Minneapolis police officer outed as OnlyFans model by driver she pulled over: 'I've seen your private parts'



A Minneapolis police officer was reportedly outed as an OnlyFans model when a driver recognized the female cop from her pornographic content during a recent traffic stop.

The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating an officer for allegedly having an OnlyFans account that featured adult content.

Last weekend, a driver was pulled over by a Minneapolis police officer. After about 10 minutes, the driver reportedly recognized the female cop as an adult entertainer on OnlyFans.

The driver purportedly told KMSP-TV, "Then we were doing a little talking and checking, and I was like, 'Man, she got an OnlyFans page. I’m on her OnlyFans page.'"

The anonymous driver alleged that the unnamed Fourth Precinct officer shared sex videos and explicit photos on her OnlyFans page. The driver said that he had subscribed to the officer's OnlyFans account for five months.

"You got to go to the VIP, and you get to see the videos of her and her, I guess, husband. I guess that’s who it is. They do full sex videos," the driver claimed.

The driver said, "You can’t arrest me no more; I’ve seen your private parts. I wouldn’t want her to be arresting me, and I just saw you and your husband last night for $29.99 have sex on OnlyFans. I just can't respect you or the precinct that you’re working at."

The cop's OnlyFans account states that she is a "Free spirited, Overly Optimistic, Creator of Sexy Content to Please Others!" According to a screen capture of the site, the OnlyFans model offers "amateur porn," "custom" videos, and "sexy pics."

The chief of the Minneapolis Police Department confirmed that an investigation has been launched to determine if the 35-year-old officer violated any policies by being an erotic model.

"We take any allegations of policy violations seriously and the chief has ordered an investigation," Chief Brian O'Hara said in a statement.

According to KSTP-TV, MPD policy states: "All employees are prohibited from working off duty under the following conditions: ... any establishment that provides adult entertainment in the form of nude, semi-nude or topless exhibitions."

A spokesperson for Mayor Jacob Frey (D) said in a statement: "If all we're talking about is naked pictures behind a paywall, the mayor has no issue. However, the chief will determine if there are any policy violations."

According to KMSP-TV, "It's not clear how long the investigation will take. But, as of the last check, the officer’s OnlyFans page is still up and running. FOX 9 did ask how long colleagues and administrative staff have been aware of the site, but we did not get an answer."

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4th of July chaos: Videos show 'war zone' erupt in Minneapolis as police, residents attacked with fireworks



Independence Day celebrations in Minneapolis descended into chaos as police and residents were attacked with fireworks, videos reveal.

Independent journalist Rebecca Brannon wrote on Twitter, "Insanely chaotic night across Minneapolis as I tracked 250-500 group of mostly juveniles across the city until 3 AM. State troopers as far as Stillwater joined MPD tonight but authorities were still overwhelmed; many officers seemed very frustrated."

Brannon posted numerous videos of people intentionally launching fireworks at buildings, residents, cars, and police officers on the night of the 4th of July. Brannon noted that several of the people firing fireworks were dressed in all black and wearing masks.

Brannon said she was attacked: "Hundreds set off a war zone of fireworks shooting at people and vehicles – behind and all around me. One person even started shooting roman candles at me while I filmed."

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A young man suffered a serious injury to his abdomen after a firework exploded in a crowd of people.

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A WCCO-TV news team was feet away from a firework exploding while conducting an interview about the chaos in the neighborhood near Boom Island.

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There was a confrontation between police officers and several individuals near Lake Calhoun. An officer orders the group to "go home" and accuses them of "terrorizing people."

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KMSP-TV reported that commercial-grade fireworks were being launched from a vehicle at Minnehaha Regional Park.

Erin Gormley, caretaker for her condominium near Bde Maka Ska, told KMSP-TV, "They were shooting explosives at me because I was protecting the property. They had no regard for anything, they were putting fireworks, like explosive ones, under the cars."

Gormley added, "I felt afraid. I was not going to leave my front door."

Despite the heavy police presence, including officers from the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and a Minnesota State Patrol helicopter, the crowds seemed unwilling to disperse.

Local resident Erin Hewitt said, "There was just a complete disrespect for everybody. Once the police came, there was no leaving. They were just hanging out, they weren’t listening to the police whatsoever. It was pretty intense."

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said at a press conference, "The targeting of innocent people with fireworks is unlawful, dangerous, and wholly unacceptable."

