Activists push for police accountability legislation amid Chauvin trial
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(FOX 9) - A collection of Minnesota activist groups gathered Wednesday to urge lawmakers to pass police accountability legislation amid the Derek Chauvin Trial.
The groups who gathered included the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Communities United Against Police Brutality, Racial Justice Network, Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar, Minnesota Justice Coalition and more.
Activist Michelle Gross with Communities United Against Police Brutality said that according to recent data, the Minneapolis Office of Police Conduct Review reported 3,434 citizen complaints in its 8-year history. Of the citizen complaints, 20 officers received discipline. Additionally, Gross reported that former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin received 26 citizen complaints and was involved in six deadly force incidents, one of which resulted in the death of George Floyd.
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Demonstrations on eve of George Floyd trial include silent march, symbolic coffin
People protest near the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Sunday, March 7, 2021. (Washington Post photo by Joshua Lott)
Published March 08. 2021 1:21AM | Updated March 08. 2021 1:29AM
Darryl Fears and Jared Goyette, The Washington Post
MINNEAPOLIS - On the eve of the criminal trial for Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of killing George Floyd and sparking global racial protests, this was a city on edge.
A Sunday afternoon march drew a few thousand people to the Hennepin County Government Center, which these days is encircled by concrete barriers and layers of security fencing. Prince s Purple Rain blared over loudspeakers there, but as the crowd began walking, they did so in silence. They carried a white wooden coffin. Helicopters buzzed overhead.