🧵@ReginaMedina and @benjovland spoke with two folks who were evicted from the Quarry encampment early this morning. They shared that MPD officers ridiculed them as they were being evicted and laughed at their concerns of their homes being ruined. mprnews.org/story/2022/12/… Nate lived in Quarry with his girlfriend. He said they were awakened by the loud speaker telling them to get up and get out. “They were treating us like criminals for sleeping on what used to be landfill,” he said.

What a year it's been! But we've kept busy. MPR News journalists recently shared some of our most memorable stories of 2022. 🧵 From @dan_kraker: Thousands of Minnesotans identify as both Native American and white, including some who have recently reconnected with their Scandinavian ancestry in surprising ways.

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The jury in Derek Chauvin’s trial resumed deliberations at 8 a.m., following a marathon day of closing arguments in the former Minneapolis police officer’s murder case. mprnews.org/story/2021/04/… #ChauvinTrial It’s not clear how fast the jury will reach a verdict. It could be anywhere from several hours, to days or even weeks. We've tried to answer some questions about how jury deliberations work here: mprnews.org/story/2021/04/…

The climactic chapters in the #ChauvinTrial begin today. Prosecution and defense attorneys will deliver closing arguments and then hand the case to jurors to await perhaps the most consequential verdict in Minnesota history. mprnews.org/story/2021/04/… We'll have live coverage beginning at 9 a.m. of closing arguments on air and online. Tune in: mprnews.org/listen | You can watch closing arguments here: mprnews.org/story/2021/04/…

The defense is expected to start making its case to jurors this week as testimony resumes in the #ChauvinTrial. mprnews.org/story/2021/04/… In cross-examining prosecution witnesses the past two weeks, defense attorney Eric Nelson has posited that George Floyd’s underlying medical problems and the drugs in his system were responsible for his death. Prosecutors say Chauvin’s actions to subdue Floyd killed him.

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent in May from 14.7 percent, and 2.5 million jobs were added — a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that has paralyzed the economy in the wake of the viral pandemic mprnews.org/story/2020/06/… UPDATE: Once again, the Labor Department acknowledged making errors in how it classified people as employed and said the real May rate is worse than the numbers indicate. mprnews.org/story/2020/06/…