"But it was really I think after midnight, we had probably a couple of hundred young people gathered in the area of the lake around Bde Maka Ska," O'Hara stated. "And that was where it became challenging just because there were so many kids gathered, onlookers to observe this activity, and they were parked deeply into some of the neighborhoods there. And it just took us time to clear everybody out. And just because of the volume of that, then it became, you know, trying to keep disrupting them wherever they were, then trying to go after them."

Police said there were 16 people arrested, 11 of whom were juveniles.

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Minneapolis school bus driver shot in the head while young students still on board



A school bus driver in Minneapolis was shot in the head Wednesday as three students, all under the age of 10, were still on board, according to reports.



The unidentified driver was taken to a local hospital with injuries police said did not appear life threatening. None of the children were injured.

As expected, some were quick to blame guns for the violent crime spike in Minneapolis.

Too darn many guns!
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Guessing the easy access to guns led to this shooting.
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But not everyone has forgotten the massive "defund the police" movement pushed by so many of the Minneapolis' progressive politicians, including at least nine members of the City Council and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, which even Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison ultimately admitted was "not a good thing."


I love all the people blaming everything EXCEPT the complete and utter lack of a police presence in the north. North Minneapolis is a complete warzone. And sending a 'crisis counselor' to talk to people about their feelings ain't the answer.
— Alex Miller (@Alex Miller) 1644458972
Thank God the driver is okay. More Omar defund anyone? First the riots & arson allowed to happen by one party, now the byproduct of the defund with epic minority murder with rampant crime. Leadership change needed more than ever cuz dems can't reverse from this much like CNN/MSM
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Minneapolis City Council and mayor vote to fund police department to nearly pre-George Floyd levels



Following the tragic death of George Floyd, Minneapolis became the home of the defund the police movement, and even contemplated abolishing the police. However, the government of Minneapolis has completely reversed course after a near-record crime wave has hit the city. Now the city is voting to fund the police.

Nearly two weeks after the death George Floyd, nine of the veto-proof council's 13 members began the process of dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department.

"We are here today to begin the process of ending the Minneapolis Police Department and creating a new, transformative model for cultivating safety in Minneapolis," the City Council declared in June 2020.

Days later, the City Council passed a resolution "declaring the intent to create a transformative new model for cultivating safety" for the police department.

By September 2020, violent crimes spiked, as did property crimes – even arson was up 55% compared to the same time in 2019. At the same time, more than 100 police officers left the department in the first nine months of 2020.

By November 2020, violent carjackings skyrocketed by 537% compared to the previous year.

In February 2021, the Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to approve $6.4 million in additional funding that the police department had requested after the crime rate continued to swell.

By May 2021, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) – previously a proponent of defunding the police – admitted that limiting law enforcement led to a spike in violent crime.

"It's just the reality of the solution, you know," Mayor Frey conceded. "When you make big, overarching statements that we're going to defund or abolish and dismantle the police department and get rid of all the officers, there's an impact to that. We need accountability and culture shift within our department, and we need police."

"It's going to take a very comprehensive effort," Frey added. "Yes, it includes safety beyond policing, and it includes police. And, you know, I'm one that has been working lock step with our Chief Arradondo, and I'm calling on the council members to try to work with him as well."

Because crime continued to swell, a Hennepin County District Court judge ordered in July 2021 that the Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey to "immediately take any and all necessary action to ensure that they fund a police force."

As of Thursday, Minneapolis had recorded its 91st homicide, according to Minneapolis Police Department data. The previous record for homicides in the city is 96, set in 1995.

Now, Minneapolis has done a complete 180 regarding defunding the police.

"Mayor Jacob Frey and the City Council last week agreed to a $1.6 billion budget that includes just over $191 million for the Police Department (MPD), restoring its funding to nearly the level it held before George Floyd was killed in 2020," the Star Tribune reported on Saturday.

The outlet noted that the "urgency faded as crime surged and the 'defund police' message became a political liability."

Council Member Phillipe Cunningham – who lost his re-election bid this fall – said, "There wasn't more of that type of action because there wasn't the political will, really, to do so."

Steve Cramer – president of the Downtown Council – added, "This vote is a first step on a long road back from the division over public safety that has characterized the past 18 tumultuous months in Minneapolis."

Other cities have had major regrets in originally supporting the defund the police movement, such as Portland and Los Angeles – which voted to increase police spending by $36 million.

Fiery protests erupt in Minneapolis for third night after man was killed in police shooting: 'Time for the police to get killed'



For the third straight night, protests erupted in Minneapolis as demonstrators reacted to the shooting death of a man by law enforcement that happened on Thursday afternoon.

