In our understa served communit and those that have had a dramatic reduction in their revenue. Tim walz is about to address the states response to George Floyds death, an africanamerican man who died in police custody. Youre watching live coverage on cspan 3. I just want to give a heartfelt thank you to a lot of people for the peace and the generosity, the kindness and the love thats been shown on our streets of minneapolisst. Paul and across minnesota over the last several days. Last evening was another example of that. We saw peaceful protests across the city. We saw memorials continue to grow for george floyd. Down on 38th and chicago. We saw beautiful interactions on the State Capitol where out of respect the National Guard troops there told the protesters out of respect they would go back away to the building and take care of those vehicles that were out front which, of course, they did. Not protesters at that point. Certainly neighbors and friends and agents of change. We saw thousands gather in front of the beautiful minnesota governors residence that my family and i have the privilege of occupying for a short time. The pain of the families that were there was visceral. The anger of a system that seems to continue on. A group of people that know very clearly this isnt about a broken system. This is about a system thats functioning absolutely as it was designed. Unfortunately, thats meant to exclude some from it. We have an opportunity today to watch up on the capitol and i couldnt be more proud of this, state patrol, st. Paul police, National Guard, others up there, set up tents for first aid. Its hot in minnesota today and well take it. Theyre handing out water. Theyre making sure everybodys taken care of and theyre interacting with their neighbors and thats who ther. I want to give a final thank you of the peace that we were able to see yesterday that started with a very powerful and Emotional Message from Terrance Floyd at the site of his brother georges death. Terrances big brother was killed on that site and the little brother was there to try and understand and just a week into this with unimaginable pain, Terrance Floyd stood up proud, stood up strong and told us he expects justice and he expects change, but he expects us to do it with a sense of our community, not with violence, not with fires, not with looting. On behalf of the people of minnesota st. Paul and all of minnesota, we owe Terrance Floyd and the floyd family an immense debt of gratitude to help bring that message and bring that peace. We also owe them what i heard yesterday, i walked outside my house and its very clear thats not a place they needed to hear me and as some said, you should listen but dont expect to get any credit for listening if you dont do something about it because weve heard it before. When they mean weve heard it before, theyre not just even talking in minnesota, which they certainly are talking about that, but i think all of us have come to understand were not going to restore peace on our streets by having a bigger group of National Guard show up. Were not going to establish peace on our streets by keeping a curfew in place all the time. Were going to establish peace on our streets when we address the systemic issues that caused it in the first place and that is what every voice on the capitol is saying, voices in front of my house is saying, thats what Terrance Floyd is saying and thats what we need to start saying. Whether it was from the colonial period through jim crow, its still with us. And here in minnesota, and across this country and now the world, if this is not an Inflection Point to change that or risk what were seeing, this will come back again if its not addressed. This will not go away once the fires are put out and theres a lull. And i think weve seen very clearly if you can create the space to start doing that, you separate out those who have no time or tolerance for destruction from those who have no time or tolerance for systemic racism. Those are two different things. So i hear you and ive listened to Community Leaders and we together have seen this. City Council Members and others and are asking for structural change, specifically things that we can deal with and today, im here to talk about the structural change that needs to start with the Minneapolis Police department and i can tell you this, i have talked to countless officers, i saw them take a knee out of respect in front of my house yesterday. Although there werent a lot of people there happy with them, but they did it because theres not one of those officers i talked to that wasnt sickened to the core about what they witnessed. Knowing that when youre part of an organization the culture permeates all of us. A culture that allows things to happen. A culture where the public cannot trust. We know that this is systemic not just in minneapolis and minnesota, but it needs to start somewhere. It needs to start where we know things happen. And i know what organizations look like when youre serving. I have served in some of the finest organizations whether they were Public Schools or whether in the National Guard. And the leadership and the type of things youre committed to make a difference. And they can be generational. We know that deeply seeded issues exist and the reason i know it is we saw the casual nature of the erasing of George Floyds life and humanity. We also know by the reaction of the community, they expected nothing to happen. And the reason is, because nothing did happen for so many times. I hear and listen and stood next to mothers who lost their children in this and say so many times as i heard mayor carter say, ive heard others echo, being black should not be a death sentence. For each and every one of us in Law Enforcement, you dont get judged