Minneapolis police still use force on Black people at disproportionate rate
CNNCNN — In the months after George Floyd’s death, Minneapolis Police Department officers reported using force on far fewer people – but then use of force spiked late last year, a CNN analysis of department data found. RELATED: How Minneapolis Police first described the murder of George Floyd, and what we know now The analysis, which comes as the Justice Department announced Wednesday it would open an investigation into the MPD’s practices, suggests that the prosecution of former officer Derek Chauvin in Floyd’s death hasn’t led to a sustained reduction in use of force by Minneapolis officers – or the racial disparities in who is subject to police force. The most common type of force officers reported using both before and after Floyd’s death was a “body weight pin.” Other commonly used types of force include joint locks, punches, takedowns, and personal mace. CNN reported last year that Minneapolis police reported using neck restraints on hundreds of people in the years before Floyd’s death, two-thirds of whom were Black.
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