'Dad Went to War': Alleged Killer's Message Shocks Family and Officials

'Dad went to war': Alleged killer's message shocks family and officials

Thompson says the U.S. Attorney's Office can charge the case federally because Boelter stalked his victims using the internet and GPS.

Rest in Power, Melissa Hortman—The Kind of Leader Patriarchy Fears

"I'm not sorry. ... I'm really tired of watching women of color in particular being ignored." Over the weekend, the feminist movement lost a lion. Melissa Hortman, former speaker of the Minnesota House and longtime champion of reproductive justice, climate action and racial equity, was senselessly gunned down in a targeted attack at her home. Her husband, Mark, was also killed.  Kelly Dittmar, a political science professor at Rutgers University-…

The People Search Sites in the Suspected Minnesota Killer's Notebook Are a Failure of Congress

On Monday, federal and state authorities charged Vance Boelter with the murders of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband. An affidavit written by an FBI Special Agent, published here by MSNBC, includes photos of a notepad found in Boelter’s SUV which included a long list of people search sites, some of which make it very easy for essentially anyone to find the address and other personal information of someone else in the U.S. The SUV co…

‘Dad went to war’: Vance Boelter tried three lawmaker homes before killing Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and husband, charges say

He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.

OMG. Boelter showed up an ANOTHER Minnesota legislator's home in between the two shootings.

From an article in the Minnesota StarTribune: 11:27 a.m. - Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Joe Thompson said a police officer in New Hope saw Vance Boelter at another state senator’s home on Saturday night between his alleged shooting of John and...