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Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s announcement moments ago that Department of Justice attorneys will investigate the Minneapolis Police Department comes amid a recent shift in DOJ policy.
Garland has said that if DOJ finds unlawful or unconstitutional policing in the Minneapolis Police Department, one possible remedy is a “consent decree.” At its most basic level, this would be an agreement between the DOJ and Minneapolis police department to change any unlawful or unconstitutional “pattern or practices.”
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has concluded his remarks about the Justice Department’s investigation into the Minneapolis police department. Garland’s remarks come one day after former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin was convicted in the death of George Floyd during a May 2020 arrest.
Garland says that the department will issue a public report on its findings if it finds “reasonable cause to believe there is a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing.”
