Week-in-Review Video
A message from your Senator
Constituents and friends,
On Tuesday, Derek Chauvin was found guilty, on all three charges, of murdering George Floyd. While I was incredibly relieved by that verdict, it’s clear that we have an enormous amount of police reform and racial equity work to do in Minnesota in order to ensure that our public safety system truly and consistently values Black life. Daunte Wright’s funeral yesterday was a tragic reminder of that fact, and I remain supportive of the call from my colleagues in the Senate POCI (People of Color and Indigenous) Caucus that we suspend the Legislature’s ongoing budgetary negotiations until both the House and Senate have heard and adopted several specific and urgent police accountability measures.