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Minneapolis is the second U.S. city to reach such an agreement following an investigation started by the Biden Justice Department, despite the department starting a dozen police department ...
The city of Minneapolis has agreed to make systemic reforms to its police department after a federal investigation sparked by the 2020 murder of George Floyd found a pattern of civil rights ...
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A burning building after a night of rioting in Minneapolis in 2020. Violent crime statistics present a particularly concerning aspect of the city's crime landscape. [6] Minneapolis's violent crime rate of 1,155 crimes per 100,000 residents is more than three times higher than the state average and nearly twice the national average. [7]
The new entity sought to work closely with two existing local organizations, Reclaim the Block and Black Visions, that led police abolition protests rallies in June 2020. [8] By the end of the campaign, Yes 4 Minneapolis spent over $3.5 million, with most of the money coming from special interest groups outside the city. [46]
By the beginning of the 21st century, Minneapolis was home to some of the largest racial disparities in the United States. The city's population of people of color and Indigenous people fared worse than the city's white population by many measures of well-being, such as health outcomes, academic achievement, income, and home ownership.
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The first George Floyd protests took place in Minneapolis on May 26 – the day after his murder by Minneapolis police officers – and spread to neighboring St. Paul. On May 28, after protests turned violent, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared a state of emergency and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz activated the Minnesota National Guard. [31]