Minnesota Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into Police Department

Minnesota governor Tim Walz announced the launch of the civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of George Floyd's killing, NBC News reports. The probe will be led by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.

"The Minnesota of Department of Human Rights is filing a commissioner's charge of discrimination and launch a civil right investigation against the Minneapolis Police Department," Walz said to reporters on Tuesday (June 2).

"The investigation will review MPD's policies, procedures and practices over the last 10 years to determine if the...