Daily Digest: The evidence
Good morning and welcome to Wednesday. Here's the Digest.
1. Gov. Mark Dayton is scheduled to meet with leaders from the African American community this afternoon. The meeting comes a day after the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension released dashcam video and other evidence collected in the investigation into St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez’s shooting of Philando Castile last year. The dashcam video was a key piece of evidence that led Ramsey County Attorney John Choi to bring a manslaughter charge against Yanez. Prosecutors used the video during Yanez's trial, but a jury acquitted him of all charges last week. The video shows a key eight seconds when the encounter escalated from a routine traffic stop to a fatal shooting. (MPR News)
2. The University of Minnesota will raise tuition this fall at its Twin Cities campus by 2 percent for Minnesota residents and 12.5 percent for nonresidents. A few regents Tuesday lobbied for a tuition freeze or slight decrease for residents, but the board voted overwhelmingly to approve President Eric Kaler’s recommended budget.Kaler said his 2 percent proposal Tuesday was a compromise between the 3 percent resident rate hike he suggested last week and what regents wanted. Undergraduates at the university’s four outstate campuses will see 1 percent increases, except for Duluth nonresidents, whose rate will climb 5.5 percent. (Pioneer Press)
3. Gov. Mark Dayton is headed to Washington next month to make a personal appeal for a waiver allowing Minnesota residents to board commercial planes even if they lack a security enhanced identification card. Minnesota is one of two states deemed not compliant with the Real ID driver’s license standards required under federal law. Missouri is the other. The Legislature approved a Real ID measure in May, but it will take time to ramp up. The state Department of Public Safety is developing the process for issuing the cards, which require applicants to provide more proof of their identity. (MPR News)
4. A hacker, angry that the police officer charged with killing Philando Castile was found not guilty, reportedly broke into state of Minnesota databases, stealing e-mails and passwords. The Minnesota IT Services confirmed the attack and said it’s investigating it, according to a sparsely worded written statement. “Minnesota IT Services’ security forensics team will share any relevant information with law enforcement for review for potential criminal activity.” The hacker, known as “Vigilance,” tweeted on Sunday: “Justice for #PhilandoCastile MN.gov and mnstte.edu Hacked An innocent man is dead, while a guilty man is free.” He later tweeted: “Sit back and watch the chaos unfold. Justice for #PhilandoCastile More leaks coming for more injustices.” (Star Tribune)
5. Tom Hoch will be the first candidate in the Minneapolis mayor’s race to air a TV ad. It debuts Wednesday morning and will run on local and cable channels in June and July. It pokes fun at Hoch’s enthusiasm for the city and spoofs a popular 2016 ad for Gerald Daugherty, who was running for re-election to the Travis County Commissioners Court in Texas. The ad shows Hoch talking about Minneapolis and his work in the city while grilling and at a party, with a jogger and a woman trying to take out her recycling. Hose scenes are intercut with messages from Hoch’s husband, Mark Addicks, who tells viewers, “All he thinks about is Minneapolis.” It ends with a comical plea from Addicks: “Please vote for Tom Hoch as mayor of Minneapolis ... Please.” (Star Tribune)
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