Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis firefighters extinguish Minneapolis apartment garage blaze
The Minneapolis Fire Department woke up Christmas morning with work to do after a fire was reported in an apartment basement garage.
The Minneapolis Fire Department announced they were working to extinguish the fire around 5:30 a.m. at an apartment on the 1800 block of LaSalle Avenue.
Firefighters previously reported they were dealing with a car fire. However, it was later determined that the source of the blaze was coming from a mattress and bedroom furniture on fire in the garage.
The basement garage and building are being ventilated, and all residents were able to return to the apartment.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis to pay $600,000 to settle with woman who says Derek Chauvin knelt on her neck
MINNEAPOLIS — The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $600,000 to settle a lawsuit by a woman who alleged that ex-Officer Derek Chauvin hauled her from her minivan and pinned her to the ground with his knee in January 2020, just as he did four months later when he killed George Floyd.
Patty Day, formerly employed by the Public Works Department, claimed in a lawsuit filed last May that she was the victim of excessive force and a wrongful arrest. She acknowledged that she was drunk on the evening of Jan. 17, 2020, and depressed over her impending divorce and other difficulties when she got stuck in the snow for several hours.
Chauvin and his partner that night, Officer Ellen Jensen, eventually arrived on the scene. The lawsuit alleged that the officers “violently yanked” Day from her vehicle and threw her to the pavement, causing several injuries.
“Chauvin then assumed his signature pose, pressing his knee into the subdued and handcuffed Patty’s back — just as he would later do to snuff the life out of George Floyd — and remaining that way well after Patty was controlled,” the complaint alleged. A drunken driving charge was later dropped after a judge ruled that the officers lacked probable cause to arrest her and suppressed the blood alcohol test evidence.
The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved the $600,000 settlement Thursday. Council member LaTrisha Vetaw told her colleagues that $175,000 will go to Day while her attorneys will get $425,000.
The city has now paid over $36 million to settle police misconduct cases involving Chauvin, including $27 million to the Floyd family.
“While no settlement can undo what Patty endured, we are grateful to have reached an agreement that holds the officers accountable for their actions,” Day’s attorney, Katie Bennett, said in a statement. “This case is yet another example of the critical need for justice and reform in policing.”
Chauvin, who is white, remains incarcerated at a federal prison in Texas for his conviction in state court of murdering Floyd and a federal conviction for violating Floyd’s civil rights. The Black man’s murder sparked a national reckoning with racial injustice.
Minneapolis, MN
Man struck with glass bottle during altercation in Minneapolis
Minneapolis police say one person is recovering, and another has been arrested following an altercation Friday.
According to police, police were called to assist a man who was bleeding from the head at the 2500 block of Centeral Avenue northeast around 8:20 p.m. Friday.
Police found that a man had received non-life-threatening injuries from a glass bottle he was struck by.
According to police, the man had been involved in a physical altercation with another person when he was hit with the bottle, which caused lacerations to his head.
The other man he had been fighting later left the area in a vehicle before police arrived but was later found and arrested.
Police said they are still working to determine what lledup to the altercation.
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis settles in woman’s lawsuit over Chauvin’s use of excessive force
The city of Minneapolis will pay $600,000, including attorney fees, to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who says then-police officer Derek Chauvin used excessive force against her in 2020, four months before Chauvin kneeled on George Floyd, killing him.
The City Council voted Thursday, Jan. 30 to approve the settlement after a closed-door briefing with members of the city attorney’s office.
Patricia Day claims that on Jan. 17, 2020, Chauvin and his partner pulled her out of her vehicle and threw her to the ground.
“Chauvin then assumed his signature pose, pressing his knee into the subdued and handcuffed Patty’s back — just as he would later do to snuff the life out of George Floyd,” the lawsuit reads.
Day said she suffered a cracked tooth and injuries to her arm and leg.
The lawsuit also takes police leadership to task for not correcting Chauvin’s actions after reviewing the incident involving Day.
“The video evidence was available for MPD supervisors and policymakers to see, if anyone had cared enough to look,” reads the suit. “But MPD command and control personnel ignored this evidence or, worse, reviewed it and did nothing, in either case continuing to condone such actions by Chauvin and other officers.”
Chauvin was convicted of murder in Floyd’s murder and sentenced to spend more than 20 years in prison.
The city has already paid out nearly $40 million to settle a lawsuit from Floyd’s family as well as $9 million to settle suits from Zoya Code and John Pope. They say Chauvin knelt on their necks and backs during separate confrontations in 2017.
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