Politics & Government
State Of Emergency: Are Minnesota Agencies Better Prepared For Civil Unrest?
The WCCO Investigates team is digging in and getting answers from top officials tapped with keeping us safe from all kinds of threats.
February 13, 2024
The WCCO Investigates team is digging in and getting answers from top officials tapped with keeping us safe from all kinds of threats. We start with civil unrest, as Senior Investigative Reporter Jennifer Mayerle uncovers what's changed since May 2020.
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The images are seared into collective memory, some of the darkest hours in Minneapolis history. Protests erupted into riots, looting and arson following the police murder of George Floyd. The Minneapolis Police Department's 3rd precinct was given up in the mayhem, and the city woefully unprepared to respond to the enormity of the events.
"What's so problematic around 2020 is there wasn't one incident. It wasn't one location. Was hundreds of different locations across the city," Mayor Jacob Frey said.
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An after-action report found Minneapolis mishandled the response, didn't follow emergency procedures, and lacked leadership, structure, coordination, and communication. It offered 27 recommendations Frey says they're nearly done implementing.
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