►
From YouTube: April 19, 2021 Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights
Description
View Marked Agenda
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/Board/MarkedAgenda/MCCR/2389
Additional information at
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov
B
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is
mackenzie
kolas,
I'm
the
chair
of
the
civil
rights
commission
and
I'm
going
to
call
this
meeting
for
april
19th
to
order.
I
want
to
welcome
everyone
joining
us
this
evening.
As
we
begin,
I
will
note
for
the
record
that
this
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
members
of
the
commission
and
city
staff
as
authorized
under
minnesota
statutes,
section
13d
.021
due
to
the
declared
local
public
health
emergency.
B
The
city
will
be
recording
and
posting
this
meeting
to
city's
website
and
youtube
channel
as
a
means
of
increasing
public
access
and
transparency.
This
meeting
is
public
and
subject
to
the
minnesota
open
meeting
law.
At
this
time,
I
will
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role,
so
we
can
verify
a
quorum
for
this
meeting.
F
D
B
G
By
secretary
stevens
thank.
B
C
I
I
H
If
it's
going
to
be
board
business,
you
should
add
it
to
the
agenda
as
an
amendment
at
the
beginning,
the
operating
rules
provide
that
the
agenda
should
not
be
changed
once
it's
been
approved.
J
B
Yeah
absolutely
well,
I
have
an
email
from
the
un
regarding
signing
off
on
a
letter,
so
a
statement
that
they
have
regarding
some
of
the
other
work
that
we've
done
with
the
u.n
regarding
systemic
racism
and
police
violence.
So
I
just
wanted
to
see
if
this
is
something
that
the
commission
would
like
to
sign
off
on
before
we
do
that.
So
can
I
have
a
motion
to
amend
the
agenda
to
add.
A
B
We
have
a
proper
motion:
can
the
clerk
call
the
role
to
the
dab
or
is
there
any
other
discussion.
B
I
was
going
to
give
an
update,
but
I
guess
I'm
I'm
learning
the
the
rules
of
what
needs
to
be
on
the
agenda,
so
there
is
also
a
resolution
that
was
passed
at
the
city
council
regarding
lethal
force
in
for
the
minneapolis
police
department,
and
some
work
has
been
done
around
that.
I
was
going
to
do
an
update
regarding
that
and
kind
of
where
we're
at.
H
As
well,
madam
chair,
I
believe
you
can.
You
can
add
that
under
your
report,
since
it's
an
update,
anticipating
that
there
won't
be
any
action
coming
forward.
B
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
A
G
F
F
F
B
H
That,
madam
chair,
I
was
assuming
yes,
I
am
that
it
was
adopted
as
amended
with
that
amendment.
B
Okay,
great,
thank
you
for
the
clarification.
Next
is
the
acceptance
of
the
minutes
from
the
march
15th
meeting.
May
I
please
have
a
motion
to
accept
the
minutes.
J
L
So,
if
I'm
to
propose
that
adjustment
now
prior
to
acceptance
of
the
minutes,
item
number
five.
With
regard
to
the
appeal
that
I
made
at
the
last
meeting
with
the
unexcused
absences,
the
meeting
minutes
reflect
that
due
to
technical
difficulties,
the
record
of
the
roll
call
vote
wasn't
available
and
only
one
vote
or
one
motion
is
actually
recorded
here.
But
there
were
actually
two
motions.
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
B
That
motion
passes
and
the
minutes
are
accepted
as
presented
item
4
on
our
agenda
is
an
update
from
the
african-american
preservation
act,
which
will
be
given
by
keyless
houston
from
the
complaint
investigations
division.
I
will
now
invite
miss
houston
to
give
that
report.
O
Hi
khaleese
houston,
executive,
director
of
village
arms-
I
am
here
to
present
on
the
african-american
family
preservation
act,
a
bill
that
I
wrote
in
2017
to
address
the
disparities
that
exist
within
child
protection,
for
families
of
african
descent,
and
I
was
invited
by
commissioner
devenish
and
I'm
not
sure
who's
loading
the
powerpoint,
but
I
don't
have
share
control.
O
That
all
right,
the
next
slide,
please.
O
So
I
started
the
organization,
a
christ
in
an
organization
village,
arms
to
really
aid
and
support
african
american
families
that
are
impacted
by
child
protection.
After
several
years
of
advocacy,
I
decided
to
write
the
bill.
The
african
american
family
preservation
act.
This
act
would
declare
that
it
is
the
policy
of
this
state
to
protect
the
best
interests
of
african-american
children,
and
this
act
will
promote
the
stability
and
security
of
african-american
families
by
establishing
standards
to
prevent
the
unnecessary
removal
of
black
children
from
their
families.
O
O
I
like
to
start
with
simple
definitions,
so
as
not
to
assume
that
everyone
knows,
but
racial
disproportionality
is
when
the
population
of
children
of
color
in
any
system
is
higher
than
the
population
of
children
of
color
in
the
general
population,
and
racial
disparities
is
in
relation
to
the
lack
of
similarity
or
equality
and
unfortunately,
both
of
these
exist
for
families
of
african
descent
involved
with
child
protection.
Next
slide,
please.
O
Our
children
are
over
represented
in
child
welfare
in
every
state
in
the
country.
I
got
started
in
this
work
about
seven
years
ago,
the
advocacy
work-
and
that
was
after
serving
for
five
years
at
hennepin,
county
central
intake
shelter.
So
this
was
the
first
stop
for
children
just
removed
from
their
parents
just
separated
from
their
parents,
and
it
was
there
that
I
saw
that
at
any
given
time,
100
of
the
kids
on
the
unit
would
be
african-american
when
they
were
there.
O
O
I
watched
the
trauma
the
children
experienced
when
separated,
and
I
really
had
the
opportunity
to
get
to
know
the
parents
and
learn
that
these
were
majority
non-abusive
parents
that
were
just
really
dealing
with
issues
more
so
related
to
poverty
and
environment
than
anything.
O
Research
indicates
that
23
of
the
children
in
foster
care
in
2018
were
african-american,
although
they
made
up
less
than
14
of
the
total
u.s
population,
and
this
is
pretty
consistent
annually
next
slide.
Please
and
I'm
gonna
rush
through
these,
because
I
only
have
about
20
minutes
to
do
this
and
I
usually
take
an
hour
but
I'll,
provide
the
powerpoint
to
commissioner
devinish
for
those
that
wish
to
view
it
in
minnesota.
Racial
disparities
and
disproportionality
again
exist
at
every
decision
point
of
the
child
protection
process
for
families
of
african
descent.
O
Once
that
report
comes
in,
we
are
three
to
four
times
more
likely
to
be
screened
in
any
time
you're
viewing
here,
I
have
african-american
and
the
children
of
two
or
more
races,
category
highlighted
anytime
you're,
reviewing
county
or
state
data
in
relation
to
african
american
families
always
pay
attention
to
both
categories,
because
over
fifty
percent
of
the
children
in
the
two
or
more
races
category
have
a
black
parent
so
that
differentiation
really
skews
the
numbers
in
relation
to
how
many
of
our
families
are
involved
with
this
system
and
how
many
of
our
children
are
actually
in
care
so
always
monitor
both
categories
and
rates
of
removal.
O
Our
children
are
three
to
five
point,
eight
times
more
likely
to
be
removed
from
their
parents
than
their
caucasian
peers,
and
once
the
children
are
in
out
of
home
placement,
the
more
they
experience.
Multiple
moves
in
placement
settings
so
in
shelter.
I
watch
children
they're
with
us
for
the
max
amount
of
time,
which
is
about
90
days
in
shelter
before
being
placed
in
a
culturally
inappropriate,
foster
home.
O
That
typically
disrupts,
then
they're
back
with
us,
some
end
up
in
residential
treatment
and
then
others,
juvenile
detention
and
that
cycle
just
kind
of
continues
until
the
age
of
18.
Unfortunately,
next
slide.
O
Several
components:
influence
disparities
within
child
welfare,
beginning
with
racial
bias
and
identification
and
reporting,
and
our
mandated
reporters
consistently
make
up.
The
majority
of
reports
to
local
agencies
at
about
80
percent
annually
and
minnesota
school
personnel
are
among
the
highest
reporters,
and
current
data
shows
that
they
disproportionately
report
african-american
students
and
families
to
child
protection.
O
I
visited
the
or
was
called
into
the
county
attorney's
office.
That
runs
the
be
at
school
program
and
they
were
concerned
about
the
reports
that
were
coming
in
for
school.
What
they
found
was
that
every
school
that
year
in
the
minneapolis
school
district
was
over
reporting,
black
children
and
child
protection,
one
of
the
schools.
O
The
data
was
so
alarming
that
I
I
always
mention-
and
I
keep
it
in
my
trainings
to
talk
about
it.
This
school
in
particular,
had
only
a
sixteen
percent
african-american
student
population.
They
made
145
calls
to
child
protection.
130
of
those
calls
were
on
their
african-american
students,
and
this
is
consistent
across
service
systems,
including
medical
personnel
and
law
enforcement.
O
So
mandatory
reason
would
be
an
allegation
of
physical
abuse,
sexual
abuse
or
egregious
harm,
and
discretionary
reasons
could
include
at
the
discretion
of
the
child
protection
screener
and,
unfortunately,
allegations
concerning
black
children
are
more
likely
to
be
assigned
for
investigation
for
discretionary
reasons
than
those
concerning
white
children,
and
this
is
especially
important
because
that
investigation
track
that
families
are
placed
on
is
more
punitive
and
it's
more
intrusive.
