The federal consent decree formalizes many policies that the police department put in place when the world’s attention was on Minneapolis after George Floyd’s murder in 2020 that are also in the settlement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.

The agreement outlines how the Minneapolis Police Department will reform its training, discipline, and policies to address systemic problems.

A man who preferred not to give his name takes a moment at the George Floyd memorial during the annual Rise and Remember Festival near the place where Floyd was murdered three years ago by a police officer,