Officers from the Minnesota’s police force received restraint training and anti-terror technique training from Israeli security forces.
At least 100 Minnesota police officers attended a security conference hosted by the Israeli consulate in Chicago in 2012. It was the second time such a conference was held.
The U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) says the techniques are racist in nature and are used to target black and brown people.
The Israeli military trains US police in racist and repressive policing tactics, which systematically targets Black and Brown bodies. The recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery are examples of racialized, systematized violence. https://t.co/DJ7T2qh6RL
— US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (@USCPR_) May 28, 2020
Members of the Minneapolis police department killed an African-American man, George Floyd, on May 25, 2020 while attempting to take him into custody for paying for an order at a local restaurant with counterfeit money.