BREAKING: Attorney General Merrick Garland announces results of DOJ probe into Minneapolis police in wake of George Floyd murder.
June 16, 2023, 11:04 AMThe Minneapolis Police Department for years engaged in a pattern of discriminatory law enforcement practices against Black and Native American people, using unnecessary excessive force and violating the rights of protesters expressing their First Amendment rights, a more thanThe results of the sweeping 'pattern-or-practice' investigation, prompted in part because of the police killing of George Floyd that sparked racial justice protests across the country in 2020,...
"We observed many MPD officers who did their difficult work with professionalism, courage, and respect. But the patterns and practices we observed made what happened to George Floyd possible," he said. "As one city leader told us, 'These systemic issues didn't just occur on May 25, 2020. There were instances like that, that we're being reported by the community long before that.
Investigators found the MPD used unjustified deadly force in encounters with suspects, engaged in unreasonable use of force in encounters with young suspects and at times failed to give proper medical aid to people they had taken into custody.
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