Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota cities declare burning bans due to dry conditions
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (FOX 9) – The cities of Bloomington and Burnsville have declared a ban on outdoor recreational fires due to dry weather conditions in an effort to remove any potential ignition source to help prevent fires.
What we know
“We’ve got all this dry vegetation, warm weather, low humidity, the wind conditions,” said Laura McCarthy, Deputy Fire Chief and Fire Marshal for Bloomington.
It’s one of several reasons why The Bloomington Fire Department is sounding the alarm saying no outdoor fires.
“All of that is really adding up to significant concerns of a small fire creating a very large fire and spreading very quickly,” said McCarthy.
The reason why the fire can spread quickly is because of less rainfall in recent weeks. The burn ban includes fire pits outdoors, no matter if it is made out of metal or stone or fueled by gas or wood.
“A simple ember or ash from a recreational fire or fire pit could easily spread to areas that have a lot of vegetation and increase that risk and have a significant fire,” said McCarthy.
Other ignitions
One thing you may want to look out for is how you get rid of your cigarette butt.
“Discarded smoking materials, any kind of open flame that can produce an ash, an ember that could spread to vegetation and then potentially spread to structures and homes,” said McCarthy.
If you decided to go against the burn ban, you could be fined up to $250. But, the fire department isn’t looking to give out citations right away.
“We’re really about education, so our first steps are to educate the resident to let them know if they’re not already aware, give them the opportunity to say hey, we got a burning ban please extinguish your fire,” said McCarthy.
The Bloomington Fire Department says the burn ban will remain in effect until there is enough rainfall to lower the fire danger.
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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.
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