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The report noted there were “racial disparities in how MPD officers use force, stop, search, arrest, and cite people of color” and “officers’ use of clandestine social media to monitor black individuals and black organizations not associated with criminal activity.”
The investigation also accused the administration of “a lack of training, which confirms a quasi-military approach to policing that results in officers escalating confrontations or using inappropriate levels of force.”
CNN has reached out to the Minneapolis police and the mayor’s office for comment.
An investigation was launched on June 1, 2020, for a lawsuit against the city by the Ministry of Human Rights to determine whether the police were involved in a “pattern or practice” of racial discrimination.
The investigation reviewed 11 years of information, including stops, searches, arrests, use of force, procedures and training.
The state obtained a temporary court order in 2020 requiring the City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis police to implement immediate changes — including banning neck restraints, choking reservations and requiring officers to interfere with other officers’ unauthorized uses of force, among other changes.
Pattern or practice investigations in police departments are relatively uncommon, and look for patterns of racist, discriminatory, or other problematic behavior, with the goal of reforming the way these departments operate.
The body camera and bystander video that captured the last moments of Floyd’s life on May 25, 2020, show Chauvin kneeling on the neck and back of the 46-year-old black man for more than nine minutes while Floyd gasped for air and told officers, “I can’t breathe.” Floyd’s death and video have sparked lengthy protests across the country over police brutality and racial injustice.
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