O
So
this
intervention
really
creates
a
cycle
of
future
child
protection
involvement
and
really
harms
that
family's
long-term
well-being.
O
Next
slide,
please,
once
maltreatment
has
been
substantiated,
white
families
are
more
likely
to
receive
services
that
allow
the
children
to
remain
in
the
home,
while
families
of
color
are
more
likely
to
have
their
children
placed
in
out
of
home
care
after
serving
for
several
years
in
shelter
and
watching
the
bias
and
the
disparities
at
that
level.
O
I
wanted
to
have
a
voice
in
the
courtroom,
so
I
started
to
volunteer
as
a
guardian
at
lightham
in
hennepin
county,
before
taking
a
full-time
position
as
a
cultural
specialist
guardian
at
lydom
for
dakota
county,
and
it
was
there
that
I
saw
that
the
counties
and
the
courts
to
perpetuate
the
disparities
that
I
was
seeing
in
shelter,
and
that
is
what
led
me
to
the
capital
to
focus
on
policy
and
legislative
reform
and
of
course
there
were
steps
in
between
that.
O
But
for
the
sake
of
time
I
won't
get
into
all
that
there
were
two
cases
in
particular,
as
I
served
as
a
guardian
at
lydom
that
I
always
they
still
bother
me
to
this
day.
One
was
an
african-american
mother,
early
20s,
maybe
21
22
years
old.
She
had
just
had
twin
babies.
She
was
living
with
an
on
of
hers
in
north
minneapolis.
O
O
The
babies
became
overheated
mom
got
frantic
the
aunt
finally
got
home.
They
rushed
the
babies
in
put
cold
compresses
on
them
to
bring
their
body
temperatures
back
down,
but
had
already
alerted
the
police.
The
children
were
immediately
removed
from
her
care
and
it
took
two
years
for
her
to
be
reunified.
O
Her
mother
moved
here
from
out
of
state
after
traveling
back
and
forth
to
make
the
court
hearings
every
other
month.
Court
still
refused
to
place.
The
the
children
in
the
care
of
the
grandmother
took
some
advocacy
on
my
part
to
even
get
the
the
children
with
an
aunt,
but
this
was,
after
a
few
failed,
foster
care
placements
on
the
flip
side
of
that
caucasian
mother,
same
age,
early
20s,
using
an
illegal
substance
in
her
car,
got
into
an
accident
on
the
highway
hit
her
guard
rail.
O
Couldn't
get
her
car
out,
the
police
were
called.
It
was
noted
in
the
police
report
that
there
was
paraphernalia
found
and
mother
seemed
to
be
under
the
influence.
Her
child
was
never
removed
from
her
care.
It
wasn't
until
the
fourth
dui
with
the
child
in
the
car
that
she
was
finally
removed,
that
child
was
immediately
placed
with
a
maternal
grandmother
and
ultimately
reunified
with
her
mother
much
sooner
than
that
african-american
mother-
and
this
was
not
unique.
O
I
saw
it
time
and
time
again
and
is
one
of
the
reasons
that
I
continue
to
push
for
policy
and
practice
reform
next
slide.
Please
we
talk
a
lot
about
the
school-to-prison
pipeline,
but
for
black
children
there
is
also
a
foster
care
to
prison
pipeline.
Our
children
are
the
highest
population,
moving
from
child
protection
to
juvenile
detention.
Unfortunately,
next
slide.
O
I'm
going
to
pick
on
hennepin
county
a
bit
here,
although
disparities
exist
in
nearly
every
county
in
this
state,
but
of
course
much
more
so
in
our
largest
and
most
diverse
counties,
we
only
make
up
about
13
of
the
population
in
hennepin
county,
but
about
70
percent
of
all
screened
and
reports,
and
nearly
80
percent,
or
just
over
50
of
the
out-of-place
mental
child,
removals
and
50
of
the
termination
of
parental
rights,
meaning
50
of
the
children
that
aren't
able
to
be
loved
by
care
for
or
known
taken
care
of
by
their
parents.
O
O
O
O
According
to
casey
family
programs
and
national
research
studies,
black
families
are
no
more
likely
to
maltreat
their
children
than
white
families.
After
controlling
for
such
factors
as
income,
unemployment
and
location,
we
actually
have
lower
rates
of
child
maltreatment
than
caucasian
communities
next
slide.
O
O
He
was
murdered
by
his
stepmother
after
polk
county
received
15
calls
that
he
was
a
child
in
need
of
protection.
These
were
some
of
the
pictures
that
were
submitted
by
people
around
him
that
loved
and
cared
for
him
and
because
of
the
color
of
his
skin,
his
parents
were
given
the
benefit
of
the
doubt
and
she
ultimately
took
his
life.
O
I
was
already
at
the
capitol
in
2014,
advocating
around
the
issue
of
disproportionality
and
desperate
treatment
of
black
families
when
there
was
all
of
a
sudden,
an
inflow
influx
of
folks
from
the
governor
to
dhs
commissioner
directors,
county
officials
and
decision
makers,
everyone
demanding
that
child
welfare
be
reformed.
As
a
result
of
this
child's
death,
I
naively
thought
that
there
would
be
reform
for
black
families
as
well,
because
the
issue
of
child
welfare
disproportionality
is
so
long-standing
and
so
well
documented.
O
The
result,
unfortunately,
of
eric
dean's
death
was
a
73
increase
in
out-of-home
placement
of
primarily
black
native
and
brown
families.
Brown
children
excuse
me,
so
his
death
unfortunately
had
nothing
to
do
with
our
communities
but
exacerbated
an
issue
that
we
were
already
working
to
address,
and
I
like
to
use
him
as
an
example
as
well,
because
the
opposite
is
often
true
in
cases
involving
black
parents.
We
can
get
one
call
to
child
protection
and
have
our
child
removed
based
on
lesser
allegations.
O
Why
is
the
rate
of
child
welfare
involvement
higher
for
certain
groups
in
comparison
to
others,
institutional
racism?
And
while
this
is
a
systemic
issue,
that
no
one
person
is
responsible
for?
We
all
play
a
role
in
perpetuating
it
when
we
one
deny
its
existence
and
two
fail
to
acknowledge
our
own
biases,
and
we
do
that.
O
We
really
allow
them
to
lead
in
our
decision
making
and
that's
been
evident
as
we
review
the
data
in
child
welfare
with
black
and
brown
families
coming
in
with
similar
or
less
egregious
allegations,
but
with
more
negative
and
adverse
outcomes.
O
This
really
resonated
with
me
enough
so
that
I
wanted
to
quote
it.
According
to
the
minnesota
department
of
health,
disproportionate
out
of
home
placement
rates
are
not
the
result
of
poor
parenting
by
certain
ethnic
groups,
but
the
outcome
of
multiple
systems
with
long
histories
of
discrimination
and
racist
practices
that
enforce
policies
unfairly,
unjustly
and
unethically,
while
failing
to
provide
enough
supports
to
parents
and
guardians,
and
I've
witnessed
this
in
my
work
professionally
and
as
a
volunteer
advocate
for
families
in
this
field.
O
Next
slide,
please,
the
perpetual
clocking
of
our
child
protection
system
with
children
that
are
not
at
risk
of
harm
has
exhausted
the
state's
resources.
Please
note
that
the
vast
majority
of
families
involved
with
child
protection
are
not
involved
for
physical
or
sexual
abuse
against
their
children,
but
so-called
neglect.
O
O
This
has
linked
to
caseworker
overload
a
significant
decrease
in
foster
home
availability
and
an
increase
in
state
spending,
while
leaving
children
such
as
eric
dean,
truly
in
need
of
protection,
vulnerable
and
at
risk,
and
I
always
tell
folks
this
isn't
a
black
issue,
we're
overworking
the
child
protection
system,
so
much
so
that
we
can't
protect
the
children
that
truly
need
it,
and
when
we
allow
our
bias
or
race
to
really
lead
in
our
decision
making
again
we're
harming
more
children,
not
just
black
children,
but
we're
harming
all
children
next
slide.
O
O
The
minnesota
african-american
family
preservation
act
would
serve
to
improve
the
mental
health
and
social
functioning
of
african-american
families
in
their
community.
Protect
children
and
strengthen
families
reduce
the
overall
cost
of
child
welfare
services
and
out
of
home
placement,
we
spend
upwards
of
25
000
per
year
per
child
to
place
them
in
out
of
home
care
when
in-home
services
and
support
for
these
families
would
cost
a
fraction
of
that.
O
O
And
I'm
going
to
speed
through
these.
I
don't
know
how
much
time
I
have
left
but
again
sf843hf1151.
If
folks
want
to
read
through
that
language,
we
spent
a
significant
amount
of
time
with
dhs
this
year
going
through
language.
So
there
were
some
amendments
that
were
made
to
the
original
language
and
as
soon
as
we
get
that
back
from
the
revisers
office,
we
can
share
that
as
well.
O
The
bill
will
require
that
the
agency
make
active
efforts
opposed
to
reasonable
efforts
to
prevent
out
of
home
placement
of
african-american
child
and
to
do
this
by
using
safety
plans
and
by
supporting
familial
and
community
supports,
like
the
natural
supports
that
families
have
in
place
to
resolve.
