Minnesota

Gregory Bovino stripped of Border Patrol role after Minneapolis shooting fallout

According to CNN, Bovino and a group of his agents are expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday and return to their respective sectors, according to three sources familiar with the discussions.

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US Customs and Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino speaks during a news conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal on January 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A line of interfaith leaders protest Immigrations and Customs Enforcement at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport, Jan. 23, 2026.

Rabbi among dozens arrested in faith leaders' anti-ICE protest in Minnesota

Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman, the Jewish and interfaith chaplain at Macalester College, was briefly detained by police alongside leaders of other faiths while staging a protest at the airport.

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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz arrives to speak at a press conference regarding new gun legislation at City Hall on August 1, 2024 in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Tim Walz invokes Anne Frank in pressing Trump to end ICE operations in Minnesota

Walz suggested that the conditions facing children in his state during the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement raids were of a kind with those facing Frank during the Holocaust.

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People march in the street during a protest against increased immigration enforcement, after Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot in Minneapolis by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, in Seattle, Washington, US January 11, 2026.

The West is weaponizing immigration - and Jews can recognize the pattern - opinion

When governments hemorrhage money through corruption and incompetence, they cut security budgets, outsource protection, and leave minority communities to defend themselves. Jewish centers hire guard

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GOP-backed Minnesota politician: Jewish incumbent is controlled by Soros

The Anti-Defamation League has called the frequent use of puppet-master imagery by conservatives to depict Soros antisemitic.

MAY 18, 2022ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Billionaire investor George Soros arrives at the Schumpeter Award in Vienna, Austria June 21, 2019.

Ex-Minnesota police officer sentenced to 2 years in Daunte Wright death

Former police officer Kimberly Potter was found guilty by a jury in December of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter.

FEBRUARY 18, 2022ByREUTERS
Former police officer Kimberly Potter sits with her defense lawyers after she was found guilty of first degree and second degree manslaughter in a still image from video in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, December 23, 2021.

Minneapolis police show video of SWAT team shooting dead armed Black man

The incident will inevitably stoke memories of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who was killed in the same city almost two years ago by a white officer.

FEBRUARY 4, 2022ByREUTERS
Amir Locke (22) holds a gun as he unfolds a blanket before being shot and killed by Minneapolis police's SWAT team, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, February 2, 2022, in this screen grab taken from a video.

Ex-police officer found guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright shooting

A 12-member jury found Kimberly Potter guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the death of the 20-year-old Wright, who she shot and killed on April 11.

DECEMBER 23, 2021ByREUTERS
Kimberly Potter, the white former Minnesota police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright in April after claiming she mistook her handgun for her Taser, breaks down in tears as she testifies during her trial in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, US, December 17, 2021.

Derek Chauvin changes plea to guilty in George Floyd civil rights case

Federal prosecutors said he would be moved to a federal prison, which are often perceived to be safer than their state counterparts.

DECEMBER 15, 2021ByREUTERS
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is shown in a combination of police booking photos after a jury found him guilty on all counts in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US.

Minneapolis voters to decide on scrapping police department, 18 months after George Floyd murder

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo opposes the measure. Mayor Jacob Frey, who is seeking reelection on Tuesday, is also against it.

OCTOBER 31, 2021ByREUTERS
Terrence Floyd, brother of the late George Floyd who was killed by a police officer, reacts during the unveiling event of Floyd's statue, as part of Juneteenth celebrations, in Brooklyn, New York, US, June 19, 2021.

St. Paul police to boost patrols of Jewish sites after antisemitic incidents

The vandalizing of a Jewish cemetery in St. Paul and threats against a synagogue in St. Louis Park both occurred amid the High Holy Days.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Cemetery in Istanbul, illustrative

Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for George Floyd murder

In a sentencing memorandum, prosecutors from the Minnesota attorney general's office wrote that Chauvin's crime "shocked the conscience of the Nation."

JUNE 26, 2021ByREUTERS
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listens as a jury finds him guilty of all charges in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 20, 2021 in a still image from video.

Cop who shot Black man at traffic stop arrested, to face manslaughter

The Washington County Attorney's office was expected to file the charge against her later on Wednesday.

APRIL 14, 2021ByREUTERS
Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Police chief, officer who fatally shot Black man in Minnesota, resign

Former US President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for a "full and transparent investigation" of the shooting.

APRIL 13, 2021ByREUTERS
Protesters gesture as they gather at the gate of the Brooklyn Center Police Department a day after Daunte Wright was shot and killed by a police officer, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, US, April 12, 2021.