'He was a good man': Family of Floyd calls for justice

Recipe for summer: Storms, hot air then sun. Forecasts for tonight and tomorrow sound pretty typical for Minnesota’s summer weather: Showers, possibly severe thunderstorms are expected Tuesday night in southern Minnesota. A hot, sunny summer day returns tomorrow, with highs in the upper 70s to the upper 80s.

Minneapolis police to be investigated for civil rights violations. In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, the state Human Rights Department is launching an investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department’s policies, actions, procedures, training and practices for the last 10 years. Gov. Tim Walz and state leaders have vowed that the probe would not end in a report tossed on a dusty shelf.

MPD used a neck restraint tactic at least 237 times in the past 5 years. The specific tactic used by former officer Derek Chauvin has been widely denounced, but according to analysis from NBC News , Minneapolis police relied on some form of neck restraint at least 237 times in the past five years. In 44 of those instances, the people being restrained lost consciousness. For more on the data, MPR News host Cathy Wurzer talked with Emily Siegel, an associate producer with the NBC News Investigative Unit.

Primaries tonight in 9 states: Check out live results. Yes, it’s still an election year, and several states today have primaries up and down the ballot: Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. Here are some key races to watch and live results of the primaries today.

— Jiwon Choi, MPR News