Minneapolis will adhere to police reform consent decree despite DOJ's dismissal plan, officials say [View all]

Minneapolis officials say the city will adhere to a consent decree ordering expansive reforms to its police force despite the federal government's plan to end its investigation into the department.

"Here is the bottom line: We're doing it anyway," Mayor Jacob Frey said Wednesday. "We will comply with every sentence of every paragraph of the 169-page consent decree that we signed this year."

The Minneapolis City Council approved the consent decree on Jan. 6 and subsequently filed it in federal court. The agreement said the Minneapolis Police Department would require its officers to "promote the sanctity of human life as the highest priority in their activities," and must not allow race, gender or ethnicity to "influence any decision to use force, including the amount or type of force used."

A federal judge needed to approve that consent decree before it went it effect. However, the DOJ requested and was granted multiple stays of court proceedings.

The U.S. Department of Justice said the consent decrees proposed by the Biden administration sought to subject the Minneapolis police to sweeping arguments that went beyond accusations of unconstitutional conduct and would have led to "years of micromanagement."

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