Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, flanked by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (L) and Chief Brian O'Hara of the Minneapolis Police Department, speaks at a news conference after the Minneapolis City Council approved a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice approving a federal consent decree, at the U.S. Courthouse in Minneapolis on Jan. 6, 2025. Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP
Minneapolis on Monday agreed to systemic reforms to its police department and to submit to outside oversight after a federal investigation spurred by the 2020 killing of George Floyd uncovered a pattern of civil rights abuses.
Minneapolis and the U.S. Justice Department reached a court-enforceable agreement, known as a consent decree, that will seek an outside independent monitor to report on the city’s progress.
