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KS Toronado

(17,200 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 12:26 PM Jun 2020

Only White Officers Are Allowed To Guard George Floyd's Murderer

Eight people of color who work as correctional officers in Minnesota filed a discrimination lawsuit Friday alleging that they were barred from guarding or being on the same floor as Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/minnesota-jail-allowed-only-white-officers-guard-derek-chauvin-lawsuit-n1231676

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Only White Officers Are Allowed To Guard George Floyd's Murderer (Original Post) KS Toronado Jun 2020 OP
Is the jail system admitting they have a race issue? Dustlawyer Jun 2020 #1
Abolish it all. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #2
Whose going to watch prisoners then if we abolish it jimfields33 Jun 2020 #3
Oh but they'd have you believe that all guards matter Blue Owl Jun 2020 #4
Wow what an admission. allnews Jun 2020 #5
Appears the Racial Hatred Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #6
Do black guards matter? Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #7
Excellent Question! KS Toronado Jun 2020 #8

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
1. Is the jail system admitting they have a race issue?
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 12:39 PM
Jun 2020

Do black defendants only get black jailers? I don’t think so. This is virtually an admission that jailers abuse prisoners routinely.

jimfields33

(15,774 posts)
3. Whose going to watch prisoners then if we abolish it
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 12:45 PM
Jun 2020

We can’t have this guy especially on the streets.

allnews

(244 posts)
5. Wow what an admission.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 01:13 PM
Jun 2020

They are aware of the racism, we are aware, I just didn’t expect them to so blatantly flaunt it. But then look at their president.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
6. Appears the Racial Hatred
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 01:50 PM
Jun 2020

ideas of the Senior Officers of the Prison Guards at Oak Park has not changed since day one.

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