Monday, the Minneapolis City Council solidified an agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Justice that will usher in changes and more oversight of the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by police in 2020.

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' City Council voted on Monday to agree to systemic reforms to its police department and to submit the department to outside oversight after a U.S. federal investigation spurred by the 2020 murder of George Floyd uncovered a pattern of civil rights abuses.

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MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council has approved a deal between the city and the U.S. Department of Justice ... five years after the murder of George Floyd sparked outrage in Minneapolis ...

The deal with the federal government would incorporate and build on changes the Minneapolis Police Department has made since Floyd, a Black man, was killed by a white officer in 2020

The Minneapolis City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the federal government in response to the murder of George Floyd that ... since the Department of Justice issued a scathing ...

Minneapolis approves police reform agreement with federal government in the wake of the 2020 murder of George Floyd.

The investigation was prompted in part by the 2020 police killing of George Floyd, which sparked racial justice and anti-police brutality protests nationwide. The Justice Department released its ...

It had been under negotiation since the Department of Justice issued a scathing critique of the city’s police in June 2023. “George Floyd’s ... standing together, united in this, and for ...

With only two weeks left in the Biden administration, officials hurried to finalize a plan in the city where George Floyd was murdered.

The Minneapolis City Council has agreed to a federal consent decree to implement major reforms within the Minneapolis Police Department.