Investigation exposes "systemic problems" of Minneapolis police
STORY: Investigation exposes "systemic problems" of Minneapolis police
DATELINE: June 18, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:23
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: POLITICS
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STORYLINE:
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday released an investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD), exposing its "systemic problems" including racial discrimination and the use of excessive force.
Prompted by George Floyd's killing, the two-year investigation disclosed the MPD's constant engagement "in pattern or practice of conduct that deprives people of their rights under the Constitution and federal law."
The MPD "unlawfully discriminated against Black and Native American people when enforcing the law" and local residents' constitutional rights were frequently violated, according to the investigation.
Dangerous techniques and weapons against people who had committed at most a petty offense and sometimes no offense at all were used by the MPD, the investigation found, and it also u
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