MINNEAPOLIS – MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Negotiators for the city of Minneapolis agreed with the state Friday to ban the use of chokeholds by police and to require officers to report and intervene anytime they see an unauthorized use of force by another officer.
The changes are part of a stipulation posted online between the city and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, which launched a civil rights investigation this week in response to the death of George Floyd.
The City Council was expected to approve the agreement Friday. The agreement would require court approval and would become enforceable in court, unlike the department's current policies on the use of force and duties to intervene.