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A legal response to MOA

January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015

BY CAROL A. OVERLAND It was the Mall’s choice to call in the extra police/security from various sources. They did not do that for an even larger gathering prior to the one last Saturday. It was the Mall’s choice to close parts of the mall. How do they propose to…

Black Lives Matter

January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015

Black Lives Matter Minneapolis released the following statement regarding young leaders of color under attack from MOA and the Bloomington city attorney: The Mall of America and Bloomington police decided to shut down stores during a peaceful gathering on Saturday where 3,000 community members sang carols and chants dedicated to…

Minneapolis Victory for First Amendment Rights

January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015

BY BRUCE NESTOR, FROM HIS WEBSITE Yesterday, [Dec. 16, 2014] former federal prosecutor and Hennepin County Judge Nicole Engisch found Rachel Bengston-Lang “NOT GUILTY” following a bench trial for violating a Minneapolis ordinance on blocking passage. On May 1, 2014, Bengston-Lang acted to protect immigration rights demonstrators when they were…

Questions about the MOA protests (see also note from City Attorney’s Office at the end)

January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015

BY MARY TURCK, FROM THE TWIN CITIES DAILY PLANET As one grand jury after another refuses to indict police who have killed black men, #BlackLivesMatter protests continue across the United States. I marched on Nov. 25, missed Saturday’s MOA protest, and will probably march again. Like many people, I keep…

An envelope of light

January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015

BY GAIL RAJALA HAYDEN I went with a friend to Palmer’s bar, next-door to the Cedar Cultural Center. After she left, and I was enjoying my second hot pineapple juice, Cadillac Kolstad sat down at the piano. This time it was the sudden and explosive quick first tap to the…

Another stadium?

January 5, 2015 January 5, 2015

BY ED FELIEN Is it possible that local politicians haven’t learned their lesson? There’s been recent talk about public funding for yet another sports stadium. Bill McGuire, yes, that Bill McGuire, the one who ripped off $1.6 billion from UnitedHealth through backdating stock options and was ordered by the Securities…

Powderhorn Birdwatch: Park elicits mixed emotions

January 5, 2015 January 5, 2015

BY JOHN KARRIGAN As often happens with my January column, I think I don’t seem to have a lot of park or backyard stuff to write about, but I will try to come up with worthwhile information. During the first 25 days of December, the sun was only out on…

Rest in peace

January 5, 2015 January 5, 2015

BY WIZARD MARKS, FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS ISSUES LIST Lake Street is always changing, it’s axiomatic. Sometimes the changes are great, sometimes not so great, but sometimes just hard to deal with. One such is Jeremiah Collins who, in 1953, after coming home from the Korean War, established Portland Lake Motors.…

American Prisons

January 5, 2015 January 5, 2015

BY POLLY MANN As March rolls around people’s thoughts turn to taxes and they begin to question how they’re being used. If Americans improved their prison system they could reduce the prison population and reduce their taxes. The American incarceration rate is the highest in the world at over 714…