Man with mental health issues found naked in Minnesota Capitol, raising new security concerns

Is MN's political culture behind its lack of heavy Capitol security?

Minnesota’s statehouse is something of a holdout in terms of its openness to the public. Some Capitol denizens say that’s cultural — and wonder if it will change in the wake of June’s shootings.

Man with mental health issues found naked in Minnesota Capitol, raising new security concerns

A naked man with apparent mental health issues was found in the Minnesota State Capitol late at night, officials said Saturday, raising questions about security after the top Democrat in the state House was killed in what authorities have called a political assassination. He was later arrested after returning to the Capitol grounds two more times on Saturday. The discovery in St. Paul just six weeks after the fatal shooting of Democratic former …

Minnesota legislators to be offered enhanced home security measures

ST PAUL, MN – Legislators in Minnesota are taking action to increase security for its fellow members. The moves come after Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed, along with Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were injured by Vance Boelter last month. A Senate DFL spokesperson says the chamber will cover the cost of enhanced home security to members who request it. The home service will be paid…

Uvalde, Minnesota - Lawyers, Guns & Money

The Strib has a detailed report on the police response to the MAGA assassinations and attempted assassinations in Minnesota, and…it is not good: About the same time officers at the Hoffman residence were reviewing the home security footage, some police departments began checking on state politicians. But it took more than an hour for Brooklyn Park police to visit the Hortman home. At 3:35 a.m., two Brooklyn Park police officers arrived at the H…