Dig deep into racial discrimination! Minnesota will investigate Minneapolis Police Department

　　China News Service, June 3, according to foreign media reports, on the 2nd local time, the African-American man Freud of Minnesota City was violently executed by police and was killed by police throughout the United States. The governor of Minnesota said on the 2nd that the human rights department of the state will launch a civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department.

On June 1, local time, in the center of Atlanta, Georgia, the police and the people who participated in the demonstrations kneeled down to protest the violent law enforcement against American African-American men.

　　The investigation announced by the Governor of Minnesota, Tim Waltz on the 2nd, will review the policies and procedures of the Minneapolis Police in the past 10 years to determine whether the department has adopted discriminatory practices against people of color.

　　Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero will lead the investigation.

　　Derek Shavin, a former Minneapolis police officer suspected of violent law enforcement, has been arrested and charged with level 3 murder and manslaughter, and the other three police officers involved were fired.

　　The governor said the move was the first systematic investigation of the state’s largest police department by the human rights department. Waltz said the state is also seeking an agreement with the city’s police department to take immediate measures to address the systemic problems of racial discrimination.

　　"This is an action to investigate the pattern of racial discrimination in the Minneapolis Police Department," said Lisa Bender, chairman of the Minneapolis City Council. "I think this is an unusual move. It is commendable that the State Council contacted the city in advance and we have had some very fruitful dialogues."

　　She said that Lucero began contact with city councillors on the evening of the 1st. "We will start with the investigation and the whole process requires the city and state governments to work together through the court system to reach agreement on the next steps." Bender said. "These are both the department's short-term next steps and long-term structural changes."

　　According to the latest department data, although 40% of Minneapolis residents are people of color, they are involved in 74% of police use of force. 63% of the cases involved African descent.