Katrina Pross

Indianapolis, Minneapolis

Criminal Justice Reporter at Sahan Journal

criminal justice reporter @sahanjournal // formerly @wfyi @pioneerpress // alum of @umn_hsjmc @mndailynews

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Brooklyn Center establishes police commission; activists say it’s “watered down”

1 week ago | sahanjournal.com | Katrina Pross

The Brooklyn Center City Council voted Monday night to approve a community-led public safety commission, a reform that has been in the works since Daunte Wright was killed by a police officer four years ago. The Community Safety and Violence Prevention Commission was a goal of a public safety act that was passed by the City Council after Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter killed 20-year-old Wright in 2021.
St. Paul officers won’t be charged for fatally shooting armed woman

2 weeks ago | sahanjournal.com | Katrina Pross

The St. Paul police officers who shot and killed an Indigenous woman almost a year ago during a mental health crisis will not face criminal charges, the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Pepsi Lee Heinl, 41, was shot mutiple times by officers who were responding to reports of a suicidal woman at a home on the 1100 block of Rose Avenue East on May 6, 2024.
Activists criticize Brooklyn Center for stalling on police commission

1 month ago | sahanjournal.com | Katrina Pross

Activists say police reform efforts in Brooklyn Center are stalling, after the City Council postponed voting on a community-led public safety commission. After Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright in 2021, the City Council passed a resolution that same year that called for numerous reforms, including creating a commission made up of community members that would provide input on policing and violence prevention.
Indigenous advocates optimistic, cautious about new FBI effort

1 month ago | sahanjournal.com | Katrina Pross

Native advocates in Minnesota hope that a FBI initiative will help solve more crimes in Indian Country in the face of disproportionate crime rates and the disappearance of hundreds of Indigenous community members. The U.S. Department of Justice announced last week that the FBI will send staff to investigate unsolved crimes affecting Indigenous Minnesotans, including missing persons and murder cases.
North Minneapolis school faces second lawsuit over sex abuse

1 month ago | sahanjournal.com | Becky Dernbach |Katrina Pross

A Minneapolis charter school failed to stop a former Teacher of the Year from sexually assaulting one of his middle-school students and should be held liable, a new lawsuit claims. The complaint, filed Wednesday by the former Best Academy student, argues that school leaders looked the other way when parents and staff members brought forward complaints about Abdul Wright.
Mpls City Council overrides Frey’s veto on George Floyd Square plans

2 months ago | sahanjournal.com | Katrina Pross

A Minneapolis City Council meeting grew contentious Thursday, as council members voted to override a mayoral veto about the future of George Floyd Square. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and some council members have been at odds about the future of the intersection where Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officers in May 2020. The council asked city staff earlier this month to study creating a pedestrian plaza at the intersection – E.
Court rules Minneapolis charter school may be liable for hiring sexual abuser

2 months ago | sahanjournal.com | Katrina Pross |Becky Dernbach

A Minneapolis charter school primarily serving African American students may be legally liable for failing to vet a gym teacher who sexually assaulted children on a youth basketball team, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. In 2020, a student sued Harvest Best Academy for failing to properly vet the teacher, Aaron Hjermstad, before he was hired in 2016.
Future of George Floyd Square divides community, city leaders

2 months ago | sahanjournal.com | Katrina Pross

Minneapolis city leaders, residents and business owners are at odds about the future of the intersection where George Floyd was murdered five years ago by police officers who pressed him stomach-down in the street as he begged for air. Artwork and offerings sit at the crossroads where Floyd took his last breath on May 25, 2020 — E. 38th Street and Chicago Avenue. A large fist sculpture stands in the center of a roundabout.
Minnesota should end cash bail, change pretrial detention practices, report says

2 months ago | startribune.com | Katrina Pross

Minnesota should end cash bail, change pretrial detention practices, report saysBlack, Indigenous and low-income Minnesotans spend more time in jail before their cases are resolved, the report found. Sahan JournalFebruary 22, 2025 at 8:00PMIn the final weeks of 2020, COVID-19 blazed through Kandiyohi County jail. (Kandiyohi County jail)A new report recommends that Minnesota should eliminate cash bail and instead create a system that is not based on people’s access to wealth.
Minnesota should eliminate cash bail, report for Legislature says

Feb 14, 2025 | sahanjournal.com | Katrina Pross

A new report recommends that Minnesota should eliminate cash bail and instead create a system that is not based on people’s access to wealth. Minnesota’s pretrial system relies heavily on monetary bail and disproportionately impacts people of color and low-income residents, says the study, which was released Friday. The report was authored by the Minnesota Justice Research Center, a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization committed to criminal justice reform.

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