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The city of Minneapolis has settled the first lawsuit by a demonstrator injured by a police projectile in the aftermath of George Floyd s death.
The City Council has approved a payment of $57,900 to Graciela Cisneros and her attorneys. Mayor Jacob Frey officially signed off on the payout last Tuesday.
Cisneros, 22, suffered an eye injury when a police officer fired a projectile at her on May 29 as she and her partner were walking home after a demonstration. Right now it is looking like she recovered, said Nico Ratkowski, her St. Paul attorney. The settlement made sense based on what my client and what the city were willing to do, he said.
Updated: 2:41 PM PST, January 06, 2021
Dolal Idd, 23, is the first person to be killed by the Minneapolis Police Department since George Floyd.
Why did a Black Minneapolis man Dolal Idd die in a shootout with police on December 30? The 23-year-old allegedly fired the first shots while attempting to illegally sell a handgun to a confidential informant, according to newly released police records.
Idd was prohibited from possessing firearms due to past convictions, but activists are still questioning how the case has been handled.
The three Minneapolis Police officers involved, Officer Paul Huynh, Sgt. Darcy Klund and Officer Jason Schmitt, are on standard administrative leave following the shooting, according to the KSTP.
Dec 30, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minneapolis’ mayor and police chief on Tuesday announced changes in the city’s disciplinary processes for police officers in an effort to make it easier to hold them accountable for bad behavior.
Mayor Jacob Frey and Chief Medaria Arradondo, in their latest initiative to change department practices in the wake of George Floyd’s death, said the city attorney’s office would be more deeply involved in misconduct investigations as soon as they begin, helping to guide them and to analyze evidence.
Frey said more than 50 percent of all disciplinary cases are either reduced or overturned, with arbitrators typically citing due process concerns such as faulty investigation. He called that unacceptable.
Minneapolis' mayor and police chief on Tuesday announced changes in the city's disciplinary processes for police officers in an effort to make it easier to
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