By City News Service
May 8, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday will review an independent report that found problems with how the Santa Monica Police Department responded to May 31 protests and civil unrest sparked by a Minneapolis officer's murder of George Floyd.
The report, which was conducted by OIR Group at the request of the City Council, began in October 2020 and was released on Tuesday. The team reviewed emails, texts, audio recordings, body-camera footage and other footage, as well as interviewed participants and observers of the events, held two public listening sessions and targeted listening sessions with the Board of Directors of Downtown Santa Monica and people involved in the Black Agenda for Santa Monica project.