Major testifies Minneapolis police deleted texts after Floyd protests
Minnesota state police Maj. Joseph J. Dwyer testified in court in July that police deleted texts and emails after protests in the area over the killing by police of George Floyd.
Although there was no order by supervisors to delete the communications, Dwyer said it was "really a standard practice over the course of time that we remove, you know, delete text messages, delete e-mail messages," according to court records filed on Friday, KSTP of Minneapolis and St. Paul reported.
There is no schedule for when troopers need to delete communications and it all depends on the officer, according to Dwyer.
Dwyer admitted to the deletion of communications during a court case brought against the state of Minnesota and state police by the Minnesota American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) chapter on behalf of journalists.
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