Speaking from the bench Thursday afternoon, Judge Karen Janisch said she would allow the two parties to move forward with the agreement that they negotiated.
A Hennepin County Judge on Thursday approved a consent decree between the City of Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights requiring the police department and city to make “transformational” changes in the interest of public safety.
Minnesota's Human Rights agency issued a blistering report last year after its investigation found the police department had engaged in a pattern of race discrimination for at least a decade.
MINNEAPOLIS — A Hennepin County judge on Thursday signed a court order approving a settlement agreement between Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, setting in motion a sweeping