The US Justice Department accused the Minneapolis police of discriminating against Black and Native American people. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd in April 2021.
Ednews informs via DW that a two-year investigation by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) concluded on Friday that the Minneapolis Police Department, responsible for the killing of George Floyd, had a pattern of exercising excessive force and discrimination against Black people.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the investigation's findings at a press conference on Friday.
The Minneapolis Police Department "uses excessive force, including unjustified deadly force" and "unlawfully discriminates against Black and Native American people when enforcing the law," the DOJ concluded.
The investigation was launched in April 2021 after a white former police officer, Derek Chauvin, was convicted of murdering Floyd by kneeling on his neck for over nine minutes as he was handcuffed on the ground.
Floyd's killing in May 2020 sparked nationwide and international Black Lives Matter protests calling for Black people's rights.
President Joe Biden called the findings "disturbing" and reiterated his "urgent" call for Congress to pass "common sense reforms that increase public trust, combat racial discrimination and thereby strengthen public safety."