Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Justice Department has opened a civil investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department to determine if the department “engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing.”
“The new civil investigation is separate from and independent of the federal criminal investigation into the death of George Floyd that the justice department has previously announced,” Garland said.
This is the first major announcement made by Garland since he was confirmed last month as attorney general.
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