SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA – Wednesday, July 1 at 1:00 pm, the Minnesota House Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Division will hold a remote hearing to discuss police accountability in the state of Minnesota. The panel will discuss how the state is currently failing to hold police officers accountable, review police accountability proposals – including the People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) Caucus’s Minnesota Police Accountability Act of 2020, as well as proposals from the Senate Republican Majority, and how holding police officers accountable can help prevent civil unrest in Minnesota.
Video of the hearing will be broadcast live on the House website, and House Public Information Services’Facebook page. The full agenda and supporting documents – including bill language – can be found on thecdivision webpage. Continue reading “Wednesday at 1: Minn. House Public Safety Division to hold public hearing on police accountability”