Charlie Adams

MPD Lt. Lee Edwards ousted

The Rehabilitation of Rich Stanek

The MPD captain tries to outrun his most formidable opponent—his own checkered history on race—in a bid to be Hennepin County sheriff

Psyched Out

Is the MPD's hiring process skewed against minority applicants?

The Gang That Shot Itself in the Foot

The May medal: How the MPD managed to embarrass itself and reopen old wounds

The Last Supper Club

With the shuttering of the Riverview Supper Club, black Minneapolis loses its premier meeting place--and a foothold on the future of the Mississippi

Rank Discord

The cops are reluctant to talk about it. City officials flatly refuse. Who pushed the "mute" button on the most explosive affirmative-action lawsuit Minneapolis has seen in decades?

Draft Dodger

U.S. Attorney David Lillehaug is playing hard to get, but DFL insiders say he's in the race for attorney general

UFF DUH! Minnesota is as Minnesota Does

The 1997 Tongue-on-the-Flagpole Awards

Coming Home to Roost, Again

Relations between black cops and the Olson administration are likely to take another hit with the release of a citizens' committee report criticizing the MPD

Black and Blue at the MPD

A frank conversation with Charlie Adams of the Minneapolis Black Police Officers Association.