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One man’s account of being black at a Minneapolis Spyhouse

Ini Iyamba sat down at a table near the back of the Spyhouse Coffee Roasters on Hennepin. Iyamba is the founder of MN4MN, which is dedicated to showcasing local companies, boutiques, and designers. He ... read more

Minneapolis man says he was beaten by bouncer for being gay, restaurant refutes claim

Ben Sanson-Ngiratregd says he suffered a black eye and ... bouncer and says the man even used a slur towards him. "He was calling me a very derogatory name for me being gay," Sanson-Ngiratregd ... read more

34 years of Gittelson Jewelers customer service, including a 3 a.m. Prince appointment

“I remember the first day I walked in here,” said the owner of Gittelson Jewelers in downtown Minneapolis ... that didn’t like being downtown and wanted to leave. I came here and stood by that ... read more

White Driver ‘Intentionally Ran Over’ Black People At Minneapolis Bus Stop, Witnesses Say

One witness who filmed the immediate aftermath said the driver, who is white, “intentionally” drove into the people at the bus stop because they were Black. It’s being reported ... Late last year, a ... read more

White Man Who ‘Intentionally Mowed Down’ Black People With His Car Is Not Facing Any Charges

According to the Minneapolis ... was not being chased, which witness accounts have confirmed. According to them, the driver headed south on Lyndale Avenue in a tan van and clipped the mirror of a bus ... read more

After a Black Cop Was Convicted of Killing a White Woman, Minnesota Activists Say Focus Should Be Police Reform

At the rally, Leslie Redmond, the president of the Minneapolis ... man shot by a Chinese American police officer while in a Brooklyn public housing complex. Gurley’s death came just four months after ... read more

With covenants, racism was written into Minneapolis housing. The scars are still visible.

That developers would go to the trouble to put restrictive language in deeds was not a response to growth in Minneapolis’ black population ... the mixing of races as one of the characteristics holding ... read more

The Future of Wearable Tech Is Called a Hearing Aid

When Brandon Sawalich started at Starkey Hearing Technologies in suburban Minneapolis, he was 19 and there ... s president’s office,” Sawalich says. That man, Jerome Ruzicka, was at one time ... read more

Outrage and little clarity in Minneapolis after black man is shot by police

A young black ... man’s condition, but said that he was being treated at Hennepin County Medical Center. In the neighborhood where the shooting occurred, many mistrust authorities’ account. Nekila ... read more

Man fatally shot by police in north Minneapolis

A tense crowd remained gathered near midnight Saturday at the north Minneapolis site where police shot and killed a man they say was firing ... against police shootings of black men. Some in the crowd ... read more

As a prosecutor in heavily white Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar declined to go after police involved in fatal encounters with black men

Christopher Burns, a 44-year-old black man, was unarmed ... for white offenders. 'Not one' police prosecution Klobuchar easily won reelection as county attorney on Nov. 5, 2002. Four days before, ... read more