The Minneapolis City Council is poised to vote on a consent decree with the federal government aimed at reforming the city's police department following a scathing Justice Department report. The agreement, negotiated in response to allegations of systematic discrimination and civil rights violations, would require changes overseen by an independent monitor.
A police officer points a hand cannon at protesters who have been detained pending arrest on South Washington Street in Minneapolis on May 31, 2020, as protests continued after the death of George Floyd .
As a result, the city and police department agreed to negotiate a deal with the federal agency to require changes overseen by an independent monitor and approved by a federal judge. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, several council members and police accountability activists all welcomed the prospect at the time as a move toward healing the city.
A state court judge in 2023 approved a similar agreement between Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights after the state agency issued its own blistering report in 2022. The state investigation found that the city’s police had engaged in a pattern of race discrimination for at least a decade.
It has reached agreements with Seattle, New Orleans, Baltimore, Chicago and Ferguson, Missouri. A consent decree with Louisville, Kentucky, after an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor is waiting court approval. In Memphis, Tennessee, the mayor last month pushed back against pressure for a consent decree there, saying his city has made hundreds of positive changes since the beating death of Tyre Nichols.
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