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Report finds George Floyd's cause of death was inaccurately listed in DOJ database
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Under the federal Death in Custody Reporting Act, anyone who dies in law enforcement custody must be reported to the Department of Justice. A Marshall Project investigation into the data found that many in-custody deaths are reported inaccurately to the federal government, or not reported at all.
One of many deaths that was reported inaccurately was George Floyd’s.
Marshall Project reporters Anna Flagg and Ilica Mahajan worked on this story and joined Minnesota Now to share more.
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