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December 23, 2021
“Daunte” is written in the snow outside the Hennepin County Government Center during the jury deliberations in the trial of former officer Kimberl

Readers Write: Kimberly Potter trial, policing and crime, shopping

Trust the jury process.
Letters
December 22, 2021

Readers Write: Big Pharma, the Silent Generation, University of Minnesota president pay, shopping

Government saved us, too.
Letters
December 21, 2021
Pfizer has announced its COVID-19 pills, shown here, are effective against the omicron variant and maintained promising early performance against the

Readers Write: Big Pharma's benefits, state surplus, the economy, Build Back Better

Big Pharma saved us all.
Letters
December 20, 2021
St. Louis Park police released this photo of a recent attempted carjacking in the Lunds & Byerlys parking lot.

Readers Write: Policing and crime, Kimberly Potter trial

The livability of our city is at stake.
Letters
December 19, 2021
In this image taken from video, former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter testifies during her trial on Dec. 17 in Minneapolis.

Readers Write: Kimberly Potter trial, police pursuits, causes of crime, history

What is society's role?
Letters
December 19, 2021
Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve during a news conference Dec. 8 at which it was announced that she’d been named head coach of USA Basketball

Readers Write: Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve, resistance to doing right during the pandemic, the situation in Hastings, Minn.

A writer's misplaced target
Letters
December 17, 2021
A health care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at an Oklahoma County Health Department Vaccine Clinic in Oklahoma City on Nov. 17

Readers Write: Mayo Clinic vaccine mandate, trade, University of Minnesota, NCAA rules

Clearly the right move.
Letters
December 16, 2021
The U.S. Capitol is seen behind security fencing on Capitol Hill in Washington in April.

Readers Write: Democracy under attack, Biden's unkept promises, Julian Assange

Take democracy's erosion seriously.
Letters
December 15, 2021
Pedestrians cross the street in downtown Minneapolis as thick fog rolls in on Wednesday.

Readers Write: Climate change, coin hunting, COVID-19, using technology

Tornadoes in December?
Letters
December 14, 2021
Andrew Luger may return to the job of Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney. 

Readers Write: Andrew Luger, legal settlements, COVID-19

State would be lucky to have Luger.
Letters
December 13, 2021
A small remembrance of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary is nailed to a utility pole in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 2, 2017.

Readers Write: Gun violence, crime, Sheriff David Hutchinson, Shoreview development

We are letting this happen.
Letters
December 12, 2021
A mother moose returns to check on her pair of calves as she forages at dusk on Topaz Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in July.

Readers Write: Boundary Waters, the budget surplus, national debt

We can afford to protect it better.
Letters
December 11, 2021
A screenshot of former U.S. Sen. Rudy Boschwitz from the “Access to Democracy” public access show via YouTube.

Readers Write: Rudy Boschwitz, media coverage, Social Security taxes and the surplus, Minnesota's children, woodpeckers

So the former senator says …
Letters
December 10, 2021
Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson

Readers Write: Sheriff David Hutchinson, distracted driving, public safety

A better approach, please.
Letters
December 9, 2021
University students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, demonstrate in March 1989 in support of Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s death

Readers Write: Ilhan Omar, Hennepin County sheriff, traffic deaths, media coverage of Trump

Don't dismiss that famous fatwa.
Letters
December 8, 2021
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo spoke during a community memorial for George Floyd on June 12, 2020.

Readers Write: Retiring Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, state budget surplus

We're grateful for Arradondo's service.
Letters
December 7, 2021
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo and Mayor Jacob Frey unveil changes in 2020 to the department’s policy on the use of deadly force.

Readers Write: Policing in Minneapolis, rental housing, budget forecast

The blame Arradondo deserves.
Letters
December 6, 2021
Protesters at the U.S. Supreme Court on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade in January 2005.

Readers Write: Legalized abortion, baseball Hall of Fame

Safe, legal and essential.
Letters
December 5, 2021
The memorial at the intersection where Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter killed Daunte Wright in April still stands on Dec. 1 in Brooklyn Center.

Readers Write: Kim Potter trial, conservation, mining near the Boundary Waters

In a case like this, tread carefully.
Letters
December 4, 2021
Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm spoke at a briefing in January 2020 as the state prepared for the arrival of COVID-19.

Readers Write: Jan Malcolm, Walz's emergency powers, St. Paul police union, COVID malaise

She's been a bit busy.
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