Federal and state officials released statements Tuesday marking the anniversary of Floyd s murder. Author: KARE 11 Staff Updated: 2:28 PM CDT May 25, 2021
ST PAUL, Minn. Minnesota Democrats from the federal, state and local level have released statements reflecting on the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
GOV. TIM WALZ Today, we honor and remember George Floyd. In the days following his murder, Minnesotans raised their voices and called for real, meaningful change to prevent this from ever happening again. Those calls for action spread across the world as his memory sparked a global movement. George Floyd didn t ask to be an international symbol of the pain that Black Americans have faced for generations, and yet, in the words of his daughter, he changed the world.
Minnesota Democrats from the federal, state and local level have released statements reflecting on the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. GOV. TIM WALZ "Today, we honor and remember George Floyd. In the days following his murder, Minnesotans raised their voices and called for real, meaningful change to prevent this from ever happening again. Those calls for action spread across the world as his memory sparked a.
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Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office will prosecute former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter’s case. She is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright back in April.
Following the death of George Floyd, the Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington county attorneys agreed last June they would not review or prosecute deaths from police use of force in their own jurisdictions. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office followed this protocol, and as a result, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput charged Potter.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS learned from the Attorney General s Office on Friday that Orput returned the case to Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman, who requested Attorney General Ellison take over.
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Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter is charged with second-degree manslaughter in Wright s death. Author: KARE Staff Updated: 5:40 PM CDT May 21, 2021
SAINT PAUL, Minn. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Friday in a press release that he has accepted a request for his office to lead the prosecution against former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter in the April 11 death of Daunte Wright. Daunte Wright was a son, a brother, a father, a friend, Ellison said in a statement. When he died, he was only 20 years old. He had his whole life ahead of him. Daunte Wright’s death was a tragedy. He should not have died on the day that he did. He should not have died the way that he did. His parents, brothers, sisters, and friends must now live the rest of their lives without him. His son, only two years old, will grow up without his father. I have privately expressed my condolences and sorrow to the family and expe