Records show Minneapolis Park Board established, then abandoned, two committees for police oversight efforts for the Minneapolis Park Police Department. The committees were formed in response to the public outcry over a 2018 incident where Minneapolis Park Police officers handcuffed four Somali-American teenagers and held them at gunpoint near Minnehaha Falls.
With major events back on the books for this summer, Minneapolis park officials say their police department doesn’t have enough officers or resources to handle the full lot.
The defense began presenting its case Tuesday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis cop charged in George Floyd s death. Testimony focused on Floyd s drug use and a defense use-of-force expert said Chauvin was justified in restraining Floyd.
After the state rested its case Tuesday morning, defense attorney Eric Nelson called a retired Minneapolis officer who pulled Floyd over in 2019.
Scott Creighton said he pulled his weapon when Floyd wouldn t show him his hands. In body camera video played in court, Creighton raises his voice and uses an expletive as he commands Floyd, a passenger in a car he pulled over, to show him his hands. Floyd can be heard asking the officer not to shoot him.