Before Chauvin: decades of Minneapolis police violence that failed to spark reform
by Amudalat Ajasa and Lois Beckett from US news | The Guardian on (#5H1M4)
Highest-profile incidents prompted intervention from local, state, or federal officials and promises of reform
A day after a jury convicted Derek Chauvin, a white former police officer, of murdering George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, the US justice department announced a sweeping investigation into whether Minneapolis police systematically violate citizens rights, use excessive force and discriminate against people of color.
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