Reports: At least 15 Somali-Americans from Twin Cities in ISIS Now.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been very successful in recruiting Americans and other Westerners to their cause, but the lure to join jihadist movements seems particularly popular in metro Minneapolis. Earlier this week, American Douglas McAuthur McCain was identified as an ISIS member slain in Syria. Today, another American
Though often touted as key to a city’s prosperity, expensive sports stadiums are rarely worth the investment.
Despite having billions in personal wealth, the owners of professional sports teams are increasingly relying upon taxpayer subsidies to pay for stadiums or renovate existing ones, ThinkProgress reports. Across the U.S., taxpayers have been asked to foot the bill for lavish stadiums that have gone over-budget by some $10 billion in recent
A new misconduct review board for the Minneapolis Police Department may be as ineffective as the one it replaced.
A new report by the Minneapolis Star Tribune found that of the 439 cases of police misconduct that have been brought before the city’s year-old misconduct review board, not one of the police officers involved has been disciplined. The city of Minneapolis spent $14 million in payouts for alleged police misconduct between 2006 and 2012, despite the
Police reportedly entered without permission and began to spray large amounts of pepper spray throughout the home.
Already facing 61 lawsuits involving police brutality, the Minneapolis Police Department has been accused once again, this time of using excessive force to shut down a party at a Minneapolis home after receiving multiple noise complaints. According to local news reports, the MPD entered a three-story Minneapolis home without permission on Aug. 17,
A renewed interest in the municipalization of utilities has created new battlegrounds across the U.S.
A renewed interest in the municipalization of utilities has created new battlegrounds across the U.S., where thousands of voters could soon decide to cut ties with private companies and manage their energy futures collectively. Although there are already thousands of public utilities across the country, there have been just 17 new municipal
The Minneapolis Police Department has made national headlines recently for a few separate incidents of police misconduct.
The Minneapolis Police Department has made national headlines recently for a few separate incidents of police misconduct, specifically those involving racial slurs. Currently five officers are the subjects of Internal Affairs investigations. In one incident this past June, two White officers used a racial slur after an altercation with a group of