right on the spot. Especially with the finality of being killed in police custody. So minnesotans you can expect our administration to use every tool at our disposal to try to deconstruct systemic racism that is generations deep and we need to do it with the community, but i think the thing im hearing from the protesters is, were not watching and we dont care what you say. We care what you do. So today as a step towards that deconstruction of systemic racism the Minnesota Department of human rights is filing a commissioners charge of discrimination to launch a civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police department. The investigation will review mpds policies procedures and practices over the last ten years to determine if the department has utilized systemic discriminatory practices towards people of chore. Minnesota has one the of the strongest rights in the country it is illegal for Police Departments to discriminate against someone because of their race. This is the first time the state is launching a civil rights investigation into the systemic discriminatory practices of the largest Police Department in the state. It is also the only investigation surrounding the killings of george floyd how cussing on the policies and practices implemented by the Minneapolis Police department. When the Minnesota Department of human rights finds civil Rights Violations they seek change to prevent it from occurring again. They will seek an agreement with the Minneapolis Police department to implement interim measures immediately in advance of longterm measures to address systemic discriminatory practices. This effort is only one of many steps to come in our efforts to restore trust within those communities who have been unseen, unheard, and believe that those that are charged to serve and protect not only dont do that, they work against them. And i say this as a white man who walks through life with pretty much relative ease, i cant ever know the pain of that black Community Members but i hear you, im listening and one of the things i need to do is use that ability to change and build coalitions to make this situation that has become intolerable across the nation that will not go away with tough talk and more people on the streets in uniform, it will go away with the sense of community you see being displayed on the State Capitol lawn today with Law Enforcement and the people that they serve seeing themselves as neighbor in the same society and the same opportunities for their children. Youre going to hear from a group of leaders in here and from the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of human rights, youre going to hear from a Community Leader whose voice booms throughout these issues and youre going to hear from someone who has walked with me and has let me see through the eyes of a different perspective and someone who has been at the heart of the changes and asking for systemic changes, Lieutenant Governor peggy flanagan. Good afternoon and thank you. Thank you, governor. The murder of george floyd is a tragedy. It is heartbreaking and it should have never happened. But lets be clear, it does not exist in isolation. George floyd, George Floyds name joins a too long list of black men and women who have been needlessly killed at the hands of Law Enforcement across this country. The grief and anger that has torn through our city and through our state did not emerge in a vacuum. It is built on years of injustice. This did not begin with george floyd but we can work to end it now. Understand the leadership of commissioner rebecca lusero our administration has launched a civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police department. Not just around one case, but an investigation of the past ten years. What is clear is that tragedies like the one that happened to george floyd do not emerge from a few isolated bad actors, but from patterns of misconduct, a culture, and this is cultural, a culture that does not hold bad behavior accountable. This is not something that we can fix in one day or in one week, but we must pursue meaningful, structural change. George floyd deserves this of us. And every Single Person who is impacted by this culture desevgd deserves this of us. I said this past saturday that the swell of mourning and grief and anger has been just below the surface in our state, and now it has burst into public and national view. Communities have been asking and organizing for structural change of the Minneapolis Police department for years. Their work has paved the way for what we are launching here today. This is one piece of the puzzle to getting justice for george floyd and all black minnesotans who have not been served or protected by the Minneapolis Police department. It is one piece of the puzzle to holding all four officers accountable for georges murder and changing the culture that made them, a culture that does not value the lives of black minnesotans. As a light skinned native woman, i grapple daily with my role and in particular over the last week i have grappled with my role as a light skinned native woman, but also as a Lieutenant Governor of minnesota to do everything i can to undo the antiblackness that lives within our community and within our state. This action that were taking today is one tangible step forward that is critical to correcting the injustice that plagues us. This problem has been years in the making, but we have an opportunity to seize this moment, to make it better, to take a solid first step of many, many steps that we must do in each branch of government to deconstruct the system of racism that frankly have always has always existed in this state. We can and we must. We must take this moment to change it all. And with that i would like to introduce to you