Report Finds Pattern of Discrimination by Minneapolis Police
The Facts
- A Minnesota Dept. of Human Rights report released on Wed. claims that the Minneapolis police dept. engages in a pattern of racial discrimination.
- The report states that the police dept. possesses a culture "averse to oversight and accountability," and accuses its leaders of failing to correct its extensive problems.
- Among its findings, the report claims that police disproportionately use severe force against, and perform traffic stops on, Black individuals. They are also accused of covertly tracking Black individuals and organizations online.
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The Spin
Left narrative
Minneapolis police are routinely using excessive violence and addressing people with racist and misogynistic slurs, yet the force is failing to empower officers to speak out against such abhorrent behavior. Serious and urgent changes are needed to protect the civil liberties - and lives - of Black Minneapolitans.
Right narrative
Policing has been undermined beyond recognition by radical leftists. Democrats have been pushing the falsity that policing in the US is systematically racist to force through legislation attacking cops. Yet, no one talks about the violence police face everyday, including BLM and Antifa mob violence which caused $2B worth of destruction in just under a year.
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