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Ryan Faircloth

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Ryan Faircloth

@RyanFaircloth

State politics reporter @StarTribune. Alum of @PioneerPress, @mndailynews. Texan. Got a tip? 📧 [email protected]

Minneapolis, MN

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Joined March 2010

Ryan Faircloth
@RyanFaircloth
Jun 2, 2020
#BREAKING: Minneapolis Public Schools votes unanimously to terminate its contract with the Minneapolis Police Department, in response to the death of #GeorgeFloyd.
Ryan Faircloth
@RyanFaircloth
May 26, 2020
A better look at the crowd size of the Minneapolis march for #GeorgeFloyd
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Ryan Faircloth
@RyanFaircloth
Jun 30, 2022
Final draft: THC edibles and beverages are legal in Minnesota starting tomorrow. A key Republican in the Republican-controlled Senate said he didn’t realize the scope of the law he signed off on, calls for it to be rolled back. Democratic leader says no.
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Ryan Faircloth
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Jun 2, 2020
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Under the approved resolution, Minneapolis Public Schools will cease further negotiations with the police department and Superintendent Ed Graff must come up with a new plan for school safety by the board's August 18 board meeting.
Ryan Faircloth
@RyanFaircloth
Jun 2, 2020
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Also meant to note: Minneapolis Public Schools was paying the police department $1.1 million per year for services. Students and school board members say that money could be better spent on mental health services.
Ryan Faircloth
@RyanFaircloth
Jun 2, 2020
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The district has long faced criticism over the use of SROs, and sought to transform the role into a mentor. In 2018-2019, a Minneapolis schools survey gave mostly positive marks to SROs, but data also showed school cops had more interactions with black students than their peers.
Ryan Faircloth
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Jun 2, 2020
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"I value people and education and life," school board chairwoman Kim Ellison said in an interview. "Now I'm convinced, based on the actions of the Minneapolis Police Department, that we don't have the same values."
Ryan Faircloth
@RyanFaircloth
May 29, 2020
#BREAKING: Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter for killing #GeorgeFloyd, Hennepin Co. Attorney Mike Freeman says. Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for several minutes, ignoring pleas that he could not breathe.
Ryan Faircloth
@RyanFaircloth
Oct 14, 2024
VP nominee JD Vance just held a press conference outside the shuttered Third Precinct in Minneapolis. He painted Minneapolis as a city in decline and said, “The story of Minneapolis is coming to every community across the [U.S.] if we promote Kamala Harris to president.”
Ryan Faircloth
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Jun 2, 2020
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Minneapolis Public Schools has contracted with the Minneapolis Police Department since 1967 (except for 2004-2009, when the district worked with park police), a district spokeswoman tells me.
Ryan Faircloth
@RyanFaircloth
May 29, 2020
This is avsolutely insane. #GeorgeFloyd riots in Minneapolis.
Ryan Faircloth
@RyanFaircloth
Aug 9, 2021
Breaking: The University of Minnesota will require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 once the shots get full FDA approval, which is expected to happen in the coming weeks. U President Joan Gabel announced mandate in a message Monday. Mandate will require regent approval.
Ryan Faircloth
@RyanFaircloth
Jun 30, 2022
NEW: Republican Sen. Jim Abeler, who chairs the MN Senate human services reform committee, tells me he did not realize the new MN law allowing THC edibles would do just that. He thought it would just regulate delta-8 THC products, said the Legislature should roll the new law back
Ryan Faircloth
@RyanFaircloth
Jun 20, 2025
NEW: Vance Boelter's letter to the FBI was rambling and conspiratorial, sources with direct knowledge of its contents say. Boelter claimed he was trained by the U.S. military off the books and that Gov. Tim Walz asked him to kill Sen. Amy Klobuchar, others
Letter to FBI from shooting suspect made wild claims about Klobuchar and Walz, sources say
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