Federal monitor outlines Cleveland police failings in response to May 30 George Floyd protests

“CLEVELAND, Ohio — A team monitoring the progress of police reform in Cleveland since 2015 says authorities gave inappropriate dispersal orders to a crowd of protesters gathered outside the Justice Center during the May 30 protests of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

The findings included in a 123-page report made public Wednesday say it was unlikely protesters heard police orders to clear the steps and entrance to the Justice Center, and that officers did not give people sufficient time to leave before launching explosive and chemical munitions into the mass of people.”