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Plaintiffs represented by the ACLU of Minnesota have reached a settlement with former MPD union head and Lt. Bob Kroll over his role in the police violence against demonstrators during the George Floyd protests.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Minneapolis City Council has approved a court-enforceable agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights to reform the Minneapolis Police Department. Now the city must immediately take steps to implement this order.
The ACLU of Minnesota applauds the decision to end this discriminatory law that led to racial disparities in voting and political inequality.
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled today that our Constitution doesn’t automatically provide Minnesotans on felony probation with the right to vote upon release from incarceration.
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday upheld a lower-court ruling that Anoka County’s policy of contacting ICE about every foreign-born person the county jailed was a “classic example of national-origin discrimination.”
MINNEAPOLIS — The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota has reached a settlement with the city of Minneapolis for police mistreatment of protesters, which includes a $600,000 payment and numerous reforms. The U.S.