Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The history of police in Minneapolis continues. The 1980s brought the controversial Chief Tony Bouza to Minneapolis. A look at his paradoxical views on policing and their impact. How does this history echo into the present?

0:00 Tony Bouza Comes to Minneapolis
5:01 The Minneapolis Police and the LGBTQ+ Community
8:11 Police Entrapment
12:30 New Minneapolis Police Stations
19:23 The Repoliticisation of the Minneapolis Police
23:06 The Minneapolis Police in the 21st Century

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