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Minneapolis police chief resigns after scandal over sexual misconduct investigation

A report found that Brian O’Hara probably interfered with investigation in what mayor called a ‘breach of trust’

The Guardian - US · May 27

Decorated police officer shot dead in ‘ambush’ by man he was trying to help during shootout

Jamal Mitchell, who had saved an elderly couple from a fire on his third day in uniform, was killed by a person he was trying to assist

The Independent UK · May 31, 2024

England's 'most beautiful village' seen in all UK passports ruined by raw sewage

The picturesque town of Bibury in the Cotswolds is one of the most iconic images in the UK and features on the inside cover of all UK passports - but Thames Water has been pumping sewage into the water

Daily Mirror · May 3, 2023

This Program Aims to Correct the Culture of Acquiescence That Allowed Derek Chauvin to Kill George Floyd

"Active bystandership" training encourages officers to stop their colleagues from violating people's rights.

Reason · Jan 31, 2022

Testimony: Minneapolis police trained to ignore city's civil rights report on ketamine, excited delirium

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis Police Department instructed officers to ignore a watchdog report published by the city's civil rights division in 2018 that found several cases of police inappropriately asking paramedics to sedate uncooperative people during emergency calls, according to court testimony from the police department's former training commander.

Tribune News Service · Jan 31, 2022

Trial to resume for cops accused of violating Floyd's rights

Testimony will resume for a second week as the federal trial continues for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2022

Defense attorney says paramilitary culture, inadequate training stopped rookie officer from intervening on George Floyd's death

MINNEAPOLIS — A defense attorney for a former Minneapolis police officer questioned Friday whether poor training and a paramilitary culture were to blame for his client's failure to stop Derek Chauvin from killing George Floyd.

Tribune News Service · Jan 29, 2022

3 of 4 Minneapolis officers didn't follow use-of-force policy during Floyd arrest, inspector testifies

MINNEAPOLIS — Three of the four officers who arrested and restrained George Floyd on May 25, 2020, did not act in accordance to use of force policy, a Minneapolis police inspector and longtime academy instructor testified Friday in the federal trial of three ex-Minneapolis officers in Floyd's death.

Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2022

Prosecutors in Floyd killing probe use-of-force training

Prosecutors in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers in George Floyd’s killing are probing department training on use of force, including when to intervene to stop inappropriate force

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022

Minneapolis police inspector testifies about training protocol in civil rights trial

MINNEAPOLIS — Police are obligated to intervene if a colleague uses unnecessary force or puts someone in danger, a Minneapolis police inspector and longtime academy instructor testified Thursday in the St. Paul federal trial of three ex-Minneapolis officers in the death of George Floyd.

Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2022