Minneapolis PD agrees to consent decree and monitoring for civil rights violations after George Floyd’s murder, AG declares

Police worn body camera footage from former Minnesota Police Officer Thomas Lane shows the arrest of George Floyd (via Hennepin County (Minn.))

Announcing a broad recipe for reform in the wake of the murder of George Floyd while in police custody, Attorney General Merrick Garland said that the Minneapolis Police Department signed an agreement placing it under the oversight of an independent monitor.

“George Floyd’s death had an irrevocable impact on his family, on the Minneapolis community, on our country, and on the world,” Garland said. “The patterns and practices of conduct the Justice Department observed during our investigation are deeply disturbing. They erode the community’s trust in law enforcement. And they made what happened to George Floyd possible.”

The Justice Department recommended 28 measures to clamp down on civil rights violations, including retaliation for free speech and discrimination against people with disabilities.

“To the credit of MPD and city lead leaders, some important changes have already been instituted,” Garland said Friday at a press conference. “Those include prohibiting all types of neck restraints and banning no-knock search warrants. But as the report outlines, there is more work to be done.”

The AG first announced his investigation shortly after the verdict of Derek Chauvin, stating that he would search for a “pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing.”

The 92-page report makes four central findings, and the first goes to the heart of the Floyd tragedy — faulting the Minneapolis PD for using “excessive force, including unjustified deadly force.”

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