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Residents accuse MPD of aiding ICE, demand accountability at oversight hearing
Summary
Residents and advocacy groups accused Minneapolis Police Department of cooperating with ICE during ‘Operation Metro Surge,’ saying officers provided crowd control and failed to intervene when federal agents used force; speakers demanded investigations, apologies and new civilian oversight powers.
Members of advocacy groups and affected family members told the Community Commission on Police Oversight on March 9 that the Minneapolis Police Department repeatedly failed the city during Operation Metro Surge, alleging that officers provided crowd control for federal agents, mishandled homicide investigations, and obscured facts in public statements.
At the start of the public-comment period, a representative of the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice said the Fry administration and MPD “lied to the public repeatedly about their cooperation with ICE,” and accused the department of…
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