Video shows Minneapolis cop shooting two dogs in owner's backyard

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers Top stories - Video shows Minneapolis cop shooting two dogs in owner's backyard: The Facebook video is disturbing. A uniformed Minneapolis police officer is seen in the fenced backyard of a home in north Minneapolis. Two dogs come out to see what’s going on. The officer shoots one dog, then the other. As of Sunday afternoon, both dogs were alive but their owner, Jennifer LeMay, was [facing thousands of dollars in bills for vet care and surgery.]( - Tornadoes, hail rake southern Minnesota: [Two tornadoes touched down late Sunday]( in south-central Minnesota, but there were no reports of injuries or serious property damage. The twisters were part of a swath of stormy weather in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. - Minnesota weighs new infrastructure for expected electric-car surge: Thousands of electric cars could soon be rolling on Minnesota’s roads, spurring discussions about [how to keep them all juiced for long hauls]( from Austin to Alexandria or Blue Earth to Bemidji. - Donald Trump Jr. changes story about meeting with Russian lawyer: President Donald Trump's eldest son changed his account over the weekend of a meeting he had with a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, saying Sunday that [the woman told him she had information about Democrat Hillary Clinton.]( A statement from Trump Jr. one day earlier made no mention of Clinton. In his initial depiction of the meeting last June, the president's son said the discussion focused on a disbanded program that used to allow American adoptions of Russian children. President Trump appears to be [backing away from the idea of working with Russia]( to create a "cyber security unit" to guard against election hacking, after he tweeted Sunday morning about discussing such a unit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. - Hennepin sheriff's cooperation with ICE sparks outcry: Hennepin County Sheriff Richard Stanek's office does not honor requests to hold inmates longer for immigration agents. [But it does alert Immigration and Customs Enforcement]( when deputies book foreign-born inmates, among other assists. Such practices spend county resources to do the feds’ bidding and undermine trust in immigrant communities, say a county commissioner, the Hennepin public defender’s office, and immigration attorneys and activists. - Minneapolis DFLers fail to endorse a mayoral candidate at convention: The Minneapolis DFL [failed to endorse a candidate for mayor at its convention]( on Saturday, but state Rep. Raymond Dehn came in a surprising first place among a crowded field of candidates, earning nearly a third of the party’s support and beating out Mayor Betsy Hodges and Council Member Jacob Frey. Minneapolis DFLers [endorsed a slate of newcomer candidates and incumbents for the Park Board]( at the convention, where tensions grew high in the District 3 race. A fight broke out between a supporter of Abdi "Gurhan" Mohamed and State Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband, Ahmed Hirsi, who was supporting the other candidate, Abdikadir "AK" Hassan. Omar announced her endorsement for Hassan earlier and introduced him at the lectern Saturday night. - Ilhan Omar to appear on "The Daily Show": Omar, the nation’s first Somali-American legislator, is [scheduled to appear on Trevor Noah’s national television show]( on Comedy Central this week. - Arden Hills edges closer to battle with expanding colleges: City officials are [studying what they can legally do to corral the ambitions]( of Bethel University and the University of Northwestern-St. Paul, both four-year evangelical Christian schools with robust enrollment. - Owner's affair divides family, costs Twin Cities business millions: About halfway through a special board of directors meeting this spring, Charles Barry, the chairman and chief executive of one of Minnesota’s largest privately owned companies, asked for a motion for his own termination. Minutes later, he was out of his $3.5 million-a-year job at Twin City Fan Companies, a global supplier of air-moving equipment. Votes to fire Barry came from his three adult children, including his son, Michael, who had [raised allegations that Barry improperly spent millions of dollars.]( His ex-wife, Melanie, who divorced him after learning some of the spending went to Barry’s longtime mistress, abstained. - Four-year I-35W rebuild project begins in August: For construction-weary motorists still in the throes of the Lowry Hill Tunnel and I-94 refurbishing project in Minneapolis, here’s news that might have you pounding your dashboard if you aren’t already: In about a month, the Minnesota Department of Transportation starts on another major construction project that [will affect downtown commuters for the next four years.](  Watch this Little bird really, really enjoys Q-tip massage: It entered a state of such deep relaxation [it fell right off its perch.](  Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](.  Trending - Dulono's Pizza closes Lake Street location after 60 years: Dulono’s Pizza, providing food and drink — and the occasional bluegrass music and stand-up comedy — over its 60 years on W. Lake Street, closed down its original locale for good Sunday and is [consolidating operations at its restaurant in the Warehouse District.]( - Couples are attaching padlocks of love along Lake Superior: In the great romantic tradition of Paris, [“love locks” have come to Duluth](. The padlocks, adorned with initials, hearts and other marker-drawn doodles, have mysteriously appeared on some wooden poles from an old pier along Lake Superior. - Mark your calendars, Marshall! Our "Dateline: Minnesota" 150th anniversary tour comes to Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall on Wednesday, July 19. Come on down for drinks, appetizers and a conversation with writers and editors from the Star Tribune and the Marshall Independent about how we cover the news in Minnesota and the changing media landscape. [Full details here.](  Sports roundup - Fans haven't responded to these Twins like they did in 2001: There's several reasons why the 2001 Twins became one of the most beloved teams in franchise history and the current edition [hasn't quite captured their fan base's hearts]( in the same manner, writes Jim Souhan. - Rochester skateboarder's "gnarly style" vaults him to X Games acclaim: Alec Majerus mapped out his life at an early age and never wavered, even though his hometown of Rochester is [not exactly known as a hotbed for skateboarding talent.]( - U's Mariucci Arena renamed in $11.2M deal with 3M: The University of Minnesota announced Monday that it has renamed Mariucci Arena after selling the naming rights to St. Paul-based 3M. [The arena’s new official name is 3M Arena at Mariucci.](  Quote of the day “My dogs were doing their job on my property. We have a right to be safe in our yard.” -- [Jennifer LeMay](, who posted a video to Facebook of a Minneapolis police officer shooting her two dogs in her backyard after responding to a burglar alarm.  Worth a click What should cities do with the tributes after the shooting stops? "For the cities that fill the grimmest of roll calls — Boston and Newtown, Aurora and Orlando, Blacksburg and Tucson, Charleston and College Station — advice on how to handle tragedy comes from conciliatory conference calls, knowing emails and occasional seminars at professional conferences. There are questions that are suddenly both logistical and existential: What do you do with truckloads of teddy bears? How do you prevent mildew? How soon is too soon to dismantle memorials?" [the New York Times reports](.  Trivia winner Congratulations to Kay Larson! Kay was randomly selected from among the readers who correctly answered that Volvo announced it will switch to producing exclusively electric or hybrid vehicles in 2019. She wins a Star Tribune travel mug. Be sure to check back Friday for another trivia question!  From the archives July 10, 1933: Rick Hoye told a committee of the University of Minnesota regents Thursday that the university should be involved in ending world hunger by supporting a boycott of Nestle products. Hoye, 28, who began a hunger strike June 6 after the regents voted against boycotting Nestle products, ended the protest after 34 days. The university student, an international relations major, lost 40 pounds and began eating on the advice of his doctor to avoid permanent damage to his health. Hoye and other Nestle critics object to the company's marketing of infant formula in underdeveloped countries. 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