After a leaked surveillance video reached the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, the agency began investigating 23 cops implicated in a “melee” that erupted during violent demonstrations sparked by the police killing of George Floyd.
On the night of May 31, 2020 — six days after Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer — dozens of protesters were pushed and hit with batons as officers struggled with two people in the 400 block of North Clark Street, according to a report issued by COPA last November and released publicly on Thursday.
