S.14 attorneys general joined Governor Kristi Noem’s fight to restore South Dakota’s July 4th fireworks display, the latest in a year-long showdown between state and federal officials. On Wednesday, attorneys general of 16 states filed amicus briefs in support of Noem’s lawsuit against the Home Office to restore the July 4th fireworks display at Mount … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Dolal Idd’s family and supporters stood in front of Governor Tim Walz’s house on Friday demanding justice. It came after Dakota District Attorney Kathy Keena announced that three police officers would not be charged with the fatal shooting of Idd seven months ago. Keena said the lethal force was warranted after a … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Dakota county attorney Kathy Keena announced Friday that the shooting of Dolal Idd by three Minneapolis police officers was justified with lethal force. Keena says the decision not to bring charges against officers Paul Huyhn, Darcy Klund and Jason Schmitt was made after a thorough review of the facts surrounding Idd’s death … Read more
Steve Martinez, a 46-year-old Bismarck resident who participated in protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline four years ago, was detained at the Burleigh County Detention Center on Wednesday, February 3. His attorney, Moira Meltzer-Cohen, said he was arrested after being scorned in court for refusing to comply with a grand jury subpoena to investigate the … Read more
Dakota County attorney James Backstrom Every time James Backstrom signs his name in ’78 he has to include his middle initial so he can remember his father. Clifford Backstrom was a firefighter for more than three decades, giving his son a duty to serve the public. In February, Clifford Backstrom’s son will retire shortly after … Read more
“The North Dakota attorney general and attorneys general across the country – they’re the top law enforcement officers and they filed a lawsuit in the US Supreme Court based on allegations, and I find that just incomprehensible,” Jon Western said. A native of Bismarck, Professor of International Relations at Mount Holyoke College and Five Colleges … Read more
PIERRE, SD (KELO) – Prosecutors defending Amendment A against a lawsuit by the governor of South Dakota now argue that there is a “high probability” that legalizing recreational marijuana will harm the black market for cannabis. But private lawyers for the two law enforcement officers who act as the governor’s front men counter that voters … Read more
PIERRE, SD (KELO) – The South Dakota Supreme Court says a South Dakota attorney may not provide ethical services to a client engaged in marijuana activities if the sale of marijuana is legal in South Dakota, but under federal law forbidden is. The ethics statement was posted in the latest edition of the State Bar … Read more