commissioner Rebecca Lucero of the Minnesota Department of human rights. Good afternoon. My name is Rebecca Lucero and im the commissioner of the department of human rights. I want to start real quick by Holding Space for all the people i carry with me today, all my ancestors, all my Community Members and leaders who have done the work for generations to create a beloved community. I honor your work and i join with you in solidarity as we continue to move forward together. As the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of human rights, my agency is charged with enforcing one of the strongest civil rights laws in the country. The minnesota human rights act. Today we continue our ongoing work to secure justice by announcing that our department is opening a civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police department. Under the minnesota human rights act it is illegal for a Police Department to discriminate against someone because of their race. When our Department Finds civil Rights Violations, we seek structural change. Our investigation will look at the Minneapolis Police department over the past ten years to determine if they have utilized systemic discriminatory practices towards people of color. We will review training, policies, procedures and practices. The death of george floyd is what launched this investigation. George floyd should be alive. He deserved to live a life full of dignity and joy. What we know to be true, what mayor fry, the governor, Lieutenant Governor and countless Community Members have repeatedly stressed is that communities of color and indigenous communities are facing today is the direct result of 400 years of decisions to create and sustain systems, policies and processes that have resulted time and time again in systemic discrimination and oppression. Minnesota has some of the worst Racial Disparities in the country. We say it all the time. Its across the board in housing, employment, education and the criminal justice system. Decisions that keep black and brown Community Members from living full lives, these full lives that they can enjoy. Thats why this investigation is different. Unlike the other investigations which are critically important this is looking at the system. This is not about Holding People personalitily, criminally liable. This is about systems change. Todays announcement is important and i need to acknowledge that call to action for structural change is not new which has been stressed repeatedly and cannot be stressed enough. Community leaders have been asking for structural change for decades working for it, bleeding for it and dying for it. They have fought for it and its essential we acknowledge the work and commitment of those who have paved the path to make todays announcement possible and all of those who will continue to do the work in partnership to make these changes. The minnesota human rights act is a powerful tool. We have the tool in our state intentionally and its there to help address systemic racism and discrimination and using that tool today as we do every day to break down policies and practices that lead to illegal discrimination. The law boldly exclaims discrimination threatens the rights and privileges of the inhabitants of the state and menaces the institutions of democracy. That was written over 50 years ago and it rings true today. Hate and discrimination cannot be part of the fabric of this great state. We can and must choose to do better. Were making this announcement today in part because we need your help. Its, of course, going to take all of us, community, city leadership, police, every single one of us to move forward. This is a moment in time and we have to grasp this. If you have any information that can further our investigation we encourage you to contact us by submitting information on our website, thats at minnesota mm. Gov or calling our office. All of us are called to do everything we can not just to prevent future deaths but to end the systemic racism that is leading to all of these outcomes throughout minnesota. We are deeply inner connected and we need each other. Thank you very much. Yes. Im going to welcome [ inaudible ]. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is justin. Im the executive director of the council for minnesotans of african heritage. The council, we play an advisory role to the governor and legislature on issues that impact the africanamerican Heritage Community and i want to commend the governor and the Lieutenant Governor for taking this action today because that is exactly what our community needs. We need action. For generations, actually we have over 150 years of policing in this state with a body of evidence that suggests that there are gross violations of the civil rights of black people in the state of minnesota. When i think about what our ancestors did with less, it is disappointing that we have admired this problem for the last ten years since Michelle Alexander wrote a book. But today, were standing here today to take action and i want to just say that to the community this is not the end of the fight. We have so much more work to do. An investigation is great and called for, we advised on it and we still need to make changes to the board that governors the licensing of officers. We need to look at all of the options in front of us. Now is not the time to get up. Get on the phone and call every person who represents the area where you live and make sure they know this needs to be a priority. Make sure that commissioner has the support that they need to deliver on this issue for our community. Terrance franklin, jamar clark, across the river with philandro castillo, george floyd, many others who didnt have a black lives Matter Movement to support them before now, have had their lives