""uses unreasonable deadly force," "unlawfully retaliates against people who observe and record their activities," and "fails to adequately discipline police misconduct." The department also engaged in the "inherently dangerous and almost always counterproductive" practice of shooting at moving cars. In one case, an officer who had the time and space to move out of the path of an escaping vehicle instead fired four shots at it. The officer's use of force, the report said, "was reckless and unreasonable.""
"The government is instead reportedly pushing to probe the actions of Good's wife, who recorded the incident on her phone. For local police in Minneapolis-who have spent much of the past five years aiming to overhaul their tactics and restore community trust by embracing an ethos of deescalation-watching thousands of federal agents rush into their city with a very different mandate has been disorienting, current and former law-enforcement officials told me."
A 2023 federal review found the Minneapolis Police Department used unreasonable deadly force, unlawfully retaliated against observers and recorders, and failed to adequately discipline misconduct. The review condemned shooting at moving vehicles as inherently dangerous and counterproductive, citing an officer who fired four shots at an escaping car instead of moving out of its path. The Justice Department declined to investigate Renee Nicole Good’s death by gunfire from an ICE officer and instead sought to examine the actions of the person recording. Local efforts to prioritize deescalation and protect rights have been disrupted by an influx of federal agents.
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