Most Sexual Assaults Go Unreported, Unsolved, Unpunished By Bill Sorem | September 14, 2018 He said, she said is not an issue in the crimes of robbery, murder, arson and burglary. However, It is often a major issue in crimes of sexual assault.
2021 Legislative Session Livetweet: House Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy committee By admin | February 11, 2021 On Feb. 4, the MN House Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy committee met to discuss police funding and peace officers standards. Follow the livetweet here.
Criminal Justice Simon Urges MN Legislature To Invest In Democracy By Michael McIntee | January 3, 2019 Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon says the state can do more to insure voting rights. He and legislative leaders unveil a plan to increase voting security; decrease barriers to voter registration; restore of voting rights for those who were formerly incarcerated; and protect voter privacy.
Criminal Justice Misleading To Say “Special Prosecutor” Hired In Philando Castile Case Says NAACP By Michael McIntee | July 29, 2016 Ramsey County Attorney John Choi has taken the rare step of hiring a special prosecutor — Don Lewis— to help with deciding if police officers who killed Philando Castile at a traffic stop should be prosecuted.
Criminal Justice Gov Dayton Considering Veto For Police Body Camera Bill By Michael McIntee | May 26, 2016 Governor Mark Dayton thinks a bill that regulates who can have access to police body camera video defeats the purpose of the cameras — establishing public confidence in the police.
Criminal Justice Video Replay: Town Hall On Sentencing Reform And Appleton Prison By Bill Sorem | April 26, 2016 A bipartisan group of Minnesota legislators plus others hold a town hall meeting on prison sentence reform and the Appleton Prison.
Criminal Justice Tears, Anger And Resolve After No Charges In Jamar Clark Killing By Video by Benjamin Gross & Bill Sorem, Text By Michael McIntee | April 3, 2016 “Although I cry today, I will be fighting tomorrow.” — Asha Long, one of many people angered and vowing action after no charges were filed against the police who killed Jamar Clark.
Criminal Justice Political Campaigns Promised After No Charges In Jamar Clark Case By Video by Bill Sorem, text by Michael McIntee | March 30, 2016 NAACP Minneapolis President Nekima Levy-Pounds says County Attorney Mike Freeman needs to be replaced. She is fielding candidates to run against Freeman and did not rule herself out as a candidate.
Criminal Justice Video And Other Evidence Released In Jamar Clark Shooting By Michael McIntee | March 30, 2016 Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said he was releasing all of the video in the police killing of Jamar Clark. We’re posting it here as we get it. Freeman declined to charge either of the officers in the case today.
Criminal Justice Video From Activists Puts Police On Notice In Advance Of Jamar Clark Announcement By Michael McIntee | March 30, 2016 Activists say they will not tolerate police engaging in excessive force and say they are planning “nonviolent, peaceful protest.” The police must strike a balance between protecting free speech and public safety says the video.
Criminal Justice Why People Are Rallying Against Police Killing Of Jamar Clark By Video by Benjamin Gross & Bill Sorem, Text By Michael McIntee | March 28, 2016 People who attended a rally calling for justice in the Minneapolis police killing of Jamar Clark tell us in song and prose why they are there.
Criminal Justice Hundreds Rally To Have Police Prosecuted For Jamar Clark’s Death By Bill Sorem | March 26, 2016 Several hundred people rallied Saturday to put pressure on Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman to prosecute the Minneapolis police officers who shot and killed Jamar Clark.
Criminal Justice Dayton Threatens To Veto Private Prison Leasing Bill By Michael McIntee | March 23, 2016 Minnesota will not lease a prison from a private corporation on Governor Mark Dayton’s watch. He made that clear on Thursday as reporters asked him about a bill that would reopen the privately owned prison in Appleton.
Criminal Justice Private Prison Leasing Bill Advances Despite Opposition By Michael McIntee | March 22, 2016 “The notion that we incarcerate people for profit, for corporate profit, I think is the antithesis of America.” — Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner Tom Roy.