Members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force attempted to arrest Winston Boogie Smith, who was wanted on a state arrest warrant for being a felon in possession of a firearm. When law enforcement tried to take Smith into custody on the top level of a parking ramp in the Uptown neighborhood, he allegedly "produced a handgun" and fired shots from inside his vehicle at the officers, according to officials. U.S. Marshals returned fire and struck Smith, 32, who was pronounced dead at the scene. A 27-year-old female passenger in the vehicle was transported to the Hennepin County Medical Center for treatment of glass injuries sustained during the shooting and released.

"Evidence at the scene indicates that the man fired his weapon from inside the vehicle. BCA crime scene personnel recovered a handgun as well as spent cartridge cases from inside the driver's compartment," the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in a statement.

There is no footage of the fatal shooting because the U.S Marshal Service does not allow the use of body cameras for officers serving on its North Star Fugitive Task Force.

Smith was wanted in neighboring Ramsey County for failing to appear for a sentencing hearing scheduled for May 19 after he pleaded guilty to felony firearm possession, court records show.

Smith was convicted of felony aggravated robbery in 2017 and was on probation, which meant he was prohibited from possessing a firearm. "If he had been nabbed with a firearm by cops Thursday, he could have sent back to prison," according to the New York Post.

Following George Floyd's death, Smith allegedly made life-threatening posts towards police and called for a "war" against law enforcement.

"We got guns and bullet proof vest too or should be able to get em… why not just rush these f***s and start this war they keep asking for!" Smith reportedly wrote on Facebook.

"F*** justice anyway b**** justice is an eye for eye u kill one of mine we need one of yours that's justice! Right or wrong f*** being right cuz they keep doing us wrong," he allegedly posted on social media. "I'm down with the burn everything government not touch s*** else I don't even need to loot I'll buy my s*** just kill them dirty ass cops off we tired of being scared at the red light!"

Protesters took to the streets on Thursday night to demand "justice" in the shooting death of Winston Boogie Smith. Protesters barricaded streets and set fires. The demonstrations escalated at times on Thursday night with storefront glass being destroyed, and there was looting at a T-Mobile store and CVS pharmacy.

Tonight protesters in Uptown have barricaded off Lake Street and Girard Ave and have started a fire after a homicid… https://t.co/haTJ3sdyLn

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Uptown Target. https://t.co/hspToVQ7wX

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The BLM protest in Minneapolis devolved into looting overnight. A large group smashed their way into the @TMobile s… https://t.co/a5jc9qTcxu

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CVS off Lake Street was broken into and looted. Currently someone has arrived to board up the shattered windows.P… https://t.co/3UwzVXutnN

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A protester celebrated the attack on a Minneapolis police precinct from last summer, "When your precinct burned, America rejoiced. People celebrated seeing your comrades run for their lives!"

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There was graffiti on an L.A. Fitness gym that reads: "No trial for us, no trial for them. MPLS still hates cops. Kill cops."

One video features a demonstrator making death threats to police officers.

"It's time for the police to get killed," a man is heard screaming. "One of y'all is gonna die this week."

"I'mma shoot your kids before I shoot y'all, and make you watch," the man yelled at the police. "Y'all better call the National Guard because guess what – y'all gonna need help."

Then fireworks are launched at the police guarding a gas station.

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There were more protests on Friday night, when there were at least 27 people were arrested, mostly on riot charges, according to police. Agitators set multiple dumpsters on fire in Minneapolis.

Thick smoke in the air as dumpsters burned at Hennepin & Lake Street in Minneapolis this Friday night https://t.co/Z9LdrV6mLZ

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On Saturday night, protesters marched through the city chanting anti-police slogans, "I smell b****es! Oink! Oink! Motherf*****!"

The crowd, some of which were flying "Black Lives Matter" flags, were heard chanting, "No good cops in a racist system!" Other chants ring through the streets of Minneapolis, "If Winston don't get it – burn it down! Who shut this down? We shut this down! Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe!"

“Oink! Oink! Mother f*cker!” #Uptown #WinstonBoogieSmith #WinstonSmith #Minneapolis https://t.co/jARxY4hRQ3

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Larger crowd than last night, and this one is being led by CAIR. These events tend to turn into altercations. Tonig… https://t.co/dEEHqdLKWw

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There was also anti-cop graffiti posted on the street, which depicted police as pigs. Anti-police rhetoric such as "ACAB(All Cops Are Bastards," F*** 12," "Cops = Terrorists," and "This will continue until the police are abolished." There was a tribute to Winston Smith and "Black Lives Matter" also written on the street.

