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Criminal JusticeDecember 28, 2021
Daunte Wright’s Family Gets Accountability, if Not Justice
The jury’s Christmas Eve verdict that veteran office Kim Potter was guilty of manslaughter is “a critical step on the road to justice.”
Ibrahim Hirsi
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Police and Law EnforcementNovember 16, 2021
Minneapolis May Have Rejected That Referendum on the Police
But the activists’ vision of alternative policing lives on.
Ibrahim Hirsi
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WorldOctober 12, 2021
America’s Long History of Mistreating Haitian Migrants
Recent images of Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians have sparked outrage, but the US has been rounding up, detaining, and deporting asylum seekers from Haiti for decades.
Ibrahim Hirsi
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Police and Law EnforcementSeptember 30, 2021
Black Residents of Minneapolis Say They Need More Cops—Not Fewer
As voters head to the polls to decide the fate of the city’s police department, most Black residents want more police—who will value Black lives.
Ibrahim Hirsi
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Police and Law EnforcementSeptember 17, 2021
Minneapolis Inches Closer to Disbanding Its Police Department
Voters will have a chance this fall to decide whether to keep the 154-year-old police department or create a new public safety agency.
Ibrahim Hirsi