Eight minority Ramsey County corrections officers have filed racial discrimination charges with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights late last week.
The officers are alleging that all officers of color were ordered to a separate floor when ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with killing George Floyd, was placed into that jail, according to the Star Tribune.
Eight minority Ramsey County corrections officers have filed discrimination charges with the state’s Department of Human Rights after they were barred from guarding or having any contact with former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin last month.
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The complaint is based on allegations that a supervisor told one of the officers that the black corrections officers would be a potential “liability” around Chauvin because of their race.
Currently, two of the fired officers involved in the George Floyd killing, Thomas Lane, and J. Alexander Kueng, are free after posting bail, while Chauvin and Tou Thao remain in jail pending further legal action.
