Bob Collins
Ngo says the Minneapolis Police Department has an “epidemic” of blaming the victim. He’s got five years of rumors that won’t die, 15 bullet holes, and $4.5 million to prove it.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
By Bob Collins
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
The manager of the IDS building in Minneapolis sent a letter to tenants today, describing yesterday’s terrible tragedy that claimed the life of a workman who was removing snow from the Crystal Court. Prior to expressing its sympathies to the family of the man, the letter provided an unfortunate — and probably unintentional — prominence Read more →
Hanging up the phoneToday, MPR’s Marty Moylan previewed arguments in a case that will determine how much protection federally-approved medical devices (in this case, from Medtronic) should have from product-liability lawsuits. We don’t get to hear arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, which does not allow recording devices in the court. But the transcript of the hearing is Read more →
Red Barons shot down
If there were a reliable test that could predict your future diseases, would you really want to know?
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