Should Police Be Added to Hate Crime Laws?

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Should Police Be Added to Hate Crime Laws? There has been a renewed push to expand hate crime laws to include crimes of violence against police officers. The national Fraternal Order of Police is leading the charge to add protection under federal legislation.   Locally, three Minnesota cities have passed resolutions to add police officer protection under hate crime...

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John Arechigo Named an Attorney of the Year by Minnesota Lawyer

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Minnesota criminal defense lawyer John Arechigo has been named an Attorney of the Year by Minnesota Lawyer.  John’s selection was based off the State v. Turner case, in which he successfully challenged the constitutionality of Minnesota’s former criminal defamation law. Isanti County charged Turner with criminal defamation stemming from an online post about two individuals.  Recognizing that the Minnesota law infringed on First Amendment protected...

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Police Officer Assaults Man in Wheelchair

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To serve and protect?  Isn’t that the credo most police officers swear to abide by?  Perhaps Duluth police officer Richard Jouppi didn’t get the memo. Or perhaps he failed the ethics portion of police academy training. Granted, we don’t know everything that happened prior to the man’s arrest, he did threaten to throw his jacket at the woman in...

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Federal Revenge Porn Law Announced

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A federal revenge porn law has finally been announced.   This law has been expected for about a year. The delay shows the difficulty in creating criminal laws that potentially intrude on 1st Amendment free speech issues. The full text of the federal revenge porn law, titled the Intimate Privacy Protection Act, can be found here. The federal crime is...

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