U.S. to launch probe of Minneapolis police after George Floyd murder-report
April 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is expected to announce a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
The expected announcement by Attorney General Merrick Garland comes one day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd, a milestone in the fraught racial history of the United States and a rebuke of law enforcement's treatment of Black Americans.
President Joe Biden called the conviction of Chauvin a "giant step" toward justice in the United States.
The Justice Department has already made public an investigation into whether the officers involved in Floyd’s death violated his civil rights. (Reporting by Jan Wolfe; Editing by Scott Malone and Chizu Nomiyama)