Criminal Justice Community Celebrates Decision To Not Use Grand Jury In Clark Police Shooting Case. By Text by Cirien Saadeh, Video By Bill Sorem | March 16, 2016 Grand juries don’t provide enough transparency and accountability in police shootings says the Hennepin County Attorney. So no grand jury in the Jamar Clark case or any future police shootings.
Criminal Justice Video Replay- “Making A Murder” The Reporters Who Covered Steven Avery By Video by Bill Sorem, text by Michael McIntee | February 29, 2016 Did police frame Steven Avery, the subject of a Netflix documentary “Making A Murderer”? Three of the reporters who covered the trial talk about what they saw in the courtroom and how it compares to the popular Netflix series.
Criminal Justice Artists “Break The Silence” Of White Privilege At #Justice4Jamar Fundraiser By Video by Benjamin Gross, Text By Michael McIntee | February 16, 2016 “Doors getting slammed in their (minorities) faces and you don’t even notice there’s doors there. Because to you they’re just door frames.” said Poet Misty Rowan to the mostly black crowd that clicked their fingers in approval.
Criminal Justice Video Replay: “Making A Murderer” Defense Attorney Discusses Avery Case By Video by Bill Sorem, Text by Michael McIntee | January 27, 2016 Is our criminal justice fair? That’s been one of the central questions among Minnesota lawmakers as they figure out how to deal with a growing prison population and is also at the center of a Netflix documentary series called “Making a Murder.” The defense attorney in the case speaks to Minnesota lawmakers.
Criminal Justice Man Claims Police Threatened Him After White Supremacists Shot Him By Video by Bill Sorem, text by Michael McIntee | December 10, 2015 When you’re the victim of a shooting you expect the police to help you, not threaten you. But that’s what Wesley Martin says happened to him after a group of white supremacists opened fire on him and four other Black Lives Matter protesters in Minneapolis on November 23.
Criminal Justice “Unless Black Lives Matter, All Lives Can’t Matter” Says NAACP Head By Video by Bill Sorem, Text by Bill Sorem And Michael McIntee | November 22, 2015 “We understand that all lives matter. Unless black lives matter, all lives can’t matter” Cornell Brooks, National NAACP president told the crowd. “We are in it for the long haul.”
Criminal Justice Jamar Clark Murder Investigation Already “Screwed Up,” Says Police Brutality Prevention Group By Video by Bill Sorem, Text by Michael McIntee | November 21, 2015 Michelle Gross says what Minneapolis police did at the shooting scene will prevent the state and federal investigators from gathering all of the eyewitness accounts.
Criminal Justice Religious Activists Applaud Vote To Slash Sentences For Drug Offenders By Video By Bill Sorem, Text By Michael McIntee | November 18, 2015 “Don’t take the money and throw it at putting people in a box,” an ex-felon told a state commission that voted to slash recommended sentences for drug offenders who have swelled Minnesota’s prison population beyond capacity.
Criminal Justice New Minneapolis NAACP intends to ‘speak truth to power’ By Paige Elliott | November 18, 2015 First official event takes on justice system abuses against women
Criminal Justice Tense Community Meeting After Police Kill Minneapolis Man By Video by Patience Zalanga | November 18, 2015 Anger over the shooting can be heard in the voices of those attending the listening session between the Minneapolis Police Chief, Mayor and community members over the police killing Jamar Clark.
Criminal Justice Long Probation Part Of MN Prison Population Problem, Says NAACP By Video by Bill Sorem, text by Michael McIntee | October 25, 2015 Long paroles mean more parolees get sent back to Minnesota prisons for non-violent offenses, swelling the prison population even more.
Criminal Justice Obama To Focus On ‘Unfair’ Criminal Justice System By Michael McIntee | October 17, 2015 President Obama announces he will be traveling the country to highlight what Americans are doing to fix an “unfair” criminal justice system.
