On June 16, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the findings of a two-year civil-rights 'pattern-or-practice' investigation, concluding that the Minneapolis Police Department engaged in conduct that violated the U.S. Constitution and federal law, including unjustified use of deadly force and racial discrimination in enforcement. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the practices observed 'made what happened to George Floyd possible,' and the city agreed to negotiate a court-enforceable consent decree. The DOJ launched comparable investigations of the Louisville Metro Police after the killing of Breonna Taylor.
On June 16, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the findings of a two-year civil-rights 'pattern-or-practice' investigation, concluding that the Minneapolis Police Department engaged in conduct that violated the U.S. Constitution and federal law, including unjustified use of deadly force and racial discrimination in enforcement. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the practices observed 'made what happened to George Floyd possible,' and the city agreed to negotiate a court-enforceable consent decree. The DOJ launched comparable investigations of the Louisville Metro Police after the killing of Breonna Taylor.
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Federal civil-rights enforcement holding a local institution to constitutional standards is an accountability mechanism; mapped to the accountability-pressure driver as the closest available analogue.
