MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council on Friday morning unanimously approved a sweeping plan to reform policing that aims to reverse years of systemic racial bias.
The 11-0 vote means that the public can now read the 144-page settlement agreement between the city and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, which charged the city with a pattern of discrimination in the wake of the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
"This is the legacy of George Floyd," City Council President Andrea Jenkins said shortly before the council voted on the agreement, which restricts a host of aggressive police tactics, seeks to reduce officer misconduct, and support the wellness of cops on the street.