taken, and its time that we remember them and we honor them with our efforts to fix this systemic problem. I spent a lot of time on the phone with folks from greater minnesota, pastors who are calling and asking what they can do to help and i would like to ask them about their analysis. And they say to me, this is like a heart and prayer problem, right . I want to be clear. My people know how to pray and we have all kinds of love in our heart. This is a systemic problem created by people reinforced by people and that needs to be addressed by the people. To the nation, i want to say to the nation, who may not know a lot about minnesota, its really the only thing you need to know, nobody appreciates good weather like minnesotans. Were locked inside all winter long and as soon as it gets above 40 degrees were outside in shorts. Why is that and what does that teaches us . It teaches us that if you got an opportunity, you take it. And i expect fully that the governor, our commissioner, Lieutenant Governor, all the leadership of the state, take full example, take full advantage of this opportunity to transform our policing system in this state. I invite the nation to watch and support and do what you can. Thank you. Im John Herrington the commissioner of the department of Public Safety. I just want to reflect for a second before i go into what happened last night on what you just heard. I have been a cop for 40 years. I have lived in the system that theyre talking about reforming. I have led for the last year a working group to look into how do we prevent the tragedies that george floyd was the most recent example of. I recognize the need for change. That working group that we chaired highlighted the need for change. And the cops i talk to, the cops ive worked with since 1977 to date would tell you, they want change. They dont want to work in a flawed system. They dont want to have to be wearing gas masks. They dont want to have to be on riot patrol duty. They sign up because they want to help their community. Nobody does that from the inside of a squad car, racing down a road at mach 1 to get to another tragedy. You do that face to face, person to person, human to human. So i want you to know that the department of Public Safety is 100 behind this. The department of Public Safety sees this as an absolute priority and a need. I got brought up in a climate of what we would Call Community policing and in that climate, what i was taught was those thats two words community and policing. But it starts with community. And it has to start with community. And the police have to be in there with them to make this right. We started out last night in community in point of fact with 2,000 folks at the governors residence. I want to say that watching the pictures of my old department, todd axles department, st. Paul Police Department, taking a knee there, warmed my heart. It reminded me of the days out whether it was rondo or all the Different Community events we spent our time together with with community. We recognize not always does the community sees us the officer friendly that maybe we all think of back from the good old days. But thats exactly where good cops should be is there with their community. We bleed with them and we cheer with them. That group moved to the capitol and there were folks who made the decision that they wanted to stake out their territory by using civil disobedience to make their point that racism and brutality has to stop. And because we were doing that cooperatively once again, i got the cahance to see my state troopers, the National Guard guys there, not locked and loaded, to the standing post as some rigid soldier, but as human beings standing there with the community, talking to the community, talking and engaging with them because thats where this all begins. We did make arrests last night. We did have the curfew imposed. The curfew has really helped us keep the peace. Thats what it was there for. Were using it to keep the peace. We had about 66 arrested in Hennepin County ands here in the 67, 68 in ramsey county, most of those were for curfew violations, although we did collect a number of weapons from folks last night. The number of weapons we collected, i think we collected 13 guns, highlights that the need for why the curfew was put in place, allows us to separate those who are there for good purposes, who want to have their civil rights recognized, and those who are there for bad purposes and were out there to be the that separation between those two. We continued to see a large crowd at the floyd memorial. Wonderfully peaceful, joyous group there, joyous in the sense of being together with each other, joys you with the recognition they could be there and hold each other close and feel like they are okay in that space. We did have several crashes last night and it appears to be that may well be a new tactic that were seeing. We had i think three or four where people rammed squad cars at different times during the night. None of the officers were injured. We made some arrests on some of those. 