News about Keith Ellison

Kim Potter (left) was convicted of first and second-degree manslaughter for accidentally shooting and killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright (right) on April 11, 2020, when she mistook her gun for a Taser during a traffic stop (inset). She was released from jail after just 16 months behind bars , due to her previously clean criminal record, and told a former prosecutor who resigned in the middle of her case she wanted to do something to help other officers avoid taking a life.

Michael Carpenter, 38, was seen smiling in the court room on September 20 as a verdict of life in prison without parole was passed down for the murder of 28-year-old Nicole Hammond.

Lucas Bellamy, 41, was arrested in Minneapolis on July 18, 2022. Bellamy, a well-known local theater family, had long battled with opioid use. He was discovered dead in his bowel four days later after being begging for medical assistance. Lucas's death, according to his father, Louis Bellamy, the creator of the well-known Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul, was beyond anything a director could ever create. I've made my living as a theater director.' I know how to stage tragedy,' he said on Tuesday. 'I can tell you straight that I could not have produced anything more callous, more disrespectful to humanity, or humankind's existence than what I saw on the tape.'

On January 8, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that he is suing Everest Dairy for unlawfully withholding wages. Everest Dairy was robbed of up to $3 million in wages by Ellison and his staff, according to Ellison and his team. According to the complaint, owners Keith Schaefer and Megan Hill reportedly shave 12 to 24 hours from employee paychecks during a 'each two-week pay period' and do not pay overtime. Mildew and/or insect infestations were also found on most buildings rented out by Everew management.

In January this year, Mary Moriarty took over as the Hennepin County attorney. Relatives of criminals have accused her of giving too lenient punishments, but she maintains she is correct. 'I think it takes a lot of courage to decide on what you're going to do,' she said. I knew we'd get a lot of pushback.' However, if you're really going to make change, if you care about your beliefs and want to have integrity, and you believe in study and analysis of the results, then those are the right decisions and I stand by them.'

Kim Potter, 50, was released from Shakopee's Minnesota Correctional Facility in the early hours of Monday and has been sentenced to eight months on probation. It comes three years after Daunte, a 20-year-old black man, was mistakenly shot and killed during a traffic stop on April 11, 2020. She was found guilty of fist and second degree murder in addition to fist. The victim's relatives slammed the decision to free her, arguing that she has left the family's 'cursed forever'. In the meantime, the former cop was seen looking thin and frail in a recently released mugshot, with black hair in stark contrast to her smiling photo from 2021.

During the pandemic, prosecutions in Minnesota charged 47 people in connection with a multi-dollar plot to loot money from anti-hunger services, using their ill-gotten gains on luxury items. Prosecutors are claiming that the co-conspirators were 'bold' in their government claims. According to one of the defendants, eh fed 5,000 children a day in a Minnesota second-story apartment.