreds of people trespassed onto the site of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement project yesterday, chaining themselves to bulldozers, excavators, and other construction equipment, reports MPR News. Media reports…