US Attorney General Merrick Garland has delivered the findings of a two-year investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department.
The investigation was started after the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a then Minneapolis police officer.
Merrick Garland announced that the 2020 m Murder of George Floyd was part of a “pattern or practice” of excessive force used by the department and years of unlawful discrimination against Black Americans.
He held a press conference to reveal the findings of the two-year investigation by the Department of Justice (DoJ) into the conduct and training of the Minneapolis police department (MPD) both before and after George Floyd’s death at the hands of officers in the city in 2020.
The Department of Justice had opened the investigation after the 2021 conviction of Derek Chauvin, the most senior officer on the scene that night, who kneeled on Floyd’s neck for almost 10 minutes as he begged to be allowed to breathe.
Chauvin and his three fellow officers, who were all fired soon after the murder, were also convicted of federal hate crimes.
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