Black Lives Matter

The court ruled the Lakeville School District violated the 1st Amendment in the way it designated Black Lives Matter as official government speech.

Two differing statements have been made on social media in regards to Black Lives Matter messaging in Rochester Public Schools classrooms - one that states all materials needed to be removed from classrooms and the other that this is misinformation.

City officials in West St. Paul are demanding a man remove a colorful Black Lives Matter mural from his fence because it violates code.

A Black Lives Matter sign in the lawn of a Rochester home was set on fire earlier this week and police are treating the vandalism as a bias crime.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anti-police protesters disrupted the Twin Cities Pride Parade over the police shooting of Philando Castile.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Opening statements in the manslaughter case of a Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a black motorist included sharply different versions of whether the officer ever saw the man's gun.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys defending the police officer accused of fatally shooting Philando Castile during a traffic stop in the Twin Cities metro argue in new court documents that Castile's gun was accessible and that he was reaching for it when he was shot.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Burnsville police officer has resigned after testifying he exchanged "racially charged" messages with a man on trial for allegedly shooting at Black Lives Matter protesters.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police in Minneapolis say two officers involved in the fatal shooting of a black man last November won't face discipline.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Records show Minneapolis police officers accumulated more than $900,000 in overtime during the protests outside a precinct station last year.

St. Anthony, MN (Learfield Wire Service)  -- Relatives of Philando Castile are describing the return to work by the St. Anthony police officer who shot him to death as  "disrespectful."

ST. ANTHONY, Minn. (AP) -” A Minnesota police chief is defending his officer who shot and killed a black man during a July traffic stop.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis Police Department has announced four policy changes aimed at defusing conflicts between officers and the public that can turn deadly.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The head of St. Paul's police union says some demonstrators were "vile" during weeks of protests outside the governor's mansion.