Department of Justice to make Friday announcement on Minneapolis "civil rights matter"

• Several local and national outlets, including KARE11 and Bloomberg Law, are reporting that the department will announce the outcome of the investigation launched about a year following the murder of George Floyd.

Catch up fast: The DOJ announced the Minneapolis probe in April 2021, one day after a jury convicted former MPD officer Derek Chauvin of second-degree murder.

• The findings could lead to a federal consent decree that would bring court-enforced changes and oversight to the department.

The bottom line: The conclusion of the DOJ's work would mark the end of the second independent investigation into the embattled police department.

• A two-year probe by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights identified a years-long pattern of racial discrimination by MPD.
• That report resulted in a 144-page settlement that covers changes to training, traffic stops and other department practices.