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Protest For Philando Castile Underway In Mpls.’ Loring Park
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Black Lives Matter St. Paul and the Minneapolis NAACP are holding a rally Saturday afternoon. The “Rally & Solidarity March For #PhilandoCastile & Others” began at 4 p.m....
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St. Anthony Police Release Data On Arrests, Citations, Warnings This Year
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — On Tuesday evening, the city of St. Anthony released statistics for warnings, citations and arrests in the cities the department polices. The demographic makeup in those cities is...
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21 Arrested Following March For Philando Castile
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Two weeks after his death, protesters continue to demand justice in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile. Hundreds took to the streets Tuesday night in downtown Minneapolis. “I’m...
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Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Once Took Him To Jail
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Philando Castile and Officer Jeronimo Yanez had crossed paths once before their fatal encounter earlier this month in Falcon Heights. Documents released Thursday reveal Yanez was...
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Falcon Heights City Council To Host Community Meeting-Listening Session
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Falcon Heights City Council says it will be hosting a community meeting Wednesday evening to discuss the recent events surrounding the police shooting of Philando Castile. The...
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Falcon Heights Residents Urge City To End St. Anthony PD Contract
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — A listening session in Falcon Heights overflowed with citizens concerned about the recent killing of a black man by an officer. Some told stories of racial profiling and...
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As Philando Is Laid To Rest, Protesters March Near Fairgrounds
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Twin Cities man shot and killed by police is in his final resting place Saturday. Loved ones gathered at Ronald L. Jones Funeral Chapels in St. Louis, Missouri Saturday morning...
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Protestors Shut Down City Council Meeting In Falcon Heights
MINNEAPOLS (WCCO) — Two months after the police shooting of Philando Castile, protesters frustrated with police relations shut down a city meeting in Falcon Heights. The city council last night was...
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DOJ To Review St. Anthony Police, Help Rebuild Trust
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Department of Justice wants a better idea of how the St. Anthony Police Department does business. It announced Thursday that it will conduct a comprehensive review of the...
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2nd DOJ Listening Session Held At St. Anthony H.S.
The second of three community listening sessions held by the Department of Justice following the fatal police shooting of Philando Castile was held Tuesday in St. Anthony.
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Nashville Officer Fired After Philando Castile Comment
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Nashville police officer who was decommissioned last July after making a Facebook post about a Minnesota officer fatally shooting a black motorist has been fired. The police...
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Traffic Stops Included In Federal Review Of St. Anthony Police
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Traffic stops will be among the issues under review as a federal agency continues its assessment of a Minnesota police department that was involved in the fatal shooting of a black...
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Falcon Heights Takes 1st Step To Break Up With St. Anthony P.D.
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (WCCO) — City leaders in Falcon Heights have taken the first step in ending a more than two-decade relationship with the St. Anthony Police Department. Both the city and the...
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Police Chase Ends In Fatal Crash Near Como Park
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (WCCO) — The man who was killed in a car crash after fleeing St. Anthony police was wanted on two felony warrants. Thirty-two-year-old Ryan Reeves of White Bear Lake died after he...
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Appeals Court Rejects Bid To Move Jeronimo Yanez’s Trial
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has rejected moving the manslaughter trial of a police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a black motorist. Attorneys for St. Anthony police...
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A Look At High-Profile Police Shootings Of Black People
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white Oklahoma police officer who said she fatally shot an unarmed black man out of fear has been acquitted of first-degree manslaughter. A jury on Wednesday found Officer Betty...
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Judge To Allow Castile’s Gun Permit As Evidence
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The trial is underway for a St. Anthony police officer accused of killing a black man during a traffic stop. Jeronimo Yanez faces manslaughter charges in the shooting death of...
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Jury Breaks For The Day In Yanez Trial
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A manslaughter charge against a Twin Cities police officer is now in the hands of a 12 person jury. Officer Jeronimo Yanez is accused of shooting and killing Philando Castile last...
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St. Anthony To Vote On Keeping Police In Falcon Heights
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minnesota city that employed the police officer who fatally shot a black motorist is preparing to end its patrols of the town where the shooting happened last year. St. Anthony...
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1 Year After Philando Castile’s Death, His Family Is Committed To Change
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (WCCO) — A candlelight vigil is planned Thursday night to remember Philando Castile on the anniversary of his death. One year ago, a police officer shot and killed the 32-year-old...
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Vigil, Celebration Marks 1 Year Since Philando Castile’s Death
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — Surrounded by family, friends and fun, Diamond Reynolds turned the anniversary of a tragic loss into a celebration of a life lived by her boyfriend, Philando Castile. “He would...
