More from the HomepageBy Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:A sign at a Minneapolis park has been altered to include George Floyd’s name, but a city park leader said Sunday that it was changed without permission.The sign had read George Todd Park until someone added Floyd’s surname Saturday night.The park along the 5600 block of S. Chicago Avenue is about 2¼ miles south of where a police officer pinned Floyd to the pavement before he died May 25.A Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board maintenance worker happened to see the “George Floyd Park” sign Sunday at the wedge-shaped park just east of...…More from the HomepageBy Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:A sign at a Minneapolis park has been altered to include George Floyd’s name, but a city park leader said Sunday that it was changed without permission.The sign had read George Todd Park until someone added Floyd’s surname Saturday night.The park along the 5600 block of S. Chicago Avenue is about 2¼ miles south of where a police officer pinned Floyd to the pavement before he died May 25.A Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board maintenance worker happened to see the “George Floyd Park” sign Sunday at the wedge-shaped park just east of...WW…

More from the HomepageLooting centered on University Avenue in the Midway district, and also hit an East Side shopping mall. ByandStar TribunemoreCopy shortlink:Unrest spilled into St. Paul’s Midway district Thursday as looters ambushed stores and pelted police cars with rocks, bricks and liquor bottles, a violent outgrowth of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.Officers responded to the Target store on University Avenue around 11:30 a.m. and found 50 to 60 people grabbing merchandise off the shelves without paying, police spokesman Steve Linders said. Many dropped the goods and ran...…More from the HomepageLooting centered on University Avenue in the Midway district, and also hit an East Side shopping mall. ByandStar TribunemoreCopy shortlink:Unrest spilled into St. Paul’s Midway district Thursday as looters ambushed stores and pelted police cars with rocks, bricks and liquor bottles, a violent outgrowth of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.Officers responded to the Target store on University Avenue around 11:30 a.m. and found 50 to 60 people grabbing merchandise off the shelves without paying, police spokesman Steve Linders said. Many dropped the goods and ran...WW…

More from the HomepageOther organizations cutting ties with MPD after George Floyd killing. ByandStar TribunemoreCopy shortlink:The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board voted Wednesday night to sever its longtime relationship with the Minneapolis Police Department, adding to the list of organizations that have cut ties with the local police following the death of George Floyd at the hands of its officers.The University of Minnesota, , museums and venues have also chosen to limit or end their collaboration with the Police Department in the wake of Floyd’s death May 25, which resulted...…More from the HomepageOther organizations cutting ties with MPD after George Floyd killing. ByandStar TribunemoreCopy shortlink:The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board voted Wednesday night to sever its longtime relationship with the Minneapolis Police Department, adding to the list of organizations that have cut ties with the local police following the death of George Floyd at the hands of its officers.The University of Minnesota, , museums and venues have also chosen to limit or end their collaboration with the Police Department in the wake of Floyd’s death May 25, which resulted...WW…

ByThe fired Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd was charged along with his wife Wednesday with felony tax crimes dating back to 2014 that allege failure to claim more than $460,000 in income — at least $96,000 of that in his off-duty security work.Derek Chauvin and Kellie Chauvin, of Oakdale, were each charged by summons in Washington County District Court with nine felony counts of aiding and abetting false or fraudulent tax returns or failing to file returns.From 2014 to 2019, the Chauvins underreported $464,433 in joint income and owed a total of $21,853 in...…ByThe fired Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd was charged along with his wife Wednesday with felony tax crimes dating back to 2014 that allege failure to claim more than $460,000 in income — at least $96,000 of that in his off-duty security work.Derek Chauvin and Kellie Chauvin, of Oakdale, were each charged by summons in Washington County District Court with nine felony counts of aiding and abetting false or fraudulent tax returns or failing to file returns.From 2014 to 2019, the Chauvins underreported $464,433 in joint income and owed a total of $21,853 in...WW…

ByA longtime criminal was in court Tuesday on charges that he fatally shot a woman who was six months pregnant with their child but still gave birth to a girl weighing less than 2 pounds.Zachary V. Robinson, 27, of St. Paul, was booked into the Hennepin County jail Monday night ahead of a court appearance on second-degree murder and other charges in connection with the shooting on July 5 of Leneesha H. Columbus, 27. Bail was set at $1.5 million, and he's due back in court on Aug. 25.Columbus was shot during an argument while sitting in an SUV near the memorial to George Floyd, who died on...…ByA longtime criminal was in court Tuesday on charges that he fatally shot a woman who was six months pregnant with their child but still gave birth to a girl weighing less than 2 pounds.Zachary V. Robinson, 27, of St. Paul, was booked into the Hennepin County jail Monday night ahead of a court appearance on second-degree murder and other charges in connection with the shooting on July 5 of Leneesha H. Columbus, 27. Bail was set at $1.5 million, and he's due back in court on Aug. 25.Columbus was shot during an argument while sitting in an SUV near the memorial to George Floyd, who died on...WW…

