Description
The death of George Floyd, a black man killed by a white police officer, sparked global outrage and became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement. Join renowned US politician and lawyer Keith Ellison as he asks the question: how do we break the wheel of police violence and finally make it stop?
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison – the first Muslim to be elected to Congress, the first African-American to serve as representative from Minnesota, and the first as that state’s Attorney General – will discuss his new book Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence.
Don’t miss this compelling conversation as he talks about George Floyd, the successful prosecution of the Derek Chauvin case, and how lasting change and racial justice can be achieved.
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Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence
Keith Ellison
About the Speaker
Keith Ellison, Attorney General
Keith Ellison has served as Minnesota’s attorney general since January 2019. He is the lead prosecutor in the matter of the May 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and led the team that successfully convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on a charge of second-degree unintentional murder, which resulted in the longest sentence of any police officer for killing a civilian while on duty in Minnesota. Attorney General Keith Ellison also led the team that successfully prosecuted former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter on a charge of first-and-second degree manslaughter in the matter of the April 2021 death of Daunte Wright.
As the People’s Lawyer, Attorney General Ellison’s job is to help Minnesotans afford their lives and live with dignity, safety, and respect. During the COVID-19 pandemic, his office enforced executive orders barring evictions and price-gouging, and successfully defended the constitutionality of pandemic-related executive orders in court.
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