Flock cameras coming back from the dead

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Ten people in Minneapolis have been indicted by a federal grand jury over voter fraud allegations, including three Europeans, five Africans, a Brazilian and a Canadian. Seven of them are alleged to have presented themselves as citizens in order to vote in the 2024 election. Donald Trump lost in Minnesota that year by 137,947 votes.

The Department of Justice has filed a complaint against former Chief Federal Judge Patrick Schiltz and others over comments made to The New York Times recently about Operation Metro Surge. Schiltz said the “administration’s operation clogged Minnesota’s federal courts to a standstill and created a ‘grave threat to the rule of law.’” The administration previously filed complaints against federal judges in Washington, D.C., that were ultimately dismissed.

St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry’s lawsuit against Mayor Kaohly Her has forced the City Council’s hand and led to them approving an outside law firm to represent Her and the city at a cost of up to $500 an hour, Sahan Journal reports.

“We are in a horrible position and we have very few options,” said Molly Coleman, who represents Ward 4. “We will be spending unknown sums of money, significant sums of money, to defend against claims that we know nothing about, despite the fact that our money has already been used to investigate those very claims.”

Related from July: What would happen next if St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her resigns amid sexual harassment allegations? 

Urban exploration has once again landed the teens in hot water, this time four 18-year-olds who broke into the abandoned Oak Ridge Hotel & Conference Center in Chaska. The teens have been charged with burglary, trespassing and fleeing from a police officer.

Several cities in Minnesota have cut ties with Flock and their automated license plate readers, which led to surprise in Dayton when two of the cameras reappeared. On Sept. 17, the police department there learned of a maintenance order submitted by Flock and discovered that two cameras had been re-installed despite the city’s notice that the program was on hold.

And finally in your Minnesota news roundup: You’d be forgiven for forgetting, but Minnesota had a team in the Arena Football League for one ill-fated season in 1996 at the Target Center downtown. The story of the Minnesota Fighting Pike featured in Racket is replete with the kind of oddball antics that can make small local teams such a joy to follow.

“The first game, the crowd is all hyped, and someone is going to rappel out of the ceiling of the Target Center and bring the first ball to center field for the coin toss,” said defensive coordinator Frank Haege. “This guy rappels out of the rafters, and he gets stuck. So dude is stuck, and they had to delay the game for like 20 minutes. I heard they sold a lot of beers.”

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