Category: Investigative

All We Know About Mayor Frey’s Connections to the $250 Million Food Aid Scandal

Minneapolis, MN – Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has several connections to the Feeding Our Future food scandal, with his senior policy aide among the primary players named in recent indictments. 

On Monday federal charges were announced against the 49th defendant allegedly involved in stealing nearly…

Patriot Front Nazis Who Destroyed Arthur Ashe Mural Identified

Richmond, VA – New evidence identifies two men behind the racially-motivated vandalism of a mural portraying Black tennis legend Arthur Ashe last October.

Previously unpublished photos and videos, leaked from inside the neo-nazi organization Patriot Front, show members of the group destroying several paintings in…

Patriot Front Members Exposed in Parking Lot Clusterf*ck

Fort Washington, MD – On Dec. 4, 2021 around 250 members of the neo-nazi group Patriot Front marched through Washington, D.C. wearing white masks. With aesthetics echoing the Ku Klux Klan and Nazi Germany, they stopped to rally by the Capitol as their leader Thomas…

Eugenics, Border Wars & Population Control: The Tanton Network

Nearly everything Americans hear about the U.S.-Mexico border is wrong, and it’s very likely because of one relatively small but extremely well-funded and influential group of American racists.

On July 5, 2022, a group of officials in Texas held a curious press conference. It consisted…

Unscathed: How the Press Helps Hide Target’s Harm [Film]

This 30-minute short film examines the role of the mainstream media in denying the voices of Black youths and adults in Minneapolis. The press serves as an intermediary between the multinational retail giant Target Corp., who funds draconian policing and prosecution, and local government. Experts…

Docs Show MPD Communicating With Military About Boogaloo Members

Minneapolis, MN – A ‘Boogaloo Bois’ member interview during 2020 unrest in Minneapolis triggered a wave of intra-agency information sharing which ultimately connected to a federal investigation and indictments. Documents obtained by Unicorn Riot, including emails from the Minneapolis Police (MPD) sent to the FBI,…

Amir Locke’s Killer Gave Illicit Drugs to Protesters in 2012 Scandal

Minneapolis, MN – Mark Hanneman, the Minneapolis Police officer who killed Amir Locke while executing a pre-dawn no-knock warrant, was heavily involved in giving illicit drugs to unhoused people and Occupy Wall Street protesters in 2012. At the time, Hanneman was an officer in the…

January 6 Documents Reveal Plans to Overturn 2020 Election as Military Questions Deepen

Washington, D.C. – Clearer evidence is slowly emerging from January 6, 2021, when hundreds of organized far-right rioters raided the U.S. Capitol while top-level military authorities hesitated to respond. New documents produced in recent days for the Congressional Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th…

KARE 11 Outed a Whistleblower to the Minneapolis Police. He Killed Himself.

A Minneapolis city employee blew the whistle, and killed himself after he was identified and fired. Nearly six years later, there has been no official accountability nor substantive media coverage of this corrupt investigation.

Alan Ditty—union pipefitter, dedicated worker, son and brother*— died on March…

“Abortion is Sacred:” The Past and Present of Reproductive Rights

When the topic of reproductive health pops up in U.S. news—usually with conservative states trying to limit its access—it’s easy to forget, or perhaps many haven’t learned, that less than 150 years ago, the now polarizing hot-button issue of abortion was a widely accepted part…

School Board Disruptions Escalate, Funded By Conservative Dark Money

An escalating series of demonstrations focusing on COVID-19 restrictions in public schools have created dangerous and chaotic conditions for school boards across the country in recent months. Egged on by a cadre of right-wing influencers, concerned parents from across the right-wing spectrum have flocked to…