13 guns were taken off the street. Today, we recognize there are several different groups that are exercising their First Amendment rights. There is about 2,000 or 3,000 folks in 90 degree weather up at the capitol. If you go up to the capitol you will see st. Paul cops and Minnesota State patrol and you will see National Guard guys up there once again not locked and loaded, not prepared for battle, but handing out water, talking to people, letting folks get close, letting folks come within their humanity so that they can know that we feel their pain and that we suffer with them. Our posture today in terms of the operation remains vigilant. You will see high visibility patrols continue to go out there. Combinations of minnesota National Guard, local police, and Minnesota State patrol and dnr will continue to patrol the streets to try to make sure that bad things dont happen and that we can respond quickly if they do. We will have our Rapid Response teams still positioned and we still have our mobile Field Force Teams stood up, although weve been quite pleased over the last couple days we have not needed to employ hardly any gas at all. We have really seen the temperature change in terms of the kind of protests that weve been seeing now. We have stood up a new asset, based on lots of calls and complaints about the fires, i actually asked the state fire marshal to give me a list of how many fires we had. There were 87 fires in the last five days. 87 fires is a lot of fires by the way. We track one or two fires 87 is an enormous number. We pulled together a task force, a working task force, of alcohol, tobacco and firearms out of the federal government state fire marshal and minneapolis and saint Pauls Fire Department arson investigators to that unit. Today they are starting to work that list of fires to try to find where are the commonalties and common criminal threads and they are also going out to collect those incendiary devices, those bottles of gasoline weve been hearing stories about but frankly had not physically gotten our hands on. So we now have folks out there that are picking those up so that we can bring those back. Were going to bring those back and use those as evidence as we begin to continue this on the criminal side of the investigation. We know that so many of those fires were deliberately set. That is a crime. It is a crime simply by statute, but if its yours business that was burned up, your mom and pop Grocery Store that was burned up, if it was where you worked and it means youre unemployed today, it was your life you saw go up in smoke, not just property, not just stuff. It was quite literally the end of some folks business life. They may or may not ever be able to rebuild. So the Fire Task Force has started. We are planning on continuing our operation. I do want to say that the curfew will again be in place from 10 00 p. M. Tonight to 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Once again, 10 00 p. M. Tonight to 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow. We have the curfew in place. I want to ask you again, help us keep the peace. Stay home. Stay close to your loved ones. If you have to stay at your business, i understand that, but stay inside. Let my First Responders do our job with those folks that are going to deliberately be out there to create harm. That is what the curfew helps us do. You have done an amazing job, minnesota, the twin cities has done an amazing job of letting the First Responders get out there and get after this thing in a meaningful way. I need another night. One more night from you to do this. Because what were trying to do, what our objective is, what the governor tasked me to do was to bring people together to keep peace on the streets. The best way to do that after 40 plus years of copping is community policing. Community policing starts with the community. This task force, this working group, this assemblage of agencies that have been brought together around the riots that happened here, yes, we were very much in Emergency Response mode when we started and we can go back there if we have to, but the direction we are going, the direction the commanders are taking us, is back to community policing, back to a time when we talked to the community, we worked with the community, and together, we keep our community safe. Thank you, commissioner. Well, thank you, everyone. Powerful commissioner. Thank you for your work on this. Lieutenant governor, thank you. I thank justins words that this window of opportunity opened. It wont stay open for long. I think as youre seeing it to go back to where we were which i think is an important thing ive heard so many people tell me, the anxiety theyre feeling from covid19 and now this was unbearable and that children and adults are dreading when the sun was going down. Whats going to happen. Pins and needles. If i watch the news and wake up in the morning, what happened. And theyre so hoping they can go back, which we want to get to that sense of security as part of community so you can make the choice to get up in the morning and go for a run, go golfing, spend time with your family, go out to eat and do your job or whatever. That sense of not feeling anxiety. Then i had a lot of Community Members tell me, you know, that sense of anxiety you have i get it driving my car because im black and get pulled over. I have that sense of anxiety all the time in certain situations because of how im viewed. So if we stand and say why does this matter to us . Just restore order and everything will be fine. For some. That is our whole issue here. Until we can make this state, this country and our society one where that anxiety goes away because everybody feels the same sense of security and the system is there to serve them, that is the only way we prevent this from happening again. I pray to god that no governor in the history of minnesota from now on ever has to mobilize a force to be on the streets to put out fires, and to stop what we saw happen. And the only way im going to ensure that doesnt happen for everybody who follows is to take this moment and make the systemic change. Thats one step today, but let me tell you, it is one step of many. With that questions for anybody up here. I may let the commissioner on this. Im sorry. Thank you very much for your question. So Minnesota Department of human rights enforces the minnesota human rights act. We stand alone in the state as enforcing the strongest civil rights some strong civil rights laws across the