DOJ Report Exposes Years of Illegal and Racist Policing by Minneapolis Police
The Justice Department has found that the Minneapolis police routinely discriminated against Black and Native American people, used deadly force without justification, and trampled the First Amendment rights of protesters and journalists. The damning findings grew out of a multiyear investigation and may lead to a court-enforced overhaul. The federal review was touched off by the murder of George Floyd, a Black man, by a Minneapolis officer in 2020. Minneapolis officials appeared at the news conference alongside the attorney general on Friday and promised to negotiate with the Justice Department to reach an overhaul agreement, known as a consent decree, that would be monitored in federal court and would force specific changes to the Police Department.
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- Minneapolis Police: Scathing Report Exposes Racist and Unconstitutional Policing The New York Times
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