Lake & Girard. #Uptown #WinstonBoogieSmith #WinstonSmith #Minneapolis 2/2 https://t.co/Rt3hHYSzsT

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Minneapolis mayor admits that calls to 'defund the police' led to a spike in crime



Minneapolis made waves last year as it got the leftist mantra of "defund the police" rolling to the point that it became a national movement and political priority for much of the progressive left in 2020. Now the mayor has admitted that the loud cries to get rid of the police contributed to the current spike in crime.

What's going on now?

The city council vowed last year in the wake of the death of George Floyd to get rid of the police, and Mayor Jacob Frey did little to stand in their way, despite claiming that he did not want to fully abolish the police — which famously upset protesters who confronted him on the subject.

As the movement to defund the police gained steam, crime in the city began to increase as cops left the force. After a while, the same city council that trashed cops and threatened to gut their departments realized the city needed help, and they were forced to outsource its police work.

Just a few months later, the council voted so spend an additional $6.4 million on the police. But the damage had already been done.

Crime has been spiking in Minneapolis. Just last weekend, seven people were shot in a span of 12 hours, according to WCCO-TV.

The problem has become so severe that Mayor Frey is holding meetings with community leaders in an attempt find solutions to the spike in violent crime. And he has been forced to admit that the calls to abolish the police are at least partly responsible.

Last Friday, Frey told citizens the city needs to get to work stopping the criminals.

"The violence needs to stop, it's unacceptable," he said, WCCO reported. "People deserve to feel safe in their neighborhood, they deserve to be able to send their kids out to the sidewalk to play and to recreate without bullets flying by. That's unacceptable. We should be holding those perpetrators accountable."

He added that the city currently doesn't have enough officers to respond to the city's crime needs, and he hopes city council members will actually try to work with Police Chief Medaria Arradondo.

"It's going to take a very comprehensive effort," Frey added. "Yes, it includes safety beyond policing, and it includes police. And, you know, I'm one that has been working lock step with our Chief Arradondo, and I'm calling on the council members to try to work with him as well."

What else?

But at least one community leader, Pastor Dale Hume, was not going to let the city's leadership off the hook easily and made sure to let Frey know that the anti-police rhetoric coming from the city council played a role in the spike in crime.

"To people who think that the easy solution to this is defund the police, when you live here and something like this happens, you can obviously see that is not the solution," Hume said, WCCO reported.

Frey said he agrees.

"It's just the reality of the solution, you know," the mayor admitted. "When you make big, overarching statements that we're going to defund or abolish and dismantle the police department and get rid of all the officers, there's an impact to that."

He added, "We need accountability and culture shift within our department, and we need police."

According to WCCO, the mayor intends to release a new plan this week that includes increased public safety and police accountability.

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DOJ launches bias probes into Minneapolis, Louisville police departments — and more are likely coming



Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday that the Department of Justice has opened a sweeping "pattern and practice" investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department to probe whether systemic racial bias exists within the department.

The news followed the launch of a similar investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department last week following the conviction of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for his role in the death of George Floyd in late May.

Chauvin was pronounced guilty of murder and manslaughter by a jury on April 20 for kneeling on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest while Floyd repeatedly said that he couldn't breathe. The incident, which was captured on video, sparked violent protests across the country over alleged racial injustice and police brutality.

By launching two local police department probes within a week, the Biden administration appears determined to take on a much larger role in monitoring and overhauling local policing under the suspicion that systemic racism exists within the nation's police departments.

During a meeting following his announcement of the Minneapolis probe, Garland told leaders of some of the nation's largest law-enforcement organizations that more investigations would be forthcoming, the Wall Street Journal reported.

In a news release announcing the Louisville probe, the Justice Department said it will assess "whether LMPD engages in discriminatory policing, and also whether it conducts unreasonable stops, searches, seizures, and arrests, both during patrol activities and in obtaining and executing search warrants for private homes.

"The investigation will include a comprehensive review of LMPD policies, training, and supervision, as well as LMPD's systems of accountability, including misconduct complaint intake, investigation, review, disposition, and discipline," the release noted.

While the release made no mention of Breonna Taylor, the police-involved incident which resulted in her death almost certainly served as the impetus for the investigation.

Taylor, a 26-year-old black woman, was killed last March in Louisville, Kentucky, when police executed a no-knock search warrant on her home in connection to an active drug case. During the forced entry, Taylor's boyfriend, allegedly thinking officers to be home invaders, shot at them. Police returned fire, striking Taylor and killing her.

