Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara recently promoted Abdirahman Ali to the rank of Commander, overseeing the Internal Affairs division. Ali became the very first Somali-American officer to reach the rank of Commander at MPD.
new look at how minneapolis police responded and felt about the people protesting the murder of george floyd last year. and it s ugly. newly released body cam footage from may of 2020 reveals some officers talking about hunting civilians and letting them have it. cnn s omar jimenez has this report for us. reporter: good morning, christine. good morning, laura. now, this newly released body camera footage takes us back to may 30, 2020. this is five days after george floyd was murdered. now, according to court documents, that particular night this police unit was driving down lake street, clearing out people who were not adhering to the curfew with 40 millimeter nonlethal rounds. the court documents show afterward as part of a debriefing with this unit, the minneapolis police commander said this.