Report reveals decade of ‘repugnant’ police racism in Minneapolis

The city of Minneapolis and its police department has spent years engaging in systemic racial discrimination against Indigenous people and people of colour, according to a scathing new report from the state.

“It’s going to take a lot of work by a lot of people to get out of this,” Minnesota Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero told reporters on Wednesday.

The probe from the state’s human rights agency found dicrimination and abuse at all levels, ranging from excessive, paramilitary-style training, to officers using disproportionate force on people of colour, to police maintaining secret social media accounts to criticise politicians and organisations focused on civil rights work and Black empowerment.