Three officers were fired from the department as a result of the incident and two of them have been indicted for recklessly firing a weapon and endangering Taylor's neighbors.

In the Justice Department news release, Garland suggests that the investigations are aimed at achieving "public trust" and "protecting the civil rights of everyone in our country."

Pamela S. Karlan, principal deputy assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, added, "The Constitution and federal law require law enforcement officers to treat all people fairly and equitably, regardless of race, disability, or participation in protected First Amendment activities. The investigation we are announcing today will examine whether these laws are being violated, while also analyzing the root causes of any violations we may find."

Alternate Chauvin juror admits: ‘I was concerned about people coming to my house if they were not happy with the verdict’



Lisa Christensen, an alternate juror in the Derek Chauvin murder case, admitted this week that she was worried about people showing up at her door if they weren't happy with the verdict handed down.

What are the details?

Christensen spoke with KARE-TV, where she recalled her experience as an alternate juror in the nation's most-talked about murder case.

She told the station that her heart "broke a little" when the judge told her she would serve only as an alternate juror, as she had "mixed feelings" about being on the trial.

"There was a question on the questionnaire about [wanting to be on the jury] and I put I did not know," she said. "The reason, at that time, was I did not know what the outcome was going to be, so I felt like either way, you are going to disappoint one group or the other. I did not want to go through rioting and destruction again, and I was concerned about people coming to my house if they were not happy with the verdict."

Christensen added that she ultimately would have voted guilty.

"I feel like Chauvin is responsible for Mr. Floyd's death," she said. "I did consider the defense's points about the enlarged heart, the narrowing of the arteries, the drug use. But regardless, I do not think he would have passed away on that day at that time [if it weren't for Chauvin]."

She added, "The videos are what really nailed it."

What about the Floyd family?

Christensen said that if she could tell the Floyd family anything, she would apologize.

"I really feel their pain and their struggle," she said. "I have not personally been to 38th and Chicago [where Floyd died], but I think I will. It will be the final closure for me to pay my respects and let George Floyd know that we did the best we could."

She said that she also feels compassion for Chauvin.

"I am sad for him too. I wish it didn't have to happen," Christensen added. "I do not know how it goes from a $20 counterfeit bill to somebody dying. He should have just written him a ticket and let him go. I think it got out of hand quick."

Chauvin's guilty verdict not enough: DOJ set to probe Minneapolis PD for ‘systemic policing issues’



The Department of Justice is set to launch a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday, just one day after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.

A 12-person jury pronounced Chauvin guilty on all counts Tuesday for his role in Floyd's death last May. Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, suspected of using a counterfeit bill, died after Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes while performing an arrest.

Video of the incident quickly circulated online and Floyd's death became a lightning rod for outrage over alleged police brutality against black people, sparking violent protests and riots across the country and around the world.

But the guilty verdict will not be the end of the painstaking months-long saga. According to the Associated Press, the Justice Department is "already investigating whether Chauvin and the other officers involved in Floyd's death violated his civil rights."

And on Wednesday, Garland announced that the Justice Department "has opened a civil investigation to determine whether the Minneapolis Police Department engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing."

"Yesterday's verdict in the state criminal trial does not address potentially systemic policing issues in Minneapolis," Garland said.

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As the attorney general stated, the forthcoming investigation is known as a "pattern or practice" probe, during which investigators will seek to determine if the police department as a whole is guilty of engaging in or promoting unconstitutional or unlawful policing.

"It will examine practices used by police, including use of force and force used during protests, and whether the department engages in discriminatory practices," the AP reported, summarizing Garland's remarks. "It will also look into the department's handling of misconduct allegations and its treatment of people with behavioral health issues and will assess the department's current systems of accountability."

During Chauvin's trial, Lt. Johnny Mercil, the officer in charge of teaching the use of force training in the Minneapolis Police Department, testified that the technique employed by the defendant to restrain Floyd is not something the department teaches.

While Floyd was struggling on the ground, he repeatedly pleaded with Chauvin to release him saying, "I can't breathe."

The situation, however, was complicated when an autopsy report showed that at the time of his arrest, Floyd's significant conditions included "fentanyl intoxication" and "recent methamphetamine use," in addition to "Arteriosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease."

Chauvin’s Conviction Will Never Be Enough For A Democratic Party Bent On Destruction

While Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murdering George Floyd, make no mistake. It won't appease the left at all. In fact, they're emboldened.