A Minnesota man and St. Thomas alum convicted in the shootings of five black men who were demonstrating against the police killing of a black man in Minneapolis has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison.
A St. Thomas alum is facing sentencing in the shooting of five black men who were demonstrating against the police killing of a black man in Minneapolis.
A jury on Wednesday convicted a St. Thomas alum of assault for opening fire and wounding five men demonstrating against the fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police officers.
A lawyer for a Minnesota police officer who shot a black driver said Monday his client thought he was approaching someone who resembled a suspect in an armed robbery — an assertion that could be pivotal as investigators review how the deadly traffic stop went down.
A 24-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he shot five demonstrators protesting the shooting death of a black man by Minneapolis police in November.
Two Minneapolis police officers involved in the November fatal shooting of a black man will not face charges.
Protesters blocked access to a terminal and caused significant holiday traffic delays at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Wednesday during a Black Lives Matter rally.
Activists are planning a Black Lives Matter demonstration that they say could bring hundreds of protesters to the Mall of America on the day before Christmas Eve.
The Hennepin County Assistant Attorney asked that Allen Scarsella be held on a higher bail after charges were upgraded to first-degree assault.
Jurors deliberated the fate of the first of six officers to be tried in the death of Freddie Gray Monday.
A St. Thomas alumnus whom authorities say shot five people at a Minneapolis Black Lives Matter protest Nov. 23 appeared in Hennepin County Court for the first time Tuesday.
A man who allegedly shot at demonstrators protesting the killing of a black man by Minneapolis police was charged Monday with assault with a dangerous weapon and riot.
Allen Lawrence Scarsella, 23, of Lakeville, was charged in the Nov. 23 attack that left five protesters injured.
In an email sent to the St. Thomas community Wednesday evening, President Julie Sullivan expressed outrage that one of the four men in police custody following the shootings of five Black Lives Matter protesters is a recent St. Thomas graduate.
Police in Minneapolis are taking down tents set up by protesters outside a north Minneapolis precinct following the weekend shooting of an unarmed black man.
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015.