Whatever
quote-unquote
crisis
is
occurring
in
the
home.
O
We
really
want
to
work
to
divert
some
of
these
families
from
child
protection
when
it
isn't
an
issue
of
actual
abuse
against
their
children
prior
to
an
african-american
child's
placement
in
foster
care.
The
agency
must
make
active
opposed
to
reasonable
efforts
to
identify
and
locate
the
child's
relatives
and
non-custodial
parents
next
slide.
O
This
is
one
of
those
sections
that
was
modified
through
our
meetings
with
dhs.
O
We
were
originally
asking
for
a
parent
whose
parental
rights
have
been
terminated
to
have
120
days
to
appeal
that,
but
that
was
compromised
and
it
is
down
to
60
days
now
it's
still
more
than
it
currently
is.
I
think
parents
get
like
21
days
to
appeal
the
termination
of
parental
rights,
and
it's
just
not
realistic
for
those
terpination
of
parental
rights
trials
are
extremely
traumatic,
even
as
a
professional.
O
O
They
need
time
to
process
that
to
find
legal
representation
and
to
really
understand
what
that
appeal
process
looks
like.
So
we
wanted
to
extend
that
time
for
them.
This
next
section
speaks
to
the
re-establishment
of
parental
rights
bobby
joe
champion
senator
bobby
joe
champion
passed
a
bill
a
few
years
ago
to
re-establish
parental
rights
of
parents.
O
But-
and
I
thank
him
for
his
work
on
this,
because
I
know
he
had
to
really
battle
it
out
with
the
county
attorney's
office
for
the
language
that
he
did
get,
but
there's
a
stipulation
there
that
states
that
the
child
has
to
be
in
foster
care
for
four
years
before
the
parent
can
petition
for
re-establishment
of
parental
rights.
That
will
work
well
for
our
teenagers
that
have
been
languishing
in
care
for
some
time.
O
O
So
by
leaving
that
language,
we
leave
a
too
large
of
a
population
of
folks
that
just
have
no
path
to
reunify
with
their
children
and
because
we
know
that
there's
so
much
racial
bias
that
exists
at
that
point
of
contact
in
relation
to
who
gets
a
termination
of
parental
rights
and
who
gets
a
transfer
of
legal
custody
which
is
temporary.
O
We
absolutely
have
an
an
obligation
to
create
a
path
for
reunification,
so
this
bill's
language
would
allow
a
parent
to
file
a
petition
for
re-establishment,
no
matter
the
age
of
the
child
and
no
matter
how
long
that
child
has
been
in
foster
care,
because
I
think,
even
with
the
current
language
that
senator
bobby
cho
got
passed,
the
child
has
to
be
10
years
or
older.
I
believe
so.
We
want
to
remove
that
language
to
allow
for
more
parents
the
opportunity
to
reunify
next
slide.
O
And
this
section
deals
with
employee
misconduct,
because
we've
seen
so
many
instances
where
documentation
has
been
fabricated
or
falsified.
We
added
language
in
the
bill
that
any
local
agency
that
fails
to
comply
with
this
section
will
be
subject
to
corrective
action
and
a
fine
determined
by
the
commissioner
if
they
are
found
to
have
made
untrue
statements
about
any
case
withheld
any
information
that
may
be
material
to
a
case,
fabricated
or
falsified
any
documentation
or
evidence
relating
to
a
case
next
slide.
Please.
O
O
We're
asking
for
an
african-american
child
welfare
oversight
council
to
help
formulate
policies
and
procedures
relating
to
african-american
child
welfare
services,
to
ensure
that
african-american
families
are
provided
with
the
services
that
they
need
and
opportunities
to
care
for
their
children
in
their
homes.
Next
slide,
we're
asking
for
and
dhs
as
a
result
of
my
bill
did
create
this
department,
an
african-american
child
well-being,
department,
it's
headed
by
devin
gilchrist
currently,
and
this
office
will
work
with
the
african-american
child
welfare
oversight.
O
Council
next
slide
we're
asking
for
grants
to
african
american-led
organizations,
service
providers
and
programs
that
serve
african-american
children
and
their
families
to
support
and
fund
those
that
exist,
but
also
to
create
rfps
to
create
more
services
for
our
families.
There
are
about
two
agencies
that
serve
african-american
families
specifically
involved
with
child
protection,
it's
mine
and
then
we
have
minnesota
one
stop
for
communities.
We
have
one
ombudsman
whose
great
miss
ann
hill,
but
she's,
charged
with
taking
all
african-american
cases
covering
all
87
counties.
O
This
bill
covers
all
families
of
african
descent,
although
it
reads
african-american,
that's
because
when
reviewing
county
and
state
data,
you
have
the
category
african-american,
but
it's
all
of
us
across
the
diaspora,
so
east
african
west
african,
we're
all
lumped
into
the
african-american
category
and
we're
asking
for
that
that
data
to
be
disaggregated,
because
our
cultures
are
very
unique,
as
our
needs
are
so
we're
really
asking
that
that
be
separated.
So
we
know
who's
involved
in
so
that
we
can
really
tailor
those
in
those
interventions
for
the
families
next
slide.
O
And
that
is
the
last
one.
My
email
address
is
here
as
well
as
our
website.
If
anyone
has
any
questions
or
wants
more
information
and
again
I'll
share
the
powerpoint
with
commissioner
depnish
for
those
that
are
interested.
K
J
O
K
Want
to
thank
this
is
commissioner,
dennis.
I
want
to
thank
miss
houston
for
her
time
and
her
hard
work
on
creating
this
bill,
and
I
guess
my
question
is
as
the
civil
rights
commission
or
the
community.
What
can
we
do
to
help
you
pass
this
bill
because,
from
my
understanding,
it's
not
a
current
bill.
So
what
can
we
do
to
help.
O
Yeah,
so
we
did
introduce
it
this
year
and
we
moved
through
the
house.
We
got
yes
votes
in
the
house,
but
we
didn't
move
in
the
senate,
and
that
was
the
case
in
2019
as
well,
of
course,
kovic
kind
of
canceled
the
session
for
2020,
but
in
2019
it
was
the
same
thing.
O
We
really
need
support
from
allies
and
the
constituents
of
some
of
our
senators,
senator
limmer
in
particular,
who
covers,
I
believe,
maple
grove
to
request
that
he
allow
this
bill
to
be
heard
in
committee
so
that
we
can
get
it
moved,
we're
going
to
have
an
outreach
campaign
over
the
summer
and
welcome
folks
to
get
involved
there,
we're
going
to
be
doing
virtual
phone
banks
and
really
targeting
the
senate
and
then
just
getting
out
to
get
petitions
signed
as
well
to
increase
support
of
the
bill,
specifically
targeting
some
of
those
areas
where
child
protection
like
north
minneapolis
and
some
areas
of
saint
paul,
where
you
see
a
high
population
of
our
children
being
removed.
O
Unfortunately,
so
yeah
we'll
have
some
brainstorming
sessions
over
this
summer.
So,
if
folks
are
interested,
please
please
reach
out
and
you
can
join
us
that
way.
P
P
They're,
basically
snatching
our
children
and
hennepin
county
has
a
history
of
that,
and
this
has
to
stop
that's
what
they're
doing
I've
worked
with
non-profits,
whether
it
be
phyllis
wheatley.
P
I
said
on
the
board
of
the
mastery
school
and
I've
run
into
situations
like
this,
where
black
families,
american
descendants
of
slaves,
are
being
penalized
for
the
disease
of
poverty
and
being
poor
with
that
said
in
the
interim
specifically,
how
do
you
think
that
the
city
of
minneapolis,
you
know,
and
the
weight
of
this
civil
rights
commission
can
be
instrumental
in
helping
this
legislation
move
forward
and-
and
you
may
not
have
the
you
know
a
definitive
answer
for
it,
but
I
do
think
that
it
is
something
that
has
to
be
addressed,
and
so
I
said,
if
you
don't
have
the
answer
for
then
I
think
that's
something
that
we
need
to
to
to
to
take
on.
K
Well,
I
have
a
question
to
add
to
that.
Commissioner
rants,
I
think,
miss
houston
mentioned
writing
certain
senators
and
I
was
wondering
as
a
commission
can
we
come
up,
write,
something
maybe
and
one
of
the
subcommittees
or
at
on
yeah
and
one
of
the
subcommittees
and
and
send
it
to
those
particular
senators.
Is
that
something
that
we
can
do
and
that's
just
to
maybe
a
ion
or
one
of
the
city
members
to
answer
that
question?
K
Are
we
allowed
to
write
senators
on
on
behalf
of
this
subject,
asking
to
pass
this
african-american
preservation
act.
O
And
one
thing
I
was
going
to
add
to
that
is:
that
is
exactly
what
the
way
that
you
can
help.
Even
by
writing.
One
letter
of
support
we've
gotten
hennepin
county
to
do
it
as
well
as
ramsey
county,
but
now
dhs,
because
they've
we've
worked
with
them
on
the
language.
We
can
get
that
letter
of
support
from
them
as
well.
So
it
would
be
awesome
if
you
could
just
write
a
letter
of
support,
but
then
also
yes,
reach
out
to
those
specific
senators.
O
In
addition,
especially
if
you're
in
their
district,
because
I
yell
at
them
odds
long
asking
for
a
hearing,
but
I
mean
this
issue
doesn't
resonate
with
them.
These
are
black
children.
