DFL backers say closer tracking of bias incidents that do not always rise to the level of a crime is key to tackling discrimination. GOP critics painted the bill in a very different light.
The two parties say they will amend the agreement if the Justice Department negotiates a conflicting consent decree with Minneapolis over racist policing patterns.
The Minneapolis City Attorney's Office is requesting to see more evidence that supports the Department of Human Rights findings of race-based policing at MPD.
When the Minnesota Department of Human Rights filed its 72-page charge of discrimination against the beleaguered and undermanned Minneapolis Police Department, I submitted a Data Practices Act request with the department for public inspection of the 480,000 pages of documents underlying the charge. I do not take the department s charge at face value for reasons I suggested in Who will speak for the MPD? On May 10 I heard back