Minneapolis police chief resigns after interfering with an investigation, mayor says

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, who was hired to oversee reforms in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing, chose to resign rather than face disciplinary action for interfering with an investigation into his conduct,
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‘It’s not because we have bigger guns’: Minneapolis’ poet laureate tells why ICE found itself in trouble

MINNEAPOLIS (CNN) — In January 2025, Junauda Petrus warned, in her inaugural poem as poet laureate of Minneapolis, of residents “getting snatched in the night,” and celebrated a city of “neighbors who traded plates of food….so we could all taste ...
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Takeaways from CNN’s Minnesota town hall

(CNN) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, in a CNN town hall Wednesday night, stood by the city’s sanctuary policies and repeated his demand that federal immigration agents leave the city. Frey’s comments come as state, local and federal officials look ...
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Families in hiding and defiant observers: This is Minneapolis in the wake of the so-called ICE ‘drawdown’ - KESQ

Minneapolis, Minnesota (CNN) — Her long dark hair flowing from a bright pink beanie, the 11-year-old from Ecuador calmly recalled her mother venturing out of their small South Minneapolis apartment last Monday morning for the first time in a month and a half
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Families in hiding and defiant observers: This is Minneapolis in the wake of the so-called ICE ‘drawdown’

Minneapolis, Minnesota (CNN) — Her long dark hair flowing from a bright pink beanie, the 11-year-old from Ecuador calmly recalled her mother venturing out of their small South Minneapolis apartment last Monday morning for the first time in a month and a half