They
really
need
to
hear
from
their
constituents
that
this
is
an
issue
that
their
voters
care
about.
B
I
was
wondering
you
know
with
the
we
see
that
the
disparities
are
so
immense
and
in
many
parts
of
the
child
welfare
system,
I'm
doing
a
lot
of
projects
with
my
internship
that
I
do
on
my
own
time
regarding
child
welfare
and
the
outcomes
and
the
disparities
that
we
see
and
a
lot
of
it
comes
down
to
even
like
individual
bias,
and
so
just
thinking
of
how
the
reports
are
significantly
seen
in
the
schools,
like
what
kind
of
training
is
available
to
people
in
the
community
when
it
comes
to
child
welfare
reporting
or
even
the
system
in
general,.
O
So
one
of
the
initiatives
that
we're
doing
in
ramsey
county
is
mandated
reporter
training
and
we
did
it
for
a
short
time
in
hennepin
county,
but
with
their
change
and
leadership.
It
was
one
of
those
initiatives
that
just
kind
of
fell
by
the
wayside,
but
what
I
would
do
is
go
out
with
the
screeners
when
they
train
the
mandated
reporters
on
their
rights
and
responsibilities.
O
I
would
train
and
talk
to
them
about
bias
and
reporting
and
how
they
lend
to
disproportionality
and
that's
actually
a
best
practice
mandated
reporter
training
is
a
best
practice
in
addressing
racial
disproportionality,
and
I
found
that
they
were
all
very
receptive
of
the
information.
O
A
lot
of
them
have
been
trained
to
kind
of
cya,
so
they
were
just
trying
to
cover
their
butts
instead
of
really
engaging
the
family
and
offering
resources,
if
they
suspected
or
even
thought
anything
or
were
just
unsure
what
they
were
seeing,
they
would
pick
up
the
phone
and
call
child
protection,
so
it
was
really
what
they
reported
is
that
it
was
a
relief
to
them
to
hear
from
child
protection
that
they
didn't
have
to
be
so
kind
of
trigger.
Happy.
O
In
the
sense
of
dowling
them,
but
using
them
as
a
last
resort,
so
again
it
was
great
in
hennepin
I'm
trying
to
get
them
to
restart
it,
but
we
are
doing
that
in
ramsey
county,
in
conjunction
with
some
other
initiatives
to
address
bias
at
the
screening
level
and
those
things
need
to
be
coupled
but
yeah,
absolutely
that
training
and
then
folks
that
are
mandated
reporters
because
you're
armed
with
this
information,
you
can
start
to
talk
to
your
peers
about
it
as
well
and
just
get
folks
to
kind
of
slow
down
and
really
assess
the
situation.
O
You're
only
supposed
to
be
calling
child
protection,
if
you
suspect
the
child
is
being
abused.
So
don't
just
take
that
one
incident
really
consider
what
you
know
of
that
family
and
then
ask
questions
opposed
to
making
assumptions
because
you're
making
a
call
that's
gonna.
Have
the
government
show
up
on
someone's
doorstep?
It's
a
big
deal.
P
What
and
that's
miss
you
said:
how
can
this
commission
have
an
impact
on
the
minneapolis
public
school
system?
It's
a
large
school
system
in
hennepin
county
and
a
lot
of
those
teachers
are
not
of
color
and
are
are
a
part
of
the
problem.
So
how
can
we,
as
a
commission,
potentially
address
that
maybe
with
minneapolis
public
schools
to
help
in
the
interim,
while
we're
moving
forward
with
getting
this
legislation
passed?
O
The
school
board
asking
for
their
data
in
relation
to
reporting
and
the
county
attorney's
office
that
runs
the
bs
school
program,
recovers
that
so
talking
to
them
too,
about
what
they're,
seeing
and
then
addressing
the
the
school
board
and
and
really
applying
pressure
for
the
school
board.
To
address
this
issue,
because
the
reporting
is
the
front
door
of
child
protection,
so
it
is,
they
absolutely
should
be
held
accountable
for
over
reporting
black
children.
K
So
I
have
a
question
to
the
commission:
is
there
anyone
who's
interested
in?
Is
it
okay?
If
I
volunteer
to
write
a
letter
on
behalf
of
the
commission
and
maybe
miss
houston,
maybe
you
could
help
me
put
it
together
to
these
senators
and
maybe
possibly
to
the
schools.
Is
that
something
that
the
commission
is
can
do.
P
I
don't
see
why
we
shouldn't
be
able
to
do
that,
and
I
would
support
that.
So
if
that's
a
motion
that
I
make
a
motion
that
commissioner
devinish
start,
the
initial
draft
of
the
letter.
Q
I
think
commissioner
devin
issue,
if
you
you
seem
to
be
asking
me
if
you
think,
if
that
is
within
the
commission's
numerated
powers,
and
I
do
believe
it
is
within
your
powers
to
advise
the
other
agencies
of
government
about
issues
affecting
civil
rights
in
minneapolis,
which
just
clearly
appears
to
be
as
far
as
the
process
for
writing
the
letter.
It
would
be
great
for
one
person
to
draft
it,
but
it
should
come
back
to
the
full
commission
for
everyone
to
look
at
it
and
vote
on
it
before
it
goes
somewhere.
K
Absolutely
I'd
be
more
than
happy
to
follow
those
procedures,
so
I
believe,
can
put
the
motion
on
the
floor.
Do
we
have
a
second.
R
This
is
commissioner,
hearts.
I
second
it
and
commissioner
devenish,
I
helped
chair
robbins
write
a
proclamation
last
year
and-
and
I
I
think
I
was
hopefully
useful
to
that
if
you'd
like
a
second
set
of
eyes
on
it,
I'd
I'd
like
to
offer
my
help
with
with
it
as
well.
R
Bennett,
commissioner,
commissioner,
bennett
hearts.
K
Okay,
hearts,
okay,
I'll
need
to
I'll
contact
you
via
email,
and
maybe
we
can
get
together
and
put
something
together.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you,
questioners
is
there
any
other
comments
regarding
this
vote.
S
I
this
is,
commissioner,
lord.
I
had
a
I
had
a
question.
Yes
to
our
presenter.
There
were
so
many
good
and
powerful
ideas
that
you
reviewed
that
were
so
compelling,
and
I
guess
I
I
was
thinking
about
the
benefit
that
they
could
afford
all
children
in
our
community.
You
know
thinking,
for
example,
about
expanding
from
21
days
to
120
days
after
the
trial
period.
S
You
know
we
have
many
folks
in
our
hmong
community
or
our
kind
of
hispanic
community
who
may
not
have
english
as
a
first
language
and
might
need
extra
time.
You
know
I
guess
I
was
just
wondering
about
the
applicability
of
some
of
these
things
to
you
know
all
members
of
our
community
and
I'm
sure,
you've
thought
about
that.
So
I'm
I'm
wondering
if
you
could
maybe
just
respond
to
that.
O
Yep,
I
have
thought
about
it,
but
because
of
the
disparities,
because
the
vast
majority
of
termination
of
parental
rights
are
black
families,
I
have
to
focus
on
this
population.
Before
I
expand
my
reach
to
others,
I
always
compare
it
to
children
drowning.
There
are
several
that
are
drowning
and
there
are
some
that
are
on
the
shore.
I
have
to
get
the
ones
that
are
drowning
first
and
then
I
can
focus
on
on
the
others.
Our
asian
communities
are
actually
underrepresented
in
child
protection,
and
disparities
do
not
exist
for
our
caucasian
peers
at
all.
O
Nor
does
over-representation
so
as
soon
as
I-
and
we
all
know
that,
when
laws
and
policies
work
for
black
folks,
they
work
for
everybody.
Just
look
at
affirmative
action,
so
once
we
can
get
a
handle
on
what's
happening
to
black
families
will
have
more
leeway
to
address
the
entire
system
for
all
families,
because
it
is
a
broken
system.
It
just
absolutely
is,
but
it
works
better
for
some
than
it
does
others.
K
Is
there
any
other
comments
or
questions
before
we
call
raw
on
this
vote?.
D
I'm
sorry
this
is
heidi
richie
from
the
mayor's
office
and
I
had
to
step
out
because
I'm
also
toggling
between
the
ward
8
meeting
and
I
just
need
a
clarification
on
the
motion.
F
P
Yes,
so
this
is
commissioner
rance.
I
made
a
motion
that
commissioner
devinish
and
commissioner
bh
apologize
for
for
that.
That's.
P
Hearts:
okay,
move
forward
on
drafting
the
letter
on
behalf
of
the
mccr
regarding
the
african-american
preservation.
T
P
O
D
Through
our
igr
and
mayor's
office
and
council.
P
P
Okay-
but
I
just
want
to
say
this,
but
here
we
go
again
with
this
commission
potentially
being
stifled,
and
this
is
a
civil
rights
issue
and
I
don't
see
why
it
should
have
to
be
scrutinized
if
we're
advocating
for
the
rights
of
our
black
citizens.
P
D
I
would
say
no,
we
like
the
mayor's
office
and
the
council.
Well,
I
can
only
speak
for
the
mayor's
office
and
that
was
kind
of
something
that
we
didn't
really
have
a
good
idea
about.
We
weren't
really
notified
about,
and
so
there
wasn't
a
lot
of
good
communication,
and
I
guess
that's
why
I'm
here
tonight
right
is
because
I
want
to
make
sure,
there's
better
communication
between
the
mayor's
office
and
all
of
the
groups
for
mccr
and
both
fpcoc,
which
are
doing
a
lot
of
similar
work.