country. Whats going on at the federal level is different. Those are federal laws and issues. I also want to stress that this is the only investigation thats occurring thats looking at a systems change within minnesota using minnesota law. The other investigations that are going on predominantly and primarily about criminal investigations looking to hold folks personally accountable. This is looking at systemic changes across the board. Im not sure if the feds are doing an investigation. This is definitely an investigation were doing from our agency. Thank you for that question. Okay. So this is very much the work that we do every day. We have a Phenomenal Team that right now is investigating hundreds of cases of discrimination across the state and so the way these cases work is that a charge of discrimination is filed, an investigator is assigned to the case a mutual investigation process that moves forward. Theres a determination made on whether or not theres discrimination under the law. We work throughout the entire process to examine to Solutions Come to solutions quickly. We use a dispute resolution process. We do that because we want to get to solutions. We want to get to structural change. So we always look to settle cases quickly. The process here is similar. The difference is that this is a big thing thats going on here. This is a civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police department. Theres no doubt about that. The other reason why this is a moment and important moment is because weve heard from leadership across the city how important it is to make these systemic changes and how they have been working on and will continue to work on in Partnership Led by and for and with community for these systemic changes and being able to have the enforcement action by the state in place to help make these systemic changes that need to happen. [ inaudible question ] its great question and its the one that community is asking, its the one that they will immediately and should respond to. How is this going to be different. The question is how is this going to be different. You asked in the first part, tom, what is the outcome of this. A Police Department that serves its people and has the trust of the people they serve. A Police Department that is accountable so that people can trust thats about being done and listens to them. How do we go about doing that, this one is a little different because of the actual concrete things that will be put in place. It is not our intention to try and find a scapegoat to try to find something this sometimes happens and you move on. Its to make the structural, cultural changes that led to systemic issues and maybe the commissioner can talk about the what it will look like. Thank you. Our hope first and foremost is that we can make some quick changes, that we can do some things instantly in partnership with city leadership to get to a place where we can start moving forward. Then we obviously want to get to the place where were doing systemic change and thats a longer process where we will use our investigation methods to get to place where we can get to, for instance, a Consent Decree, which has the strength of the courts which is enforced for many years by the courts which provides accountability on it from the court system. So that is this is not a report. This is something that will result in court action and require change. Thats the difference. [ inaudible question ] absolutely. Theres precedent for this both like this gentleman mentioned with federal cases done and its theres precedence for this at state level as well. Specifically, for instance, in chicago, last year, they entered a Consent Decree similarly through their human rights laws to work on Police Reform just like this as well. [ inaudible question ] yeah. Thank you for that question. I dont have any specifics at this point because it can go a lot of Different Directions an we want to make sure that were listening and working with Community Members and city leaders as were coming together on this, but what i can tell you is that we must move quickly right now and so we have already been in a lot of conversations and we really are hoping that everyone is behind this because we know that we will get farther and do more if we can all do this together. [ inaudible question ] sure. Thank you. That is what a Consent Decree requires. It requires enforcement. Theres penalties from the court if a Consent Decree isnt followed appropriately. Yeah. So Consent Decree is something that we would work through through a long process to get there. It is very much in the interest of everyone for us to agree on that and for us to work on it together and everyone consents to that. That is going to result in the real change that needs to happen. We can certainly talk further about like all the details of a Consent Decree in a different time. [ inaudible question ] the statement was they dont see a problem . [ inaudible question ] yeah. Well, there lies the problem. We know systemically its there. Most organizations when they have cultural issues like that, that is one of the hardest things. Were going to Work Together all of us to help to make that possible and, again, this is coming externally because of the need to change. The community is asking. They serve the community. This idea, i keep hearing this, we need to dominate on the streets, we need to do this or whatever. None of us do that. They are there to serve the public. The same way that i am there to make sure that i humbly am a public i humbly am a Public Servant to serve tem. Were not naive, though. I think all of you in this room have been around these things. This is going to get done. The public has demanded it. The reason i think this is different is if theres a Single Person thinks