Minnesota Supreme Court grants review of police defunding decision
The Minnesota Supreme Court granted the Upper Midwest Law Center’s (UMLC) petition for review of the Minnesota Court of Appeals decision that held that the Minneapolis Mayor has no duty to employ a single police officer, despite the Charter’s police-to-population ratio requirement. The order also granted UMLC’s motion to expedite the appeal so that a […]
UMLC Explains the Minneapolis Court of Appeals Decision Allowing Police Defunding
Watch as James Dickey, UMLC’s Senior Trial Counsel, and Jeff Van Nest, Special Counsel to UMLC for Public Safety and Crime and Justice Fellow at Center of the American Experiment, break down the Minnesota Court of Appeals’ March 14, 2022 decision overturning the decision requiring Minneapolis to fund and employ a police department: Donate here […]
Victory for Minneapolis: the City Council must re-fund the police
The voters have spoken: Minneapolis must fund the police. Upper Midwest Law Center’s lawsuit against the Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey now takes center stage following last night’s defeat of the proposed defund-the-police Charter amendment. After the defeat of the amendment, the City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey must take immediate action to […]
UMLC files brief defending victory in case against Minneapolis police defunding
Last Friday, Upper Midwest Law Center filed a response brief in the Minnesota Court of Appeals in Spann v. Minneapolis City Council. In the brief, UMLC supports the Court Order which stops the defunding of the Minneapolis police.