D
So
it's
I
don't
know
where
it
comes
across
that
anyone's
trying
to
stifle
anything.
I
think
we
just
want
to
be
aware
of
what
your
concerns
are
and
if
the
best
way
of
being
aware
of
what
your
concerns
are
is
by
reading
a
letter
that
you
plan
to
send
to
an
outside
organization
like
then
I
would
love
to
read
that
letter.
I
just
what
I
worry
about
is
is
not
being
on
the
same
page
when
I
know
that
there's
been
there's
better
history
of
that,
but
we're
also
trying
to
correct
that.
K
G
G
D
J
P
J
L
There
seems
to
be
some
context
which
some
of
us
aren't
aware
of
to
do,
with
whatever
happened
to
the
communications
that
planned
to
come
out
of
the
accountability
for
killing
george
floyd
task
force,
and
all
I
saw
at
that
time
was
what
was
reported
in
the
newspapers,
and
I
heard
some
comment
in
passing
here
about
what
happened
with
the
george
floyd
task
force.
So
I
wonder
if,
for
all
the
commissioners
that
weren't
involved,
including
myself,
you
can
give
us,
maybe
some
idea
of
what
happened
then.
B
Thanks,
commissioner,
I'm
wondering
if
we
can
do
that,
can
we
finish
up
with
our
speaker,
miss
keyless
and
then
have
that
conversation
during
the
task
force
update.
I
just
I
do
want.
J
L
A
This
is,
commissioner,
if
I
may
be,
is
that
this
is
for
coming
for,
for
commissioner
ferrar,
you
know
the
the
issue
with
the
other
statement,
started
and
ended
with
the
city
attorney
and
the
city
attorneys
weighed
in
on
this
one.
So
it's
not
similar
to
this
present
issue,
but
we
can
talk
about.
You
know
the
city
attorney.
A
You
know
actions
for
that
when
we
get
to
the
other
part,
but
I
think
that
that
attorney
naf
has
stepped
in
and
given
us,
you
know
at
least
tacit
permission
to
move
forward
with
this,
and
so
I
think
we
can.
You
know,
move
past
the
thing
that
happened
there
at
this
fairly
fairly
adorably.
But
I
do
have
a
question
for
director
richie.
A
You
used
a
three-letter
acronym
that
I'm
not
familiar
with
so
for
one
of
the
new
guys
on
the
on
the
border.
Could
you
let
me
know
what
that
means.
R
R
R
I'm
wondering,
though,
is
would
there
be
an
opportunity
for
the
mayor's
office
and
the
city
council
to
sign
on
to
the
letter,
because
if
they
read
the
letter-
and
they
say
yeah,
we
agree,
then
we
can
speak
not
just
with
the
voice
of
the
council,
but
with
you
know
the
whole
of
the
basically
elected
body
of
minneapolis,
and
I
think
that
gives
a
lot
more
voice
and
credibility
to
to
our
position.
So
I'm
I'm
interested
in
whether
that's
a
possibility.
D
Well,
I'm
gonna
defer
to
the
city
attorney's
office
before
I
answer
that
because
I
feel
like
I
always
have
to,
but
I
do
have
an
answer
on
that.
After
andrea
neff
speaks.
Q
I
will
just
jump
in
here
and
make
a
brief
comment.
I
think
it's
a
little
bit
premature
to
assume
that
the
mayor's
office
or
the
city
council
or
the
igr
folks
would
approve
or
disapprove
of
the
letter,
so
we're
going
down
a
path.
We
don't
need
to
go
down
right
now.
The
request
that's
been
made
is
that
the
letter
be
shared
with
them.
Q
You
know
this
body
is
created
by
ordinance
and
every
each
and
every
one
of
the
commissioners
is
appointed
by
the
mayor
or
the
city
council,
and
so
it
seems
like
an
appropriate
request
that
we
share
the
letter
that
the
letter
be
shared
with
them
and
I
think,
going
down
a
path
of
what,
if
someone
disapproves
or
approves,
is
just
very
premature
at
this
time.
B
Click,
can
we
ask
you
to
call
a
roll
on
the
motion.
M
F
F
F
J
F
F
F
D
F
F
H
J
B
That
motion
has
passed.
Thank
you.
O
B
And
the
next
item
on
the
agenda,
we
did
the
amendment
so
clerk.
I
did.
I
wasn't
quite
sure
where
I
was
going
to
be
explaining
the
letter
from
the
un,
but
I
can
do
that
now.
I
Works
and
chairmate,
I
sent
you
an
email
in
cc
ted
and
that's
the
person
that
would
normally
so
if
you
want
to
do
it
that
way,
but
it
doesn't
matter.
B
So
this,
let's
see
I'll
wait
till
it
gets
put
up
there
for
some
context.
We
got
a
request
this
afternoon
from
the
un
task
force
that
we've
been.
B
We
had
our
un
task
force
and
we
were
working
with
the
larger
commissions
regarding
human
rights
and
civil
rights
commission,
and
so
they
wanted
us
to
sign
off
on
a
letter,
two
letters
I
mean
so
we're
gonna
have
those
joint
statements
pulled
up.
This
is
very
much
related
to
some
of
the
other
work
that
we've
done
with
the
un
and
previous
meetings
this
year,
but
I
just
I
want
to
sign
off
on
this,
and
I
guess
you
know
this
is
something
we
should
definitely
be.
B
B
So
I
just
wanted
everyone
to
have
a
chance
to
review
it
before
we
tell
them
that
we
would
sign
off
or
not
sign
on
to
this
letter.
It
does
have
to
be
signed
off
on
by
the
29th.
M
M
B
They
sent
me
a
few
different
links
with
a
few
different
statements
that
they
wanted
signed.
So
there's
a
letter
to
addressed
to
the
high
commissioner
and
a
letter
addressed
to
the
african
group
that
they're
working
on
in
the
working
with
families
and
then
there's
also
a
resolution,
and
then
they
would
like
us
to
sign
on
by
the
29th
of
april.
So
I
did
put
that
in
the
in
the
chat
as
well,
and
that
does
have
two
additional
links.
B
But
I
was
just
trying
to
do
one
at
a
time,
because
there
are
two
letters
in
a
resolution,
but
is
that
ted
ted?
Would
you
mind
opening
up
the
second
document
that
I
sent
or
the
second
link
in
the.
B
B
And
we
we
previously
did
have
a
un
task
force.
I
wasn't
very
clear
on
how
our
commission
wanted
to
handle
the
task
force
that
did
exist
in
2020.
B
C
C
B
Q
Do
chair
colas,
I'm
I'm
just
seeing
this
for
the
first
time
and
I'm
skimming
this
letter
very
quickly,
and
I
do
see
that
it
makes
the
statement
about
the
ongoing
george
floyd
trial
and
so
because,
because
it
does
reference
the
george
floyd
matter
and
we
have
an
ongoing
criminal
trial
related
to
that,
I'm
going
to
have
to
recommend
that
the
commission
not
sign
any
documents
that
reference
that
trial.
Q
At
this
time
the
the
trial
judge
has
admonished
the
city
to
just
please
stop
talking
about
this
matter,
and
so
I
don't
believe
that
this
would
be
the
right
thing
to
do.
A
And
this
is
commissioner
staniani.
Even
though
the
trial
has
now
gone
to
the
jury
and
the
jury
sequestered,
there
is
no
more
opportunity
for
a
mistrial.
If
you
will
that's
still
the
city's
position,
attorney's
position.
B
Does
anybody
else
have
any
discussion
about
andrea's
comment.
B
J
M
If,
if
we
have
any
concerns-
and
I
would
be-
you
know-
I
think
that
would
be
fine
to
do
and
to
defer
to
the
chair
or
the
executive
committee
to
make
that
determination.
They
could
have
you
know
a
meeting,
they
could
schedule
a
meeting
on
may
2nd
to
make
that
determination
and
to
decide
whether
they
need
to
reach
out
to
the
us
human
rights
network
to
have
the
name
removed.
M
B
Yeah
absolutely
well,
then
we
can.
We
can
table
this
item
unless
anybody
else
has
any
other
comments.
A
I
think
commissioner
burkus
was
suggesting
we
moved
to
provisional
approve.
This
is
that
chairman,
berquist
or
charge
commissioner
christ.
M
I
appreciate
the
promotion,
but
no
thanks,
yeah
yeah,
so
I
mean
I
would
be
supportive
of
a
motion
to
sign
or
endorse
both
letters,
but
to
authorize
the
executive
committee
or
the
chair
to
meet
prior
to
the
embargo
release
date
to
if,
if
they
determined
that
that
endorsement
would
be
counterproductive
to
the
ongoing
proceedings
against
officer
chauvin.
B
K
F
B
W
W
B
W
J
X
Q
Yes,
I'd
be
happy
to
weigh
in
on
that.
I
I
believe,
commissioner
fine
is
correct.
This
is
an
ongoing
problem.
It
will
be
ongoing
as
there
will
likely
be
appeals
following
this
trial.
It
is
not
correct
to
say
you
can't
have
a
mistrial,
we
could
have
a
hung
jury,
we
could
have
another
trial,
you
know
a
retrial,
so
this
this
matter
is
not
concluded.
