MPR News Features are news segments created for various long-form programming, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered, amongst others. Features run the gambit of interviews, reports, profiles, and coverage.
December 15, 1993 - While a sergeant, Mike Sauro led the 1989 mistaken raid on the home of an elderly couple who were killed in a fire set off by the officers' use of a "flash bang" grenade - an incident that reinforced distrust of the police in the black community and led to the creation of the Civilian Police Review Authority (CRA).
December 15, 1993 - Live from 5th Precinct, Minneapolis .
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December 15, 1993 - MPR’s Mary Losure reports on “trunk transport” incident, subsequent protests, and the creation of Civilian Police Review Authority (CRA). Segment includes interviews and commentary from Clyde Bellecourt, AIM director; John Laux, Minneapolis Police Chief; David Pearce Demers, professor at University of Wisconsin; Al Berryman, Minneapolis Police union president; Ann Viitala, Civil Review Board president; Tony Miranda, member of Police Officer Federation; and Keith Ellison, director of Legal Rights Center.
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December 15, 1993 - Interview with neighborhood walker Luther Krueger, Lyndale Neighborhood Association Crime and Drug Committee.
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