DeWayne Thielen

DeWayne Thielen is a guest columnist for Minneapolis Times.

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Jake Lang Is Not a License for Political Violence

Minneapolis can condemn Lang’s racism, charge him for unlawful conduct and still refuse to celebrate the people who attack him. Anything less turns equal...

The Empty Seats at the Defense Table: Why City Council Belongs in the MPD Staffing Lawsuit

Holding Mayor Frey solely liable for a staffing crisis engineered by the City Council’s anti-police wing is an administrative farce. It's time to expand...

To Secure the Future of Minneapolis, Continuity is Key: The Case for Chief Brian O’Hara

O’Hara proved that public safety and constitutional policing are not mutually exclusive; they are two sides of the same coin. In the harrowing summer of...

The Invisible Victims of the Target Boycott

When we "hit them in the wallet," the first pockets to empty belong to the hourly workers—not the executives in the boardroom. If you listen...

In Defense of Competence: Why Sheriff Witt Deserves Our Trust

In a landscape of toxic ideology, Sheriff Dawanna Witt chooses results over rhetoric. Her commitment to public safety proves why professional competence must outweigh...

Three Years for Two Lives: The Insulting Leniency of the William Burton Sentence

In the summer of 2021, Minneapolis was a city defined by a specific, agonizing brand of grief. We weren't just mourning general "gun violence,"...

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