Minn. lawmakers hit roadblock, Chauvin trial security funding in question
Bill to help pay for Chauvin trial on hold
Three weeks before jury selection is scheduled to start in the trial of Derek Chauvin, it s uncertain who will pay for trial security.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Minnesota lawmakers hit a roadblock over how to pay the estimated $35 million cost of securing the upcoming Derek Chauvin murder trial, which is scheduled to start in three weeks.
On a 35-32 vote, Republican-controlled state Senate pushed through its plan forcing Minneapolis to pay the cost of outside police help. Minutes later, Democrats who control the House delayed a vote on a competing plan to create a state taxpayer-funded $35 million security account.
Public safety officials have spent months planning for civil unrest in the Twin Cities during the March trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, and urged lawmakers to pass a plan to put $35 million toward repaying agencies that volunteer to help.
A bill introduced in the Minnesota Senate would create a process to sue police officers in state court for using excessive force or taking other actions that violate individual rights without the possibility of “qualified immunity” as a defense.
English By Salem Solomon Share on Facebook Print this page WASHINGTON - As the United States marked the inauguration of Vice President Kamala Harris the first woman, the first Black person and the first person of South Asian descent to hold the office other lawmakers with foreign roots are breaking barriers across the country.
Among them is Representative Esther Agbaje of Minnesota, who this month became the first Nigerian American to serve in the state House of Representatives.
“There’s always going to be naysayers, Minnesota state Rep. Esther Agbaje told VOA in an interview. . And I say, ‘Don t listen to them. You know yourself.’ ” (Web screenshot via Skype)
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