The Minneapolis Police Department has received training from Israeli Defense Forces personnel.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
Several sources report that more than 100 Minneapolis/Minnesota officers attended a 2012 Israeli consulate-hosted security training that included Israeli law enforcement and military officials, which supports the core claim. The sources are mostly advocacy or unrated outlets, the training was in 2012 rather than current, and only one source specifically names the IDF.
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… You know, um, that, that's what I meant. Yeah, the, this, uh, the, the sort of cycling of elites from the Jewish state to America, and, um, the deep interdependence there. You know, we're talking about the deal with the fellows, like, why, why, why are IDF people training, you know, the Minneapolis Police Department? You know, I mean, stuff like that it, it's really, very, very on the nose, but I And what's interesting, too, this, I'll bring it back, this is truly tangential, but, you know, the on the nose, I saw, I see what you did there. …
The Pete Quiñones Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Mondoweiss (2020) reports that at least 100 Minnesota police officers attended a 2012 conference hosted by the Israeli consulate in Chicago, where they learned techniques from Israeli forces.[6]
Supports. Racism.org reports that in 2012 over 100 Minnesota police officers received counterterrorism training from Israeli law enforcement and military officials.[3]
Supports. Minnesota Reformer states that over 100 MPD officers had received training from the Israel Defense Forces at the time of George Floyd's killing in 2020.[4]
Supports. AMEU notes that in 2012 the Israeli consulate in Chicago held a training for 100 officers of the Minneapolis Police Department.[5]
Context. Mondoweiss also notes there is no evidence that the officers who killed Floyd received this training, and the training was eight years before 2020. The claim's 'has received' is a past event and is not contradicted by any source.[6]
Context. The AP consent decree and the MPD Academy page do not address outside training with Israeli personnel, so they neither support nor contradict the claim.[1][2]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 3 not rated, 1 rated low
- 1Minneapolis agrees to overhaul police training and force policies after George Floyd's murderapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Minneapolis Police Academyminneapolismn.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3The Legal and Constitutional Consequences of U.S. Police ...racism.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Minnesota should repeal anti-BDS legislation • Minnesota Reformerminnesotareformer.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Israelizing the American Police, Palestinianizing ...ameu.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6George Floyd killing highlights issue of US police training in Israelmondoweiss.net · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: supports, context
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