Minneapolis, George Floyd and police reform

Minneapolis agrees to overhaul police training and force policies after George Floyd’s murder
Minneapolis has approved an agreement with the federal government in response to the murder of George Floyd that would require reforms within the city’s police department under long-term court supervision.
Four years later, George Floyd's murder leads Minneapolis police to take on reform
The Minneapolis City Council has approved a consent decree agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice that will implement major reform within the Minneapolis Police Department. The agreement comes after a two-year investigation from the DOJ into the MPD's patterns and practices.
Minneapolis agrees to police reform deal following George Floyd probe
The city of Minneapolis has agreed to a series of police reforms after a probe from the Justice Department in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. A court-enforceable agreement
Minneapolis, Justice Department reach police reform agreement. What is a consent decree?
The DOJ announced Minneapolis agreed to make systemic reforms to its police department after the 2020 murder of George Floyd sparked a federal probe.
The overlaps and differences between the Minneapolis police federal, state consent decrees
The federal consent decree formalizes many policies that the police department put in place when the world’s attention was on Minneapolis after George Floyd’s murder in 2020 that are also in the settlement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.
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