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St. Anthony P.D. To End Relationship With Falcon Heights
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – This will be the last year the city of St. Anthony’s police department will patrol Falcon Heights. The Star Tribune reports the St. Anthony city council made it official at Tuesday...
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Falcon Heights To Finalize Partnership With Ramsey Co. Sheriff’s Office
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The city of Falcon Heights is expected to lock in a new policing partnership Wednesday night. City councilors are expected to approve a contract with the Ramsey County Sheriff’s...
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City Of Falcon Heights Approves Contract With Ramsey County Sheriff
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Falcon Heights City Council is moving forward with a policing contract with the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department. This comes after Falcon Heights severed ties with the city...
View ArticleFalcon Heights Contract With St. Anthony Police Expires
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Starting Monday, the city of Falcon Heights no longer has a contract with the St. Anthony Police Department. Officers with the city of St. Anthony used to patrol the streets of...
View ArticleFalcon Heights Raises Tobacco Buying Age To 21, Restricts Sale Of Flavored...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Another Minnesota city is updating its regulations on the sale of tobacco products. The Falcon Heights City Council Wednesday passed an ordinance raising the legal age to purchase...
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Philando’s Death Inspires Falcon Heights ‘Unity Day’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Family and friends of a man killed by a police officer are continuing to celebrate his life Saturday. Philando Castile was shot and killed two years ago during a traffic stop in...
View ArticleState Fair’s New Attractions: Haunted House, More Rides, Food At ‘The Hangar’
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (WCCO) – The Minnesota State Fair is now just five weeks away, and we learned about all the new stuff we can see on Wednesday. We’re not just talking about food and rides, but new...
View ArticleMinnesota State Fair Expects Growth Amid Record Attendance
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota State Fair officials say it’s possible to make room for even more people at the event that continues to set attendance records. The Minnesota Public Radio reports that...
View ArticleFalcon Heights Fire Chief Rich Hinrichs Fired By City Council
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Falcon Heights City Council voted in favor of terminating Fire Chief Rich Hinrichs Wednesday night in a closed-door meeting. City officials announced the decision Thursday...
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‘We Need Healing’: Community Honors Philando Castile 3 Years After His Death
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (WCCO) – It’s been three years since Philando Castile was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights. It happened July 6, 2016. The 32-year-old’s death gained...
View ArticleGiant Cornstalk, Goat Booth Are Among State Fair’s New Attractions
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota State fair announced the new attractions visitors will be able to take in this year. One of the most Instagram-friendly may be the Minnesota Corn Fairstalk. The...
View ArticleState Fair Parking Lots Fill Up Early On 1st Day
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Given that it’s a #Top10WxDay, it’s probably not much of a surprise that everyone high-tailed it to the Minnesota State Fair the very first morning it opened this year. Fair...
View ArticleIn 2nd Day, State Fair’s Parking Fills Up Fast Again
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s another lovely day outside, and evidently throngs of people are regarding it as the perfect day to hit up the Minnesota State Fair. For the second consecutive day, the...
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Honoring Philando Castile, Community Joins Effort To Raise Money For Peace...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A fundraising campaign has been launched to enhance the peace garden, created by the public, in honor of Philando Castile, who was killed by a police officer in Falcon Heights in...
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Cancellation Of State Fair Leaves Many Minnesotans Despairing
Coronavirus: Latest News | Community Resources | COVID-19 Info | Download Our App | CBSN Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic’s onset in Minnesota, many residents held out...
View Article‘It’s The Only Decision’: Minnesota State Fair Canceled For 2020 Due To...
Coronavirus: Latest News | Community Resources | COVID-19 Info | Download Our App | CBSN Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — For months, ever since the arrival of the first COVID-19 case in Minnesota, the...
View Article‘It Makes You Angry…It Hurts’: Philando Castile Memorial Vandalized, Several...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The family of Philando Castile says a memorial garden in his honor was vandalized. The garden is located in Falcon Heights, close to where Castile was shot and killed by a police...
View ArticleMinnesota State Fair Officials Planning To Go Ahead In 2021, For Now
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Plans for The Great Minnesota Get Together are coming together. The Minnesota State Fair’s general manager, Jerry Hammer, says his team is still planning to host the fair this...
View ArticleWill There Be A Normal State Fair This Summer? Organizers Stay Tight-Lipped
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Despite a sold-out event at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds this weekend, we still don’t know the details of what a State Fair might look like in August. About 70,000 people paid...
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