This is not another story about the Julie Nelson boat crash. (You're welcome.) It's about what happened after the Star Tribune published its story about the boat crash: How the article was challenged, how quickly it disappeared, why the paper issued a full retraction, and what
20 minutes after ICE shot and killed Renee Good, they told MPD to "hold the perimeter" of their crime scene. ICE told MPD it would "handle" the ICE agent's shooting and gather the evidence. MPD held the perimeter and let ICE and critical evidence leave. And they did it again. And again.
Federal enforcement brought fear and violence into Minneapolis. Records show MPD moving deeper into that machinery under Frey’s command while urgent calls waited, command rules blurred, and federal systems further obscured MPD’s duty, decisions, and accountability to the public.
For now, this site is a container for deep-dive analysis of public records I requested from the Minneapolis Police Department from November 2025 through February 4, 2026, which include emails, incident reports, 911 transcripts, internal communications, and federal-local law-enforcement agreements.