Statements & Media

Statements and Press Releases

• May 13, 2025: Due Process is Not at Odds with Survivor Safety

• January 9, 2025: Violence Free Minnesota Statement on the Laken Riley Act

• November 13, 2024: Violence Free Minnesota Analysis on November 7, 2024 Duluth Murders-Suicide

• June 21, 2024: Statement on the US v. Rahimi Decision

• May 8, 2024: Statement in Support of the Campus Protestors

• February, 20 2024: Statement on Burnsville Police and EMT Domestic Violence Homicides

• December 14, 2023: Statement on Solidarity with the Civilian Victims of State Conflict & Statement on the Genocide in Gaza

• July 21, 2023: Statement on Nine Intimate Partner Homicides in Two Weeks

• June 24, 2022 Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade

• October 1, 2021 Press Release: Violence Free Minnesota Issues 2020 Homicide Report

• April 29, 2021 Open Letter: New Beginnings

• April 20, 2021 Open Letter: Following the Guilty Verdict of Officer Derek Chauvin in the Murder of George Floyd

• April 15, 2021 Statement: Community Organizations Call on Walz, Frey, Carter and Hutchinson to Stop “Operation Safety Net” Immediately

• March 19, 2021 Statement: Standing Against Anti-Asian Hate

• January 26, 2021 Press Release: Intimate Partner Homicide Victims Remembered in Memorial

• October 1, 2020 Press Release: Violence Free Minnesota Issues 2019 Homicide Report

• September 14, 2020 Statement: Open Statement Regarding Hmong LGBTQ+ Lives

• July 24, 2020 Statement: Transforming Public Safety

• May 28, 2020 Statement: Coalition Calls for Widespread Criminal Justice Change

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2021: Media

• "Facing the Music," Star Tribune

• "Records: Man suspected of killing ex-girlfriend in St. Paul had history of domestic assault, harassment," KSTP 5

• "Nurse and mother of two identified as victim of St. Paul murder-suicide," KARE 11

• "Health care shooting pushes clinics toward more vigilance and assessments," Star Tribune

• "KARE 11 Investigates: Woman charged after reporting domestic assault," KARE 11

• "Violence Free Minnesota remembers 28 people who were killed last year," PostBulletin

• "Minneapolis woman's death underscores the troubling increase in domestic violence during pandemic," FOX 9

• "As pandemic deepens domestic violence, 28 Minnesotans slain last year are remembered," Pioneer Press

• "In ‘heartbreaking’ year, 34 homicides in St. Paul match most on record in the city," Pioneer Press​

• "HOPE is a collaborative effort," Faribault Daily News

 

2020: Media

• "During Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Learn How to Help Victims of Abuse and Violence," WJON

• "UPDATE: Donors pull support for U of M after professor spending scandal, call domestic abuse policy changes 'overdue'," KSTP

• "Wellness Wednesday: Becky Smith of Violence Free Minnesota," the Current

• "Domestic Violence in Minnesota: Data and Solutions," Minnesota Women's Press

• "Domestic killings in 2020 already surpass last year," MPRNews

• "Domestic Violence Awareness month begins," PostBulletin

• "Report: At least 21 Minnesotans killed due to domestic violence in 2019, up from year before," Duluth News Tribune

• "Has pandemic lockdown led to more domestic violence in Minnesota?," Star Tribune

• "Domestic violence proclamation signed days after murders," PostBulletin

• "Domestic violence support providers staying busy during pandemic," PostBulletin

• "Increase in calls to Minnesota's domestic violence hotline amid stay-at-home order," Fox9

• "Lino Lakes prison official charged with domestic assault," Star Tribune

• "During pandemic, Har Mar Superstar thinks — and colors — outside the box," MPRNews

• "Advocates brace for possible spike in domestic abuse during pandemic," Star Tribune

• "Coronavirus: An Almanac Special," Twin Cities PBS

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