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The Minneapolis City Council is looking at streamlining it's approach to police reform by merging it's federal and state requirements.

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Minneapolis City Council looks to streamline approach to police reform by merging federal and state requirements

Councilmembers are weighing merging the state consent decree with the now dismissed federal decree

George Floyd Square in South Minneapolis, where he was killed in 2020 sparking an investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department by the Department of Justice.

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Federal judge dismisses consent decree between U.S. Justice Department and Minneapolis

The move - which was not unexpected - ends a yearslong investigation and agreement to reform policing

Members of the Minneapolis Police Department monitor a protest on June 11, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The MPD has been under scrutiny from residents and local city officials after the death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25.

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State and city leaders push back on Justice Department's decision to end police reform agreement with Minneapolis

"It is a clear sign that Trump doesn't give a damn," says Attorney General Keith Ellison

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Brian O'Hara Wednesday at a press conference at City Hall.

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Minnesota's court agreement with Minneapolis Police will stay in place despite Justice Department ending federal oversight

Deal with the Dept. of Human Rights is still active and in effect and will require the city to make policy changes

The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division will attempt to dismiss police-accountability agreements with the Minneapolis Police Department. They're also dismissing a similar suit against the Louisville Police Department.

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Department of Justice will move to dismiss police accountability agreement with Minneapolis

They're also dismissing a similar suit against the Louisville Police Department

Ebony Dobbins, who claims claims officers entered their family home through an open window around 1:00 a.m. in north Minneapolis after neighbors had called police about her escaped dog.

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Local group demands firing of four Minneapolis officers they allege intimidated them over lost dog

Minneapolis police deny the claims and say complaints about the incident are under independent investigation

Minneapolis Police Officers in 2020, and Los Angeles Police Officers in 1992 during the riots in each city.

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1992 vs. 2020: What can the Minneapolis Police Department learn from the Los Angeles Police Department?

LAPD faced a consent decree after the 1992 Rodney King beating and riots and spoke to the MPD Wednesday

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara (L) and former Chief Medaria Arradondo (R) are confronted as they arrive for a vigil at George Floyd Square on May 25, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Minneapolis says they will continue with consent decree no matter what Trump Administration changes

A Justice Department memo says the new administration “may wish to reconsider” such agreements

Attorney General Merrick Garland, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara (L-R) at a press conference announcing a consent decree in Minneapolis after a Justice Department investigation into the city's policing practices.

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Justice Department leadership orders freeze on civil rights cases which could affect Minneapolis' consent decree

New administration “may wish to reconsider” such agreements and may abandon two recent consent decrees

Police officers form a line in an alley next to the Minneapolis Police Department s Third Precinct headquarters at the Intersection of Hennepin Ave. and Lake Street Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis.

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Minneapolis approves police reform deal with Justice Department in the wake of George Floyd’s murder

Agreement will usher in changes and more oversight of the Minneapolis Police Department

Michael Wilson (R) speaks with Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara (L) and former Chief Medaria Arradondo (C) as they arrive for a vigil at George Floyd Square on May 25, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, three years since Floyd was killed in 2020 by a Minneapolis police officer.

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Minneapolis City Council members weigh a federal consent decree with city before it is filed in Federal Court

Decree requires city and MPD to implement major changes in addressing discriminatory and race-based policing

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Minneapolis City Council voting Thursday on contract with police union

City Councilmember Latrisha Vetaw says she supports the pay increase after the reforms she has seen

Mayor Jacob Frey, Police Chief Brian O'Hara, Minneapolis, Police

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Minneapolis selects company that provides early intervention system for police

Intervention system for police under the department's consent decree hopes to stop officer misconduct earlier

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Local group demands firing of four Minneapolis officers they allege intimidated them over lost dog

1992 vs. 2020: What can the Minneapolis Police Department learn from the Los Angeles Police Department?

Minneapolis says they will continue with consent decree no matter what Trump Administration changes

Justice Department leadership orders freeze on civil rights cases which could affect Minneapolis' consent decree

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Minneapolis approves police reform deal with Justice Department in the wake of George Floyd’s murder

Minneapolis City Council members weigh a federal consent decree with city before it is filed in Federal Court

MPD chief reacts on reports of consent decree agreement

Minneapolis City Council voting Thursday on contract with police union

Minneapolis selects company that provides early intervention system for police

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