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Fatal police encounters in Minnesota since 2000

By Jennifer Bjorhus,

MaryJo Webster,

Jeff Hargarten and

Kelly Smith

June 25, 2018 at 5:33PM
Yellow law enforcement line with police car and lights in the background.
Yellow law enforcement line with police car and lights in the background. (Star Tribune file/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Star Tribune collected the names and stories of everyone who died after a physical confrontation with law enforcement in Minnesota since January 2000, and continues to update this database as new incidents occur.

about the writers

about the writers

Jennifer Bjorhus

Reporter

Jennifer Bjorhus  is a reporter covering the environment for the Star Tribune. 

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MaryJo Webster

Data Editor

MaryJo Webster is the data editor for the Star Tribune. She teams up with reporters to analyze data for stories across a wide range of topics and beats and also oversees a small team of other data journalists.

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Jeff Hargarten

Data Journalist

Jeff Hargarten is a Minnesota Star Tribune journalist at the intersection of data analysis, reporting, coding and design.

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Kelly Smith

Reporter

Kelly Smith covers nonprofits/philanthropy for the Star Tribune and is based in Minneapolis. Since 2010, she’s covered Greater Minnesota on the state/region team, Hennepin County government, west metro suburban government and west metro K-12 education.

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