UPDATED: Champion's Bar Sues City, Alleges Discrimination and Retaliation
Bar in the Lyndale neighborhood asking for unspecified monetary damages.
Thursday morning, the owner of a bar in the Lyndale neighborhood filed a lawsuit suit against the City of Minneapolis, alleging discrimination and retaliation by city business inspectors and a senior police commander. Champion's Bar and Grill, located at the intersection of Blaisdell Avenue South and Lake Street, was the target of a large police sting operation in late 2011 and early 2012 that resulted in charges against 14 drug users and small-time drug dealers. In the lawsuit, owner Rick Nelson claims that the Minneapolis Police Department's commander initiated the operation and conspired with city license inspectors to target his bar with trumped-up licensing violations. He also claims that he and his staff work diligently to prevent …
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