Police groups sue over changes to Minnesota s deadly force law
Say it violates officers rights to defend themselves.
Posted: Jul 2, 2021 8:29 PM
Updated: Jul 3, 2021 6:35 AM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) A coalition of Minnesota’s largest law enforcement groups has sued the state to overturn a state law that changed the standard for justified use of deadly force by police.
The lawsuit claims the law, which took effect in March, violates officers’ rights to self-defense and unconstitutionally compels officers to forfeit their rights to refuse to testify against themselves in deadly force cases. The law underwent a major rewrite following George Floyd’s death in the custody of four Minneapolis police officers last May.
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