Judge
cahill's
concerns
are
are
very
valid
and
will
remain
so
for
the
foreseeable
future.
M
Thank
you
could
if
I
can
interject
for
just
a
moment.
Both
letters
specifically
refer
to
the
ongoing
trial
of
the
minneapolis
city
police
officer,
who
killed
george
floyd,
so
to
the
extent
that
there's
a
reference
to
a
cr,
an
ongoing
matter.
It's
only
for
the
trial
of
derek
chovin.
It
doesn't
refer
to
the
other
officers
who
have
been
charged.
Q
I
think
on
this
one
you
know
I
can
see
that
others
may
not
agree
with
the
position
of
the
city
attorney's
office,
but
it
is
the
position
of
the
city
attorney's
office.
That
no
comment
should
be
made
about
the
trial
of
george
floyd
inc
relating
to
george
floyd,
including
the
other
officers.
You
know,
especially
while
you're
in
deliberations,
that
that
opinion
isn't
really
open
for
discussion
or
re-evaluation
it.
It
just
is
the
opinion.
Q
I
understand
that
everyone
may
not
agree
with
it,
but
I
really
just
wouldn't
want
to
see
this
commission
a
statement
of
the
commission
cited
in
documents
on
appeal
trying
to
appeal
a
conviction
I
wouldn't
want
to
see
them
cited
in
a
motion
to
you
know,
for
a
mistrial
or
for
retrial
in
an
out
state
county.
You
know
another
motion
to
move
the
trial.
You
know
to
brainerd
or
wilmer.
I
don't
think
that
any
of
those
things
would
serve.
Q
The
interests
of
you
know
bringing
this
to
a
conclusion
well,
and
I
don't
think
that
they
would
be
something
the
commission
would
want
their
statements
to
be
used
for,
and
so
for
those
reasons,
I
just
really
urge
you
not
to
comment
on
this
matter.
B
We,
oh,
we
have
a
handout.
U
This
is
commissioner
gold,
and
I
just
had
a
question
for
the
city
attorney
andrea
neff,
so
because
I'm
new
on
this
commission,
I
guess
I'm
just
wondering
we
could
our
mccr
get
in
trouble
for
signing
this
document.
Q
The
the
trial
judge
in
the
ongoing
criminal
trial
has
requested
that
the
city
stop
talking
about
this
case
he's
expressed
quite
a
bit
of
irritation
with
continued
publicity
relating
to
the
case
and
has
directly
said.
I
want
the
city
to
stop
talking
about
this.
I
would
not
speculate
about
exactly
what
the
judge
might
do
with
continued
publicity,
but
I
wouldn't
want
to
find
that
out
either
because
it
can
have
adverse
consequences.
Q
Q
So
for
those
reasons,
I
can't
tell
you
exactly
what
would
happen
and
I'm
not
saying
you
personally
would
get
in
trouble,
but
I
just
strongly
do
not
recommend
this.
R
Oh
sorry,
commissioner,
gold,
the
fear
is
that
the
jury
might
be
ready
to
return
a
guilty
verdict
against
derrick
chauvin
and
the
defense
is
able
to
get
the
case
thrown
out
or
or
declared
a
mistrial,
because
because
the
judge
sees
our
statement
and
says
you
know
what
that's
just
one
step
too
far,
I
told
the
city
to
stop
interfering
and
trying
to
sway
the
jury
and
trying
to
sway
the
opinion
of
the
public,
and
this
is
the
last
draw.
You
know.
That's
that's
the
fear.
U
Thank
you,
commissioner.
So
if
I'm
understanding
this
correctly,
we
need
to
have
this
in
by
april
29th,
and
I'm
I
am.
I
am
totally
assuming
because
I'm
hopeful,
like
all
of
us
here
that
there
will
be
a
verdict.
U
You
know
in
the
very
near
future,
and
so
I
guess
I
don't
know
I
didn't
get
to
you
know,
read
all
the
specifics
in
this
letter,
but
I
do
feel
like
it
aligns
with
this
body
and
it's
no
disrespect
to
the
city
attorney
or
anyone
else,
but
I
feel
comfortable
signing
it.
M
M
I
I
think,
to
the
extent
that
the
judge
in
the
current
case
has
concerns.
I
think
it's
a
bit
of
a
stretch
to
suggest
that
the
civil
rights
commission,
which
is
an
independent
body,
it
isn't
elected
officials
of
the
city
of
minneapolis.
M
It's
an
independent
body
that
we
are
one
of
likely
hundreds
of
organizations
and
individuals
signing
on
to
two
letters
that
are
addressed
not
to
the
general
public,
not
to
the
jury,
not
addressed
to
the
media
but
addressed
to
the
un
high
commissioner
for
human
rights
and
the
african
group
at
the
un
human
rights
council.
That
just
seems
like
it
would
be
a
stretch
for
the
judge
to
hold
that
in
contempt
for
the
defense
to
argue
that
this
is
somehow
swaying
the
jury.
Y
Yes,
I
was
to
answer
commissioner
gold's
question.
I
was
just
giving
the
example
of
how
maxine
waters
had
made
a
statement
last
night
or
today,
and
the
defense
used
it
as
an
argument
to
make
a
motion
for
a
mistrial.
Y
In
that
regard,
but
if
it
would
make
people
feel
more
comfortable,
maybe
we
could
see
if
there
is
a
determination,
an
outcome
of
the
jury
by
the
29th.
E
As
the
commissioner
would
say,
I'm
of
the
mind-
and
I
would
be
ready
to
make
a
friendly
motion
for
a
friendly
amendment-
or
maybe
we
can
vote
to
the
pending
motion,
then
if
it
fails,
carry
a
new
motion.
But
I'm
of
the
mind
that
I
would
like
to
empower
the
executive
committee
to
sign
the
letter
at
its
discretion
at
a
date
uncertain.
You
know
up
to
april
28th,
I'm
not
sure
if
that
that's
even
a
procedural
possibility,
but
that's
kind
of
my
preferred
path
forward
here.
H
Madam
chair,
if
there's
no
objection
from
the
maker
of
the
motion,
of
course,
commissioner
bergquist
can
add
language
to
to
her
main
motion.
E
B
We
have
a
proper
motion
anything
else
before
the
clerk
calls
the
role.
S
S
C
B
E
H
J
F
F
F
L
F
F
F
S
J
F
C
B
B
The
executive
committee
will
will
review
and
make
plans
for
that
prior
to
the
29th.
Thank
you.
Everyone.
B
I
will
open
the
floor
and
invite
comments
from
the
community
and
each
speaker
will
be
allowed
to
speak
for
two
minutes
and
then
are
is:
is
the
clerk's
office
able
to
do
the
the
time
keeping
or
is
that
something
that
I
need
to
do
just
for
clear?
I
can
I.
H
Thank
you
and
I
did
put
in
the
chat
as
well.
Commissioner
stevens
we,
the
open
meeting
law,
requires
that
you
need
to
verbalize
your
vote.
So
if
you
could
please
call
into
the
meeting
and
then
we
will
be
able
to
record
you
on
on
unfolds,
seeing
that
your
microphone's
malfunctioning.
M
H
Yes,
can
you
please
verbalize
your
your
vote
on
the
last
roll
so
that
we
have
it
on
the
record.
B
Item
seven
on
our
agenda
are
the
report
outs
from
the
committees
that
are
newly
established.
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
hearing
from
everyone.
So
we
will
start
off
with
the
accountability
for
the
killing
of
george
floyd
task
force.
S
Hi
this
is
commissioner,
lord,
and
I
have
an
update
on
where
our
work
on
this
task
force
has
gone.
Just
getting
my
notes
in
front
of
me,
so
in
our
last
episode,
just
to
remind
you
of
kind
of
where
we,
where
we
left
it
at
the
end
of
our
last
commission
meeting,
we
had
all
that
we
had
an
approved
motion
to
move
forward
with
a
statement
that
we
had
all
collaborated
on.
S
It
included
some
educational
resources
as
well
and
at
a
high
level,
encouraged
peaceful
demonstration,
condemned
violence
and,
provided
you
know,
resources
for
our
community.
S
We
had
agreed
that
next
steps
would
be
to
socialize
that
statements
in
the
community
as
well
as
you
know,
sharing
that
statement
with
elected
officials
like
council
members
subsequent
after
that
commission
meeting
we
reached
out
to
an
individual
in
the
city's
attorney's
offices.
Andrea
was
actually
on
vacation,
so
it
went
to,
I
think
it's
her
boss,
miss
miss
trammell
who
provided
an
opinion
on
this
statement
and
for
the
purposes
of
catching
everyone
up
on
the
commission.
I
will
read
her
opinion
in
full.
Here.
It's
it's
pretty.
S
It's
pretty
short,
commissioner.
Rance
had
reached
out
to
her,
so
it's
addressed
to
him,
mr
rants.
Thank
you
for
taking
the
thoughtful
approach
and
seeking
advice
on
the
mccr's
intended
path
of
action.
Rather
than
just
acting.
I
have
thoroughly
reviewed
your
proposed
letter.
My
advice
to
you
is
to
not
send
this
letter
to
the
press
or
otherwise
publish
it.
The
basis
for
my
opinion
is
twofold:
one:
the
mccr
and
the
george
floyd
task
force
lack
authority
to
issue
such
statements
and
two
judge.
S
Cahill
has
requested
the
city
refrain
from
creating
further
publicity
in
an
effort
to
provide
a
fair
trial.
