MINNEAPOLIS — The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners settled a racial discrimination lawsuit Tuesday that would award eight correctional officers nearly $1.46 million. The officers filed the lawsuit after a jail superintendent barred officers of color from guarding Derek Chauvin because their race might be “liability” around him. The former
Nearly $1.5 million was awarded to eight minority corrections officers who were working at the jail where Derek Chauvin was awaiting trial in George Floyd's death.