were going back through what we just did over the last five days i cant imagine that. And if you stand up and say, you know, theres no issue here, this is fine i think youre going to find history is going to wash over you in a tide we have not seen. Thank you. So the charge was filed earlier today, and it was served the city of minneapolis at about 1 00 this afternoon. So then that starts the investigation process right there. We have a team in our office. Our lead investigator is a remember foer Police Officer themselves and experienced both as police and investigating police in issues of systemic discrimination. And so that process will work itself out over the next several months. That is the longerterm process, obviously. Thats right, and were really hoping that its something ive been listening to the mayor and city leadership and ive heard over and over again about how much everyone is hungry for this kind of change. Im hoping its something we can move very quickly on because of the shared values and goals around this issue. Yes, i just want to make sure im answering the right question about some of the outcomes youve seen from our agency generally . Sure. And there can be a lot of recommendations on changes to policy. I think the crowd control policy was last updated in minneapolis in the 90s. For instance, that could be something very easily changed. There are pieces of this as well we have to make some changes to statute to allow for there to be Better Process in place for instance around the residency requirements that are in statute. And those are all things were looking at. We know we have to all do this together. My understanding is hes still in custody and im waiting for a conversation with the county attorney to decide if there are charges and what the charges would be. As you know he was booked for criminal assault in the second degree. And so our investigation would be turned over to the county attorney, and then they would make a decision on what the appropriate charge would be. So i should have more information given the timing on his arrests this afternoon or this evening. What he was booked under . So it would be similar to we make an arrest and we have the best information we have at the time when we make the arrest what was going on. Then you go in and do the physical evidence and the interviews and then find out there may be different facts that change the dynamics of that. At which point you would amend the charges so that the charges reflect what you know and what you can prove. But the original charge would have been what he was booked under. We do want to make sure that we covered all of that ground. Weve covered a lot of the same ground that youve just referred to, but this was an incredibly dangerous thing to do. 70 miles an hour heading into a crowd. We could have had this could have been a multiple fatality incident, in which case wed be talking about criminal vehicular, and we want to make sure no one was killed that we are certainly getting to the right charge that holds him accountable. I dont think us as being culpable. When you suddenly have a group of people run out into traffic how fast can you get the traffic stopped becomes problematic. We had a very quick response. Under different circumstances i would have preferred to have had that highway shutdown hours before and then we would not have been there would be little or no chance that would have happened. Although we still see even when we do have roads blocked we still see people drive around our barricades. In this case that didnt happen, so from a Lessons Learned perspective, yes, i definitely see we would have preferred to have those roads completely sealed off and blocked and have had state troopers and others working the freeway to make sure that could happen. That wasnt available at the time, so we did the best we could with trying to get those roads shutdown so we would not have a tragedy when literally thousands of people left u. S. Bank stadium and then emerged onto a state freeway. So i certainly feel we tried to do the best we can, but i recognize if i had had different timing or better circumstances i would have done it differently. N from a consent agreement . Is that what youre asking . Yeah, absolutely. Theres actually an article from the marshal project i shared this morning that kind of outlines that. But basically theres a lot, and let me be clear. I think some of these reforms are not just about, like, they dont just benefit community, they also benefit policing. I think its important to keep the main thing the main thing which is safe communities. And safe communities means that officers jobs are easier. And that is often what were working towards is to safe communities. So some specific examples, so one thing that so we came out and we said we need ag ellis on the job, we said we need a civil rights investigation and we want to look at the post board because the post board governs the licensing of peace officers in the state. We need more civilians on that board. Thats one. We also need to look at setting an integrity standard. So if youre going to be an officer and serve my community there needs to be an integrity standard that says if you violate Public Policy that you can lose your job just like most of us, right . If you violate a policy in truthfulness and honesty or the sanctity of life as we have as the example in this situation that is cause to lose your job. And im thankful that mayor frey and chief rondeau did that action. We often hear like the rarotten ample example, and im like, yo, thats not a good example. Were dealing with a cancer. And forgive me for anyone struggling with that or been through that. That is whats going on with Law Enforcement right now. Our Law Enforcement community is being rotten from