AG Keith Ellison to take over case in Floyd killing

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Source: (Minneapolis) Star Tribune

In an unusual legal maneuver, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will take the lead in the prosecution of the fired Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died last week in police custody.

Gov. Tim Walz said Sunday that he concluded Ellison needed to take over the case from the Hennepin County Attorney's Office at the urging of Floyd's family, community activists, and some members of the Minneapolis City Council seeking a vigorous prosecution of the officer, 44-year-old Derek Chauvin.

"This decision is one that I feel takes us in that direction and the step to start getting the justice for George Floyd," Walz said Sunday. "When I spoke to the Floyd family they were very clear: They wanted the system to work for them. They wanted to believe that there was trust and they wanted to feel like the facts would be heard and justice would be served."

Ellison said he plans to "bring to bear all the resources necessary" to prosecute the case. "I just want to let the public know we are pursuing justice, we are pursuing truth, we are doing it vigorously," Ellison said.

Read more: https://www.startribune.com/ag-keith-ellison-to-take-over-case-in-floyd-killing/570911922/

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Bring it on.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Thanks Tim.

You made a damn tough decision to make sure local Politics will not interfere with Justice.

Time for Mike Freeman to say good night and retire. Knowing Ellison,lots of cages are about to be rattled and Hope fully the Warrior's are cleaned out of MPLS PD.

[roamer65]

2. Charge the other 3, AG Ellison.

Today.

...and start releasing names of the white supremacy shitbags that were in MN.

[geardaddy]

10. +1 million

[roamer65]

12. Hope u all are safe and well, geardaddy.

[geardaddy]

13. Thanks roamer!

We are safe but kind of our wits end.

[roamer65]

14. I have no doubt about that.

Disconcerting stuff.

[Mike 03]

3. Most welcome news!

Kick for early-morning DUers!

Now aren't you glad Keith Ellison was reserved in his comments last week??

[Evolve Dammit]

4. This is encouraging

[Bengus81]

5. Good...now fucking arrest the other three today...........

That gives you yet another three days to talk over formal charges on those three after already having several days. Three more days until they would have to be charged or released.

[RhodeIslandOne]

6. Good

Now cue the "very concerned Republicans who TOTALLY want Chauvin to face justice" claiming this is not fair.

[Bayard]

7. As bad as this situation has been,

Can you imagine the outrage if this man if found innocent?

[Johnyawl]

8. His first action should be to schedule another autopsy...

...this time with an impartial panel of MEs. That autopsy from the county ME stunk to high heaven, just a blatant attempt to give the jury enough doubt to let that murdering racist off.

[melm00se]

9. Let's hope that he is a skilled prosecutor

and not more of a politician.

There have been situations where a politician has taken the reins of a prosecution and lost.

[geardaddy]

11. He won't be prosecuting the case himself

He said in a presser that his office is full of skilled prosecutors. He will rely on them.