WASHINGTON (AP) —Attorney General Merrick Garland says the Justice Department is opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis after the guilty verdict in George Floyd’s death.
Wednesday’s announcement came a day after ex-officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s May 2020 death, setting off a wave of relief but also sadness across the country.
Bystander video showed Floyd handcuffed behind his back and gasping repeatedly, “I can’t breathe,� as Chauvin pressed his knee on or close to Floyd’s neck for several minutes.
Floyd’s death prompted mass protests against the police treatment of Black people.
