Thousands protest after verdict in Philando Castile shooting case

A jury on Friday found the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot black motorist Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year not guilty of second-degree manslaughter.

Thousands of demonstrators marched in St. Paul, Minnesota, against the acquittal of Minnesota patrolman Jeronimo Yanez who testified that he feared for his life when he fatally shot Philando Castile last July.

Two people are dead and at least nine injured after a gas explosion occurs at a private school in Minneapolis.

Police say there are no injuries from a blast Saturday morning at the Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. Asad Zaman, the executive director of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, said a $10,000 reward has been offered for information about the incident.

Friends and family gathered for a memorial on Friday, honoring an Australian woman who was shot dead by a Minnesota police officer last month.

Minnesota investigators have wrapped up their probe into Australian woman Justine Damond's shooting death and sent evidence to the local prosecutor while, in Australia, her family says it wants the police officer involved charged.

A young woman is celebrating in Minnesota after becoming the first woman with Down Syndrome to compete in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant.

A racoon scales a high-rise building in St Paul, Minnesota and captivates an entire city!

Demonstrators gather in Saint Paul, Minnesota to protest the $1 million bail release of Derek Chauvin, the police officer charged with killing George Floyd. Floyd's death sparked a mass protest movement in the United States and abroad.

Neither the state of emergency nor the curfew held back protesters as they took their anger over Daunte Wright's death to the streets.

Businesses board up windows and residents remain on alert as Brooklyn Center, Minnesota braces for another night of protests following the police shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man, in a traffic stop on Sunday. "It’s an uneasy, not very pleasant feeling just to know there’s a lot of tension in the air," a part-time resident tells AFPTV. National Guard troops have been deployed and a curfew has been put in place as tensions escalate.

George Floyd died after a police officer knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes while he yelled "I can't breathe." Tou Thao is the fourth and final former police officer to receive a sentence over the killing.