believe that they engaged in conduct that violates the 1964 civil rights act, and the safe streets act and the americans with disabilities act. specifically, we found that mpd and the city of minneapolis engages in a practice of using excessive force, unlawfully discriminating against black and native american people in enforcement activities, violating the rights of people engaged in protective speech, and discriminating with people with behavioral disabilities and when responding to them in crisis. i will discuss each finding in greater detail. first, we found that the minneapolis police department routinely uses excessive force often when no force is necessary, including unjust deadly force and unreasonable force of tasers.
officers stood by and did not stop him. second, we found that mpd unlawfully discriminates against black and native american people in its enforcement activities, including the use of force following stops. based on our review of the data, mpd officers stopped, searched and used force against people who are black and native american at disproportionate rates. the data showed, for example, that mpd stopped black and native american people nearly six times more often than white people in situations that did not result in arrest or citation, given this irsharn th the population. we found several incidents in which officers were not held accountable for racist conduct until there was a public outcry. for example, after mpd officers stopped the car carrying four
2020. there were instances like that that were being reported by the community long before that. the department of justice has concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that the minneapolis police department and the city of minneapolis engaged in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the first and fourth amendments of the united states constitution. there is also reasonable cause to believe that they engage in conduct that violates title six of the civil rights act of 1964, the safe streets act and the americans with disabilities act. specifically, we found that mpd and the city of minneapolis engages if a pattern or practice of using excessive force, unlawfully discriminating against black and native american people in enforcement activities, violating the rights of people engaged in protected
as one city leader told us, these systemic issues didn tjust occur on 25 may, 2020. there were instances like that that were being reported by the community long before that. we found that mpd and the city of minneapolis engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, unlawfully discriminating against black and native american people in enforcement activities, violating the rights of people engaged in protected speech, and discriminating against people with behavioural disabilities in responding to them when responding to them in crisis. the attorney general talking about that report. caroline, what do you see as the significance of this report and what it s confirming? because obviously we saw protests notjust in the us, but here in the
and the americans with disabilities act. specifically, we found that mpd and the city of minneapolis engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, unlawfully discriminating against black and native american people in enforcement activities, violating the rights of people engaged in protected speech and discriminating against people with behavioural disabilities when responding to them in crisis. the attorney general, merrick garland, there. 0ur washington correspondent jessica parker has been looking at the report s findings. a scathing report from the us department ofjustice today, and as we were just hearing, what it is pointed to is that while the death of george floyd clearly made headlines around the world, sparked protests in the us and beyond, what they are saying is that actually this was not some isolated case.