FILE - Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a meeting with all of the U.S. Attorneys in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of George Floyd's death, Garland will be in Minneapolis on Friday, June 16, “on a civil rights matter.
Justice Department and city officials declined on Thursday to confirm that Friday's news conference at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis is to announce findings of that police department investigation. But a Justice Department advisory said Garland will be joined by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Police Chief Brian O'Hara and others. Also, a link to a Justice Department public webinar scheduled for Friday afternoon has the heading, “DOJ Presentation for MPD Investigative Findings.