ByA young man was fatally shot in his vehicle Sunday night in the heart of Uptown by a would-be robber, authorities said.No arrests have been announced in what is the city's 74th homicide of the year.particularly shootings, since the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody and the civil unrest that followed.According to police:Officers responded at 8 p.m. to the shooting at S. Bryant Avenue and W. Lake Street, where a man in his late teens had been shot. They provided emergency medical treatment before he was taken by ambulance to HCMC, where he died several hours later. His identity...…ByA young man was fatally shot in his vehicle Sunday night in the heart of Uptown by a would-be robber, authorities said.No arrests have been announced in what is the city's 74th homicide of the year.particularly shootings, since the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody and the civil unrest that followed.According to police:Officers responded at 8 p.m. to the shooting at S. Bryant Avenue and W. Lake Street, where a man in his late teens had been shot. They provided emergency medical treatment before he was taken by ambulance to HCMC, where he died several hours later. His identity...WW…

ByTwo men were gunned down in separate incidents early Tuesday on Minneapolis’ South Side in the city’s 48th and 49th homicides of 2020 — eclipsing the number killed from all of last year.There were 24 killings by this time in 2019, and the year ended with 48. The state’s largest city could be headed for its most violent year in at least two decades.The spike in homicides mirrors a similar trend in other large U.S. cities, which have seen violence rise during the coronavirus pandemic and a national backlash over police brutality that followed the death of George Floyd.A Wall Street Journal...…ByTwo men were gunned down in separate incidents early Tuesday on Minneapolis’ South Side in the city’s 48th and 49th homicides of 2020 — eclipsing the number killed from all of last year.There were 24 killings by this time in 2019, and the year ended with 48. The state’s largest city could be headed for its most violent year in at least two decades.The spike in homicides mirrors a similar trend in other large U.S. cities, which have seen violence rise during the coronavirus pandemic and a national backlash over police brutality that followed the death of George Floyd.A Wall Street Journal...WW…

BySeven months in the workhouse awaits a driver who struck an Edina High School student boarding her bus and kept going.Carlton D. Troutman, 26, of Flint, Mich., was sentenced Friday in Hennepin County District Court. He pleaded guilty to second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon in the hit-and-run crash on Jan. 23 along France Avenue that sent Kyla Avant flying about 50 feet from where she was struck. Judge Jeannice Reding set aside a 3¾-year sentence as called for by state guidelines in favor of a year in the county workhouse.With credit for time in jail since his arrest, Troutman is...…BySeven months in the workhouse awaits a driver who struck an Edina High School student boarding her bus and kept going.Carlton D. Troutman, 26, of Flint, Mich., was sentenced Friday in Hennepin County District Court. He pleaded guilty to second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon in the hit-and-run crash on Jan. 23 along France Avenue that sent Kyla Avant flying about 50 feet from where she was struck. Judge Jeannice Reding set aside a 3¾-year sentence as called for by state guidelines in favor of a year in the county workhouse.With credit for time in jail since his arrest, Troutman is...WW…

ByA man was found shot to death early Sunday in a vehicle that came to rest against a building in south Minneapolis, the city’s second homicide in less than seven hours.Officers arrived about 2:10 a.m. at the intersection of E. Lake Street and S. Chicago Avenue and saw the vehicle, which had little damage, according to police.Emergency responders took the man inside the vehicle to HCMC, where he was pronounced dead, police said.The victim’s identity has not been released, and authorities haven’t reported further details.No arrests have been made in the city’s 45th homicide this year.In the...…ByA man was found shot to death early Sunday in a vehicle that came to rest against a building in south Minneapolis, the city’s second homicide in less than seven hours.Officers arrived about 2:10 a.m. at the intersection of E. Lake Street and S. Chicago Avenue and saw the vehicle, which had little damage, according to police.Emergency responders took the man inside the vehicle to HCMC, where he was pronounced dead, police said.The victim’s identity has not been released, and authorities haven’t reported further details.No arrests have been made in the city’s 45th homicide this year.In the...WW…

ByA relative of George Floyd said now is the time for police in his little South Dakota town of Gettysburg to remove an image from their logo that he feels belongs on the trash heap of history — the Confederate flag.Selwyn Jones, as one of a handful of black residents in the prairie town named for the tide-turning battle of the Civil War, promises to make his voice heard when the City Council on Monday takes up the fate of the logo bearing the signature symbol that Southern troops flew in their mission to preserve slavery.Jones, 54, whose late sister is Floyd’s mother, made his vow Monday...…ByA relative of George Floyd said now is the time for police in his little South Dakota town of Gettysburg to remove an image from their logo that he feels belongs on the trash heap of history — the Confederate flag.Selwyn Jones, as one of a handful of black residents in the prairie town named for the tide-turning battle of the Civil War, promises to make his voice heard when the City Council on Monday takes up the fate of the logo bearing the signature symbol that Southern troops flew in their mission to preserve slavery.Jones, 54, whose late sister is Floyd’s mother, made his vow Monday...WW…