the inside route, and we have to cut that out and provide the necessary treatment to fix the system. It is that serious. And you cant turn a blind eye to it anymore. Theres a lot more reforms. I would like to see civilian review actually have subpoena power and the teeth they need to address officer complaints. One of the officers in this case had over Something Like 19 complaints filed against him. Thats insane. It makes no sense that you would continue to give someone with that many complaints a badge and a gun to go out and patrol my neighborhood. Send them to your neighborhood if youve got that much faith in him. And these kind of behaviors have perpetuated for a long time and we need to take full look at the system, the whole not the half and enact strong reforms. And one thing ill say about consent agreements. The other thing ill point to is the 21st Century Policing the Obama Administration did. And the final thing oh, man, i just lost it. But theres so many examples of reforms we can put in place. Oh, commissioner ellis and ags work they did this last year. Im even speaking to republicans about yooipds they have to address these concerns. We need everybody on this project. Thank you. Thank you for that question. So i mind say, you know, as folks have said where are the answers, where are the policies, we are no longer in a place where we can throw our hands up. The people of color in an indigenous caucus has been putting forward policies and ideas around Police Reform since our founding. And so now theres an opportunity for the governor and i to work in very close contact with the posse caucus to move these things forward. I think we also have some additional ideas that we would like to be part of these proposals that come directly out of the work of commissioner harrington and attorney general ellison, so we want to come together. And heres what i would say. There are a lot of folks who are interested, elected leaders who want to come into community and visit with folks and have prayer circles. All those things are important, but the most important thing that leaders can do right now is to listen and to listen directly to communities of culler and to the black community specifically about these policy proposals for policy reform and deconstructing systems of racism that exist in the state, pass them and get out of the way and let this work happen. Now, as far as your question regarding the additional work we need to do in a special session that is certainly on our hearts and minds. And if we dont take action this session and take this opportunity as justin mentioned i dont see how we can move forward as a state at all. This is a time, this is the moment, we have solutions that have come directly from community. Its time to move them forward. And the last thing i would say while im standing up here i wanted to reiterate what the commissioner said. We need to the publics help in this investigation that is going back ten years. So if you have information, if you have had an experience that you believe is important to this investigation please visit the department of human rights website or call them at 6515391100. As i have been out in community over the last several days we have heard these things firsthand about the concerns and frankly how unsafe people feel in their communities because of the mpd, and this is our opportunity to make that change and for folks to have their voices be heard. Is. Thank you all. I would once again echo the message we have a beautiful day. We have ample opportunities to express our first amemd rights with our neighbors. The folks out there from Public Safety, National Guard, Police Departments are there to protect your right to do that. Were asking you to help us out at 10 00 tonight to honor that curfew, 10 00 to 4 00 and that gives us the opportunity again to reestablish this. I think today youre seeing a move talking about that special session. Im going to send my strong, strong encouragement that as we look at a bonding bill, as we look at some of things we need to do focusing on these communities and focusing on lake street if we allow that to set for a short time it cannot happen. We need to as community were seeing outside groups come in, business community, the state of minnesota and i mean whether you live it is in our best street as a state that shares things together to make sure that community is rebuilt, it is vibrant and we get things done. So we dont have it at this time but i can tell you we are assessing this with all that. And theres a mechric my safety folks have put up there. I think were trying to get as current information to minnesotans we can get. And i think, again, weve watched the last two nights especially minnesotans respond aplaysingly. Well be assessing that and commissioner harrington briefs me later in the evening and then we have our first brief in the morning by about 6 00 or so to start getting information. So well be back. That is happening as far as the conversation, and the representatives from the twin cities, the two senators klobuchar and smith and congresswomen have been in conversations with us and weve expressed our desire to explore what we can do there, so well follow up. Pardon me . Yes, same level. Same level of folks on the street and general jensen start moving troops but it doesnt impact the mission. Tonight on American History tv a look at Herbert Hoover beginning at 8 00 eastern. Herbert hoovers biographer george gnash recalls his world war i relief work that saved the lives of millions caught up in the aftermath and set the stage for his white house run. This night kicks off a night of programs from his humanitarian efforts. Watch American History tv tonight and over the weekend on cspan 3. 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