Biff_Poindexter
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Minority officers were barred from guarding Derek Chauvin in jail, lawsuit alleges
The lawsuit, filed in state district court, also claims Chauvin received special treatment from a white lieutenant.
www.nbcnews.com
"Eight minority correctional officers at a Minnesota county jail filed a racial discrimination lawsuit claiming they were barred from guarding the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death. The suit, filed Tuesday in state district court, alleges that a superintendent at the Ramsey County Adult Detention Center reassigned officers of color to another floor when the former officer, Derek Chauvin, was arrested on murder charges in May. The suit says the officers — who identify as African American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander and mixed-race — were "segregated and prevented from doing their jobs by defendant solely because of the color of their skin."
This was a pretty smart move by the superintendent -- you can't trust non-white officers to do their jobs professionally; obviously this system has been historically racist with regards to how it treats white defendants in our criminal justice system. It is bad enough we even have to hire correction officers who are non-white -- but they should definitely not be guarding white offenders.
Which reminds me......that Minnesota cop who murdered Justine Damond in cold blood -- does that guy only get guarded by non-white officers or does it not work that way??