Corrections Officers File Suit Against Ramsey County, Alleging Racial Discrimination

Minneapolis MN

10 February, 2021

2:10 PM

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CBS Minnesota February 9, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — On Tuesday, attorneys representing eight correctional officers filed a new lawsuit against Ramsey County, alleging racial discrimination. The case goes back to an incident that happened in the days after George Floyd's death, specifically Derek Chauvin's arrest on May 29. That afternoon, Chauvin was held in the Ramsey County Adult Detention Center. A civil lawsuit now alleges the superintendent of that detention center, Steve Lydon, ordered that his correctional officers of color could not be on the same floor or interact with Chauvin. Read more at CBS Minnesota