Monday, the Minneapolis City Council solidified an agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Justice that will usher in changes and more oversight of the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by police in 2020.
The Minneapolis City Council has approved a consent decree agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice that will implement major reform within the Minneapolis Police Department. The agreement comes after a two-year investigation from the DOJ into the MPD's patterns and practices.
The Minneapolis City Council approved a deal to overhaul the city's police training and use-of-force policies over the 2020 killing of George Floyd.
Minneapolis' City Council voted on Monday to agree to systemic reforms to its police department and to submit the department to outside oversight after a U.S. federal investigation spurred by the 2020 murder of George Floyd uncovered a pattern of civil rights abuses.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council has approved a deal between the city and the U.S. Department of Justice ... five years after the murder of George Floyd sparked outrage in Minneapolis ...
Five years after the murder of George Floyd and just ahead of the Trump administration, Minneapolis agreed to enter into a consent decree with the Department of Justice. DOJ cited five others as models for success.
The investigation was prompted in part by the 2020 police killing of George Floyd, which sparked racial justice and anti-police brutality protests nationwide. The Justice Department released its ...
The Minneapolis City Council has approved an agreement with the federal government to overhaul police training and use-of-force policies in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.
It had been under negotiation since the Department of Justice issued a scathing critique of the city’s police in June 2023. “George Floyd’s ... standing together, united in this, and for ...
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the federal government to overhaul the city's police training and use-of-force policies in the wake of the murder ...