The
mccr
was
created
for
the
purpose
of
carrying
forward
the
policies
of
the
city
in
the
field
of
human
relations,
to
promote
civil
rights
and
enforce
the
provisions
of,
and
she
inserts
an
ordinance
number
here
and
another.
S
The
mccr
and
any
task
forces
are
subcommittees.
It
may
create
pursuance.
Another
ordinance
number
have
limited
authority.
The
mccr
is
limited
to
advising
quote
the
mayor,
the
city,
council
and
departments
or
agencies
of
government
with
respect
to
matters
relating
to
the
commission's
purpose
and
quote,
and
other
duties
and
powers
listed
in
another
ordinance.
As
I
did,
the
enumerated
powers
do
not
include
issuing
press
statements
related
to
criminal
trials.
S
So
following
that
statement,
which
I
think
was
surprising-
certainly
to
me
at
least
commissioner
staniani
provided
a
very
thoughtful
rebuttal,
primarily
focusing
on
the
city
attorney's
perspective
that
the
mcr
is
quote
limited
to
advising
the
mayor
city,
council
and
departments
or
agencies
of
government
with
respect
to
matters
relating
to
the
commission's
purpose.
So
it
was
not.
You
know,
I
think
in
commissioner
staniani
in
my
mind's
opinion,
certainly
was
not
giving
credence
to
the
ordinance
clear
allowance
of
communicating
directly
to
the
the
public.
S
We
then
had
a
task
force
meeting
as
well
as
an
additional
conversation
with
andrea
director,
reed
and
kayla,
where
we
discussed
really
focused
on
the
discussion
around
the
risk
of
putting
out
a
statement
that
was
even
contextually
related
to
the
trial.
I
mean,
I
think
our
position
was
this
really
wasn't
about
the
trial
at
all,
but
about
demonstrations,
and
we
agreed
that
we
would
come
back
to
the
commission
and
provide
that
perspective.
S
S
L
Yes,
I
do
have
a
question
in
the
discussions
that
you
had
was
some
distinction
drawn
between
these
particular
communications
and
sending
them
to
the
public,
and
rather
than
the
mayor
or
government
agency,
and,
for
example,
the
commission
communications
that
occurred
last
year,
such
as
the
forum
we
had
with
the
public
over
disparities
in
educational
outcomes,
which,
in
terms
of
communicating
with
the
public,
appear
to
be
exactly
the
same
kind
of
communication,
but
raised
no
issues
with
the
city.
Attorney
previously.
S
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that
question.
There
there
did
seem
to
be
acquiescence
to
the
idea
of
us
sharing
the
statement
and
with
our
with
elected
officials,
and
in
fact,
commissioner,
staniani
chairmae
and
myself
had
a
conversation
with
council
person,
jeremy
schroeder
or
maybe
it's
schroeder.
I
I
mess
up
on
his
the
name
pronunciation
of
his
name
and
did
speak
with
him
about
the
statement
to
your
second
point.
S
It
does
seem
like
a
it
just
seems
like
an
inaccurate
frankly
reading
of
our
purview
per
the
ordinance-
and
I
think
you
know
I'll
speak
for
myself.
I
know
I
take
you,
know
issue
with
that
interpretation.
S
I
think
it's
very
clear
that
we
have
the
right
and
the
responsibility
to
be
communicating
with
the
public,
and
you
know
just
think
ms
trammell
is
not
correct
in
her
assertions.
There.
AA
A
I
think
that
we
all
on
the
call
agreed
that
you
know
we
don't
want
anything
untoward
to
happen
to
the
trial,
and
you
know
the
point
they
seem
to
draw,
especially
attorney
trammell.
A
This
is
really
about
commentary
on
a
a
criminal
trial,
rather
than
anything
else
above
me,
because
I
mean
in
may
20th
of
last
year,
the
there
was
a
joint
statement
issued
by
the
city
council
and
that
excuse
me,
the
city
council,
the
the
civil
rights
department
and
the
mccr
on
facebook
and
twitter.
A
That
has
that
statement
had
been
scrubbed
from
the
minneapolis
dot
gov
website,
but
fortunately
there
was
archives
of
it
elsewhere
on
the
internet,
and
I
recovered
that.
A
So
if
for
those
who
could
scroll
through
that,
this
was
what
was
preferably
allowed
at
the
time
of
george
floyd's
killing-
and
you
know
very
similar
in
format
in
nature
to
what
we
came
up
with,
including
in
that,
in
fact,
there
were
some.
I
think
some
good
research
references
at
the
end
there
for
those
who
are
on
the
council.
Do
you
any
of
you
recall
going
through
this
previously
or
was
this
something
was
done
independently
of
the
of
the
commission,
just
by
the
the
executive
committee.
M
M
I'm
not
sure
that
the
executive
committee
was
involved
either,
but
I
wasn't
on
the
executive
committee,
so
I
wouldn't
know
specifically,
but
I
think
I
remember
thinking
this
was
just
the
the
head
of
the
department
and
the
chair
of
the
commission,
who
got
together
and
wrote
this
letter
or
somebody
wrote
it
for
them
and
signed
this
letter
without
the
commission's
involvement.
But
perhaps
some
other
commissioners
can
add
what
they
recall
as
well.
E
A
It
was
jointly
signed
by
the
head
of
the
civil
rights
department
at
the
time,
as
well
as
the
chair
of
the
civil
rights
commission.
So
you
know.
A
Yeah,
so,
as
you
can
see
here,
this
is
largely
somewhere
actually
probably
a
bit
more
volatile
than
what
we
had
proposed.
So
this
was.
This
has
been
out
there.
It
was
out
there
at
least
publicly
available
until
november
of
last
year,
so
I
submit
this
as
evidence
of
that.
You
know
we
are
very
much
allowed
to
do
something
like
this,
because
this
was
done.
A
You
know,
I
guess
in
our
name
previously,
but
you
know,
regardless
of
that,
I
do.
I
do
concur
with
the
city
attorney
that
we
don't
want
to
impact
a
trial.
A
I
think
that
that's
right,
so
my
suggestions
and
thoughts
as
we're
thinking
about
what
to
do
about
the
civil
rights
or
the
commission
on
that's,
not
accountability
for
killing.
George
floyd
is,
let's
take
any
reference
out
to
the
trial
out
of
this
and
make
this
really
about.
You
know
people's
civil
rights
and
release
it.
A
You
know
at
the
point
of
where,
let's
take
the
point
away
from
the
city
attorney,
let's
make
this
about
giving
people
freedom
to
file
complaints
and
know
where
they
put
their
their
their
votes
as
well
as
their
complaints
and
so
rather
than
belabor
what
the
city
attorney
has
put
forth
or
not
put
forth.
I
think
that's.
That's
that's
definitely
another
subject
for
another
meeting,
because
I
I
will
not
let
that
that
part
go
away,
but
I
think,
as
far
as
getting
something
that's
useful
out.
A
It
has
nothing
mentioned
in
it
that
is
relevant
to
george
floyd,
the
trial
or
anything
else.
We
can
even
rename
our
task
force.
So
my
offer
to
the
group
is:
let's,
let's
not
make
this
about
the
trial,
and
I
would
so
move
to
amend
the
task
force
name
as
well
as
the
statement
in
such
a
manner
that
it
takes
all
mention
of
the
simple
trial
or
criminal
trial
for
that
matter.
Out
of
it
and
remove
the
make
the
point.
K
F
B
Oh,
thank
you.
I
really
appreciate
you
for
giving
that
update.
I,
commissioner
sunyani,
and
I
had
a
chance
to
discuss
potentially
what
it
would
look
like
to
pivot
on
this
task
force
so
that
we
are
able
to
do
what
our
intention
was,
which
is
you
know
letting
people
know
what
their
rights
are,
giving
people,
those
resources
and
tools,
and
then
you
know
educating,
and
so,
if
you
know
that
something,
I'm
not
sure
was
that
a
motion,
commissioner,
that.
B
H
P
This
is
commissioner,
ranch
had
a
quick
question,
so
if
we
do
sanitize
for
a
lack
of
a
better
euphemism,
how
soon
can
we
get
this
out
to
the
public.
A
Well,
if
we
subsume
it
back
into
the
committee,
how
soon
can
the
committee
find
the
time
to
meet
and
approve
it,
or
do
we
want
to?
You
know
give
like
we
did
with
the
un
statement.
The
ability
to
for
the
executive
committee
to
you
know,
give
the
blessing
and
move
it.
You
know,
move
it
forward
with
speed.
P
P
You
know
expedite
this
that
I'm
I'm
for
it.
U
This
is
commissioner
gold.
Can
we
throw
up
our
statement,
so
we
can
all
see
it
just
to
refresh.
A
A
We
believe
it's
everybody's
right
to
protest
peacefully,
something
generic
and
you
know
I
would
also
say
the
city
council
has
made
it
clear
that
they
don't
really
have
any
power,
and
the
city
attorney
crowder
made
this
emily
clear
on
friday
at
the
city
council
meeting
that
essentially
the
mayor
has
full
control
over
the
police,
so
would
recommend
deleting
the
city
council
from
point
two
and
you
know
essentially
add
the
other
links
and
references
from
the
previous
joint
statement
as
other
references
to
the
baseline
there.
So
that
would
be
my
suggested
changes.
S
A
D
Thank
you
so
in
part,
two
were.
