MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd has been convicted of aiding and abetting manslaughter.
Ex-officer Thao convicted of aiding George Floyd’s killing
Minnesota youth vaping trial of e-cigarette maker Juul opens
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will personally open his state’s case against Juul Labs on Tuesday, the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial.
News in :90 – March 28, 2023
Six people were killed at a small, private Christian school just south of downtown Nashville.Ukraine’s president visited the Sumy region in northern Ukraine on Tuesday. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is slated to lead opening statements in his state’s lawsuit against Juul Labs.
Minnesota AG Ellison reelected over GOP newcomer Schultz
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison defeated Republican newcomer Jim Schultz in Tuesday’s election to win a second term in a race that turned largely on crime and abortion.
News in :90 – Oct. 6, 2022
A former policeman burst into a day care center in Thailand on Thursday, killing at least 37 people, North Korea flew 12 warplanes near its border with South Korea and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing Fleet Farm. Gianna Broadhead has today’s News in :90.
No charges filed in no-knock warrant killing of Amir Locke
Minnesota prosecutors declined to file charges Wednesday against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant in a downtown apartment in February.
Minneapolis mayor announces moratorium on no-knock warrants
The Minneapolis mayor on Friday imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants after Amir Locke was killed this week as a SWAT team executed a search warrant.
AP: Judge postpones trial for 3 ex-cops charged in Floyd’s death
The trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd will be pushed back to March 2022, in part to allow the publicity over Derek Chauvin’s conviction to cool off, a judge ruled Thursday.
AP: 4 ex-cops indicted on US civil rights charges in Floyd death
A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, accusing them of willfully violating the Black man’s constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air.
AP: Minneapolis police chief takes on union, promises change
The Minneapolis Police Department will withdraw from police union contract negotiations, Chief Medaria Arradondo said Wednesday, as he announced initial steps in what he said would be transformational reforms to the agency in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
AP: Prosecutors charge 3 more officers in George Floyd’s death
Prosecutors filed a tougher charge Wednesday against the police officer at the center of the George Floyd case and charged three other officers, delivering a victory to protesters galvanized by a death that roused racial tensions and unleashed coast-to-coast unrest.
News in :90- March 6, 2019
St. Thomas students find blackface photos in university archives, Minnesota joins a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration and London doctors eliminate HIV from a patient’s body. University Affairs Editor Kat Barrett has today’s News in :90.
Rep. Ellison elected attorney general
Democrat Keith Ellison was elected Minnesota Attorney General despite a rough campaign due to domestic abuse allegations.
Justice and Peace Studies Professor Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer is retiring
After 25 years of teaching justice and peace studies at St. Thomas, professor Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer will retire at the end of the school year. Nelson-Pallmeyer, a political activist and academic writer, focused his work on issues like hunger, poverty and faith.
News in :90 – Oct. 4, 2018
A new federal alert system is tested, the Senate reviews a supplementary investigation into Brett Kavanaugh, and Minneapolis Police will not investigate Keith Ellison. Director Noah Brown has today’s News in :90.