The U.S. Department of Justice has released the findings of their investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department, saying cops routinely violated the Constitutional rights of citizens, used excessive force, and discriminated against Black and Native American people in enforcement activities. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the findings of the investigation …
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The former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back and restrained him was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison Friday after previously pleading guilty to second-degree manslaughter in connection to Floyd’s killing on May 25, 2020. J. Alexander Kueng — already behind bars at a Lisbon, Ohio prison …
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The Minneapolis Police Department turned a blind eye to white nationalists and white supremacy movements online, even as its officers created fake social media accounts to surveil and troll law-abiding Black community members “without a public safety objective.” That’s just one of dozens of shocking revelations from a two-year investigation …
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