MPD
How MPD Built a Police Surveillance Operation Around Renee Good’s Memorial — and What It Cost the Community
Molly Priesmeyer
I used to be a journalist. Now I map how systems of power shape policy, practice, and public narratives. My current work focuses on advancing racial equity in education in Minnesota and across public systems.
Media
About That Star Tribune Retraction: What Wisconsin DNR Records Show About How the Story Unraveled
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
Policing
ICE Said It Would Handle Shootings by Its Own Agents. MPD Held the Perimeters and Helped ICE Leave the Scene.
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.
Minneapolis
How Frey and O'Hara Failed Minneapolis During Operation Metro Surge
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.
Minneapolis
What Is This Thing?
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.