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Fatal police encounters in Minnesota since 2000

By Jennifer Bjorhus,

MaryJo Webster,

Jeff Hargarten and

Kelly Smith

June 25, 2018 at 5:33PM
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Yellow law enforcement line with police car and lights in the background. (Star Tribune file/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Star Tribune collected the names and stories of everyone who died after a physical confrontation with law enforcement in Minnesota since January 2000, and continues to update this database as new incidents occur.

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about the writers

Jennifer Bjorhus

Reporter

Jennifer Bjorhus  is a reporter covering the environment for the Star Tribune. 

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MaryJo Webster

Data Editor

MaryJo Webster is the data editor for the Minnesota Star Tribune. She teams up with reporters to analyze data for stories across a wide range of topics and beats and also oversees a small team of other data journalists.

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Jeff Hargarten

Data Journalist

Jeff Hargarten is a Minnesota Star Tribune journalist at the intersection of data analysis, reporting, coding and design.

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Kelly Smith

News team leader

Kelly Smith is a news editor, supervising a team of reporters covering Minnesota social services, transportation issues and higher education. She previously worked as a news reporter for 16 years.

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