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The long-running south Minneapolis cafe that transitioned to a donation-based payment system earlier this year is temporarily closing its doors. Modern Times introduced its donation-based model and changed its name to Post Modern Times in late January. The move came in response to Operation Metro Surge and the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents. The cafe sits in Minneapolis’ Powderhorn neighborhood, one of areas that was most impacted by the federal immigration crackdown. After agents withdrew from Minnesota, owner Dylan Alverson turned the 15-year-old business into a nonprofit. For the past six months, Post Modern...

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[SNIP] Dueling narratives The officer who killed Brown says the teenager rushed at him full speed in the moments before the shooting, according to an account phoned in to a St. Louis radio station and confirmed by a source with detailed knowledge of the investigation. According to the version on KFTK, phoned in by a woman who identified herself as "Josie," the altercation on August 9 began after Officer Darren Wilson rolled down his window to tell Brown and a friend to stop walking in the street. When Wilson tried to get out of his cruiser, Brown first tried to...