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In Ferguson, Missouri, which became an epicenter for police reform after mass protests following the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014, there were major changes eight years later.
In The Minneapolis Reckoning, Michelle Phelps offers an incredibly compelling description of the many acts of resistance, and the responses prompted by that resistance, that arose from the murder of ...
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 known as a ...
Minneapolis mayor, police chief respond to DOJ’s consent decree dismissal plans 01:44. Minneapolis officials say the city will adhere to a consent decree ordering expansive reforms to its police ...
Five years after the killing of George Floyd, where do police reform efforts stand? 02:51 Five years after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the city is still ...
In announcing a settlement with Minneapolis for police reform, U.S. Department of Justice officials cited five other cities that have seen success following similar court-ordered action: Seattle ...
A new federal reform plan for the Minneapolis Police Department could be announced as soon as Monday, according to reports ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis did everything Barack Obama asked it to. Its mayor and the city council appointed a reform-minded police chief who emphasized a guardian mentality, instead of a warrior ...
Minneapolis police contract is just one of many vehicles for reform, and this is not the end of that effort It’s progress, though, and we recommend its approval. By Catherine Shreves, John ...
Minneapolis measure wouldn't have done it Call to 'defund' policing isn't solution. Remove politics from police reform, get to root causes of social isolation and end traffic stop incentives.
Police reform has been a powder keg issue following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Problem policing in Minneapolis has history. In 1945 the city’s new mayor, Hubert Humphrey, vowed to reform a force riddled with mob-connected corruption and cops openly engaged in despicable ...