Garland announces sweeping police probe after Floyd verdict
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President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the White House in Washington, after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department is opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis after a former officer was convicted in the killing of George Floyd there, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday.
The decision comes a day after former officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death last May, setting off a wave of relief across the country. The death prompted months of mass protests against policing and the treatment of Black people in the U.S.
Justice Department investigating Minneapolis police after George Floyd verdict
Updated Apr 21, 2021;
Posted Apr 21, 2021
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about a jury s verdict in the case against former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)AP
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By MICHAEL BALSAMO and AMY FORLITI
WASHINGTON (AP) The Justice Department is opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis after a former officer was convicted in the killing of George Floyd there, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday.
The Justice Department was already investigating whether Chauvin and the other officers involved in Floyd’s death violated his civil rights.
Garland announces sweeping police probe after Chauvin verdict
Updated Apr 21, 2021;
Posted Apr 21, 2021
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about a jury s verdict in the case against former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) The Justice Department is opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis after a former officer was convicted in the killing of George Floyd there, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday.
The Justice Department was already investigating whether Chauvin and the other officers involved in Floyd’s death violated his civil rights.
Attorney General Merrick Garland says the Justice Department is opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis after the guilty verdict in George Floyd’s death.