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June 22, 2020
Jeff Neppl, left, an employee at John Fluevog shoe store in Uptown, cleans up broken glass from a window that was hit by gunfire from an early morning

Readers Write: Uptown shooting, city leadership, special session, Twin Metals

See why we need the police?
Letters
June 19, 2020
Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington, on Thursday, June 18, 2020, afte

Readers Write: Supreme Court, elder care, the police, affordable housing

Not so predictable after all.
Letters
June 19, 2020
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter talked after the press conference. In the Lake Street parking lot with the burned out Fo

Readers Write: Police and City Hall reform, medical examiner, treatment of historical figures, firefighters

Not helpful, Mayor Frey.
Letters
June 19, 2020
CORRECTION PUBLISHED Friday March 14, 2003, says: A photograph on Page B6 Thursday (Star Tribune, March 13, 2003) of Minnesota Sens. Hubert Humphrey a

Readers Write: Lost Minneapolis, the 'Holy Land' brand, and matters involving the police — appreciation, quantification of killings, recruitment

The progress of the '60s betrayed
Letters
June 18, 2020

Readers Write: Police reform, Supreme Court, Maplewood Nature Center closing, COVID-19

Let's see some consequences for police.
Letters
June 17, 2020

Readers Write: School funding, Minneapolis leadership, Minnesota Freedom Fund, minimum wage, facemasks

Add school funding to the list of things to change.
Letters
June 16, 2020

Readers Write: Police force, 'Gone with the Wind,' protest hypocrisy, removing Confederate monuments

Kroll should want what we want: a better force.
Letters
June 15, 2020

Readers Write: Pledge to end police, Max Mason, race and kids, Colin Kaepernick, Trump rally

Let residents talk this out.
Letters
June 12, 2020

Readers Write: Hennepin County medical examiner, mining, police reform, sports

Reporting on the facts is not the problem.
Letters
June 12, 2020

Readers Write: Rebuilding, police reform and behavior, St. Paul's Columbus statue

May we all be a little more like Ari.
Letters
June 12, 2020

Readers Write: What people mean when they talk about changes to the police

Let's be clear about the intent.
Letters
June 11, 2020

Readers Write: Police officers, Minnesota's Christopher Columbus statue

Some reflection is in order for officers.
Letters
June 10, 2020
Rollie Hogrefe, owner of Rollie's Rednecks and Longnecks in Sauk Rapids, has an extensive collection of Confederate memorabilia on display. (Renee Jon

Readers Write: Anti-racism, policing, voting rights, COVID-19 testing for protesters, officers slashing tires

Neutrality has no place here.
Letters
June 9, 2020
People survey the damage along Lake St. near S. 27th Ave. as a fire burns to the east following protests in the death of George Floyd, Saturday, May 3

Readers Write: Rebuilding, police reform, Sen. Paul Gazelka, defunding the police

Can't we mobilize to rebuild, too?
Letters
June 8, 2020
Andrea Jenkins vice president of the Minneapolis City Council spoke to community members at "The Path Forward" meeting at Powerhorn Park, a meeting be

Readers Write: Defunding Minneapolis police, Mayor Jacob Frey, Holy Land boycotts

Get rid of this structure.
Letters
June 7, 2020
People gather to demand justice for George Floyd Thursday, May 28, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minn. Floyd, a handcuffed black man, died Monday in police cus

Readers Write: Racism, police forces, race and sports, Trump

For wisdom, read the poets.
Letters
June 6, 2020
Gov. Tim Walz, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Sen. Tina Smith met with business owners that were affected by the looting and riots following the George Floyd

Readers Write: Klobuchar's VP prospects, photos of COVID-19 victims, police reform, race in general, mail delivery

Don't pigeonhole Minnesota's senior senator.
Letters
June 5, 2020
Protesters kneel in the street for a moment of silence while protesting at the Minneapolis Police and Fire Union Offices, demanding the resignation po

Readers Write: Systemic racism, clean-up volunteers, city politics, the pandemic, 2020 election

White America has work to do.
Letters
June 4, 2020
Hundreds of volunteers showed up to clean along University Avenue, organized by Hamline Midway Coalition, Friday, May 29, 2020 in St. Paul, Minn, Minn

Readers Write: Rebuilding, systemic racism, charging former officers, diversity in sports

Heal the community, too.
Letters
June 3, 2020
Adam Witherspoon, center, joined dozens of volunteers working to remove graffiti from the Universal Academy Charter School and to clean up on 28th Ave

Readers Write: Lasting change, protests, policing, the vice presidency, some hope

Let the real work begin.
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