Crime & Justice

Report: Minneapolis Cops Pushed EMTs to Sedate Suspects With ‘Date-Rape Drug’

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Some suffered heart or breathing failure after being injected with ketamine, a city report found.

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Emergency medical services workers in Minneapolis gave dozens of criminal suspects and others the powerful tranquilizer ketamine, which is classified as a date-rape drug by the Minneapolis Police Department, at the behest of police officers, according to a draft city report obtained by the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

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