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Video released of break-in at Masjid Uthman in North Minneapolis on Sunday night. Video surveillance footage shows two masked individuals entering the mosque while a third waited in a vehicle circling outside. The MN Chapter of the Council on American -Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) has condemned the break-in and notes that even though no interior damage occurred the break-in has left the community shaken.

Break-In at Masjid Uthman in North Minneapolis Amid Ongoing Pattern of Attacks Targeting Mosques CAIR-Minnesota Condemns Break-In at Masjid Uthman in North Minneapolis Amid Ongoing Pattern of Attacks Targeting Mosques

Community members, law enforcement officers, and education activists spoke on Feb. 13 at a House Public Safety Finance and Policy committee meeting. Legislators were discussing House File 3489, which modifies use of prone restraints by school resource officers, following passage of an earlier bill in the 2023 legislative session.

Read the committee summary here:

House Committee Discusses Updates to 2023 SRO Bill In a Feb. 13 hearing, legislators with the House Public Safety Finance and Policy committee met to discuss updates to school resource officer legislation originally passed during the 2023 legislative…