The Matt McNeil Show – April 6, 2022

Hour 1 segment 1: We start today’s show with Matt reacting to the decision not to charge the officer who fatally shot Amir Locke during a no knock warrant search, even though officers Locke was not the target of the investigation.

Hour 1 segment 2: Why the Minneapolis Police Department will likely never change and how the system was setup not to charge the officer who shot and killed Locke.

Hour 1 segments 3/4: It’s our usual Wednesday visit with national political expert Jeff Stein. This week Matt and Jeff talk about Democrats possibly changing their primary/caucus calendar which could impact Iowa’s first in the nation status, why far right wingers like Marjorie Taylor Greene are causing problems for the GOP and more.

Hour 2 segment 1: Some thoughts about how Minnesota laws are written regarding no knock warrants. Then the wacky Republican roundup, which today features the success of Action 4 Liberty candidates getting endorsements around Minnesota.

Hour 2 segment 2: The Star Tribune reports a Twin Cities medical-device firm CEO (Midwest Medical Holdings in Mounds View) has been charged after the IRS says he and his company failed to pay several years of payroll taxes, interest and penalties totaling more than $6 million.

Hour 2 segment 3: Our Democrat of the Day is Richard Painter, who is running for the DFL nomination in the special election for the 1st Congressional district.

Hour 2 segment 4: A look at some of the far right Republican candidates running in the special election for the 1st Congressional district. And a black KCCI reporter speaks out about treatment at an Ankeny, IA school board meeting.

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