MINNESOTA: "The Minneapolis City Council on Monday approved the terms of a federal consent decree outlining sweeping reforms to the city’s police department. It’s been about a four-year process that started after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officers in 2020. The city hasn’t shared the tentative agreement, but based on other consent decrees in other U.S. cities, it could involve changes to the use of force or bias awareness training. Kristen Clarke, Assistant U.S. Attorney General with the Civil Rights Division, said the consent decree, if approved, will require the city and the Minneapolis Police Department to follow the court order under the supervision of an independent monitor and she said it covers several areas of concern. “Limiting the use of force, closely regulating or eliminating some types of force altogether and adopting a system to thoroughly and fairly investigate uses of force,” said Clarke.

There is no set timeline for the court to rule on the consent decree, but it is expected to happen in the coming weeks. The goal is to get the consent decree filed in federal court and signed by a judge by Jan. 20, partly because Trump’s previous administration put limits on consent decrees."

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