A Minneapolis police officer has been fired after using the dating app Grindr to engage in sexual activities while on duty and in uniform and transporting himself using a police squad car.
Minneapolis police department found themselves embroiled in a high-speed pursuit on Wednesday afternoon, chasing down a vehicle recently stolen at gunpoint.
Court documents identify a 19-year-old man as the person who allegedly sprayed an unmarked squad car with bullets fired from a fully automatic machine pistol last Friday night.
A former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal vehicular homicide after a police pursuit killed an innocent bystander two years ago.
The Minneapolis mayor and police chief are overhauling the department's use of force policy to require that officers consider all reasonable alternatives before engaging in deadly force.
Prosecutors have urged a Minnesota judge not to dismiss the charges against one of four ex-Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd.