Racial Justice

POCI Caucus Statement on the Death of George Floyd

by Senator Melisa López Franzen
May 26, 2020May 26, 2020

We, the members of the MN Legislative People of Color and Indigenous Peoples Caucus (POCI Caucus) express our condemnation and outrage at the killing of Mr. George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis Police officer Monday, May 25.

Minneapolis Senators Hayden, Champion Release Statements on Police-Involved Death of Minneapolis Man

by Senator Jeff Hayden
May 26, 2020May 26, 2020

Today, after a video surfaced of an incident involving a white Minneapolis police officer ended in the death of a black resident, Senators Jeff Hayden and Bobby Joe Champion released the following statements.