Minneapolis leaders approve sweeping settlement to reform policing

MINNEAPOLIS – The Minneapolis City Council on Friday approved an agreement with the state of Minnesota to revamp the city’s troubled police department nearly three years after the police killing of George Floyd. The agreement, which must be approved by a judge, responds to claims by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights which issued a scathing report last year that found Minneapolis police had routinely engaged in racially discriminatory policing for at least a decade and had failed to properly train and hold its officers accountable for misconduct. “This is...