Mealey's (September 1, 2021, 4:35 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A federal magistrate judge in Minnesota on Aug. 31 consolidated for discovery and pretrial issues two class complaints accusing Minneapolis police of using excessive force against individuals protesting after the murder of George Floyd, finding that common questions of law or fact existed, but ruled that a third class lawsuit by journalists also alleging excessive force will proceed independently as it is dissimilar....