On the evening of August 1, 2002, Melissa Jayne Schmidt, a 35-year-old White/Caucasian female police officer with the Minneapolis Police Department, responded to a call about a woman with a gun at a public housing complex. Officer Schmidt and her partner met the 60-year-old female suspect, Martha Donald, at the Horn Towers. After a preliminary search of Donald and her vehicle yielded bullets but no firearm, the suspect requested to use the restroom.
Officer Schmidt escorted Donald to a pu
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