A
Per
the
jim
crowder's
commentary
on
friday,
he
so
he
mentioned
that
the
police
are
the
absolute
authority
of
the.
A
Mayor
council
doesn't
have
any
control
over
the
police
other
than
budget.
D
Well,
yes,
that's
true,
except
for
like
in
terms
of
being
able
to
authorize
over
time
or
add
new
recruit
classes
in
order
to
make
up
for
all
of
the
hundreds
of
police
officers
officers
we've
lost.
D
AA
I'm
gonna
this
is
commissioner
herkman,
I'm
in
agreement.
I
think
that
they
wield
enough
leadership
in
the
areas
and
we've
got
tangential
things
where
it's
not
just
police.
We
talk
about
any
support
units,
as
promised
by
the
city
and
they're,
clearly
responsible
for
some
of
what
the
city
offers
in
both
escalation
and
de-escalation.
So
I
think
it's
appropriate
to
keep
the
city
council
there
as
a
means
of
accountability.
Q
Yes,
I
was
just
going
to
comment
briefly.
I
do
appreciate
the
the
move
of
this
statement
away
from
focusing
on
george
floyd
and
the
trial,
and
do
definitely
view
this
as
an
improvement.
I
still
do
have
some
hesitations
about
the
timing
of
this
and
some
concerns
about
the
timing
of
this
and
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
say
so,
but
I
do
appreciate
that
the
references
to
the
trial
and
george
floyd
are
being
removed,
and
thank
you
for
doing
that.
Q
The
other
comment
I'd
just
make-
and
you
know
maybe
this
is
less
of
an
issue
since
miss
richie
from
the
mayor's
office
is
here,
is
just
that
coordination
across
the
city.
Enterprise
is
a
beneficial
thing,
especially
given
the
sensitivity
of
this
matter.
Q
A
Attorney
neff,
if
I
may
ask,
can
you
confirm
commissioner
city
attorney
crowder's
statement
on
last
friday's
city
council
meeting?
Q
Q
Obviously,
the
exact
extent
of
that
is
a
subject
of
much
political
push
and
pull
as
alluded
to
by
miss
ritchie,
because
the
mayor's
control
obviously
has
you
know
there
are
budgetary
implications
and
the
city
council
controls
the
budget
and
the
number
of
officers
and,
to
a
certain
extent,
the
number
of
officers
and
other
things
that
do
impact
the
police
department.
So
it
is
not
exactly
a
one
says
size
fits
all
perfect
answer.
Q
I
would
also
note
that
this
is
the
subject
of
current
efforts
to
amend
the
city
charter.
Multiple
efforts
that
are
are
going
to
or
may
be
on
the
ballot
this
fall.
So
you
know,
the
exact
state
of
the
control
of
the
police
department
is
something
that
we
may
see
evolve
in
the.
B
Future
was
this
something
that
we're
able
to
edit
in
real
time.
S
So
I
could
I
could
throw
this.
Is
commissioner,
lord.
I
could
throw
out
a
suggestion
for
critique
for
a
replacement
first
line
here.
I
could
put
it
in
the
chat.
Actually,
I
guess.
A
Actually,
if
ted
ted
are
you
able
to
edit
that
ppf
no.
R
H
Madam
chair
I'd
have
to
go,
find
the
statement
which
I
could
do
it'll.
Take
me
a
couple
minutes
but
or
I
can
put
in.
If
commissioner
lord
puts
it
in
the
chat
I
can
also
you
know
we
can
verbalize
it
as
well.
S
So
I'm
wondering
if
we
could
say
something
and
replace
the
first
two
sentences
with
just
a
general
statement
something
like
and
we
would
want
to
spell
out
our
name
and
not
use
an
acronym
in
the
first
usage.
But
the
mccr
supports
and
defends
the
rights
of
our
community
members
to
exercise
their
civil
rights.
S
D
A
A
A
A
No
worries
and
I'll
catch
you
up
here.
This
is
commissioner
sunyani.
I
mean
yeah
if,
if
you're
proposing
that
the
mayor
and
police
chief
would
want
to
add
themselves
to
and
sign
on
to
this
statement,
endorsing
people's
right
to
peacefully
protest,
I
mean
we're
having
you
know,
I
have
no
objections
to
that.
If
you'd
like
to
is
that
what
you're
proposing
to
us.
D
F
A
Yeah,
you
know
we're
trying
to
get
this
out
this
week
here.
So
what
we'd
like
to.
D
A
If
you'd
like
to
join
us,
though
I
mean
you
know
again,
I
don't
mean
to
speak
for
the
rest
of
the
commission,
but
if
you,
if
the
mayor
and
police
chief,
would
like
to
sign
their
names
at
the
bottom
of
all
these
references
of
how
to
you
know
full,
do
civil
rights
and-
and
you
know,
peacefully
com,
you
know,
add
complaints
if
there's
a
violation
of
rights.
Happy
to
you
know,
I
I'd
be
happy
to
in
encourage
you
to
do
that.
D
P
D
P
We're
editing
this
live
and
if,
if
the
chief
and
the
mayor
agree,
that's
excellent
and
they
can
do
their
own
statement
in
in
a
time
frame
that
is
suitable
for
them.
But
I
I
think
that
if
we
have
the
commissioners
here
and
we've
agreed
on,
you
know
this
this
new
language
to
not
incorporate
george
floyd.
Then
I
think
that
we
should
edit
it
vote
on
it
and
then
get
it
out
to
the
public
under
the
guise
of
education.
D
K
Miss
richie
this
is
commissioner
devinish.
I
have
a
question
if
the
mayor
and
whatever
bodies
agree
with
it,
they
can
just
share
it
on
their
page
or
you
know,
approve,
say
you
know.
The
civil
rights
commission
came
up
with
this
language.
We
approve
and
we
endorse
it,
so
it
can
be
used
more
than
once.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
just
used
once
so.
K
I
agree
with
mr
rants
that
we've
been
talking
about
this
for
what
what
seems
like
five
weeks,
but
maybe
not
maybe
I'm
being
excessive,
but
it's
been
a
while,
and
you
know
they're
they're
in
deliberation,
so
we
do
need
to
and
aside
from
george
floyd,
we
just
need
to
come
up
with
ways
of
if
you
feel
your
rights
have
been
violated.
This
is
what
you
do
and
at
that
at
this
point,
that's
what
this
is.
D
I
don't
think
that's
what
this
is.
I'm
sorry,
but
I
mean
I
think
I
think
people
know
I
mean
we
have
the
civil
rights
department
and
there
are
lots
of
ways
to
file
complaints,
and
I
honestly
I
feel
like
this
is
where
you
know
we're
gonna,
as
the
mccr
put
out
what
we
want
to
do,
and
you
know,
regardless
of
whether
the
mayor
or
the
council,
take
our
advice,
we're
gonna,
do
it
and
that's
okay,
I'm
totally
fine
with
that.
D
The
thing
that
I'm
asking
for
is
like
like
give
me
a
chance
to
like
I
I
haven't
even
read
it.
I
don't
even
know
what
you're
putting
out
so
like
could
I
have
maybe
12
13
14
hours
to
just
look
at
it
and
brief
the
mayor
and
like
see
if
we
can
do
something
together
or
are
you
just
dead
set
on
going
forward?
This
is.
U
This
is
commissioner
gold.
I'm
sorry,
I
have
my
hand
up
for
a
while,
I'm
a
part
of
the
task
force
and
I'm
feeling
very
fiery
tonight
and
I
object
to
asking
the
mayor
and
the
chief
arredondo.
U
U
We
we
need
to
educate
and,
as
somebody
there's,
no
also
somebody
who's
pretty
involved
in
the
community,
there's
absolutely
no
trust
in
the
minneapolis
police
department
right
now,
so
I
don't
want
them
endorsing
this
if
they
are
to
take
us
serious
as
a
body
right
now,
I'm
happy
to
like
do
that
in
the
future
or
whatever,
but
I
feel
really
strongly
about
it
like
we
need
to
edit
this
document
vote
on
it
and
let's
go.
Let's
move.
Y
That
can
I
propose
something.
I
think
that
there
is
a
great
opportunity
for
us
to
work.
Y
Well,
excuse
me
for
us
to
work
with
director
richie
and
the
mayor's
office,
and
maybe
we
can
vote
to
to
pass
this
statement
that
we're
making
as
a
commission
and
to
also
director
richie,
maybe
there's
time
tomorrow
or
within
the
next
48
hours.
Where
we
can.
You
know
some
people
from
that
subcommittee
can
meet
with
you
and
whoever
else
in
the
mayor's
office
to
discuss
like
what
your
ideas
and
thoughts
are,
because
I
do
think
overall
like
this
is
we
do
want
to
support.
Y
We
want
to
come
off
as
a
strong
front,
and
I
think
that
also
we
are
an
independent
body
and
we
just
want
like
we
don't
want
to
feel
like
we're
going
to
be
silenced
by
like
the
authority.
In
a
sense,
maybe
that's
just
my
perspective,
but
I
would
say
another
thing.
Just
from
my
observation
was
that
I
don't
think
that
we
got
a
good
introduction
of
you,
director,
richie
or
like
that.
Y
You
are
here
or
why,
and
I
think,
understanding
that,
like
why
you're
coming
here,
that
you
want
to
work
with
us
and
not
that
you
want
to
like
police
what
we're
saying
that
would
be
really
helpful
to
kind
of
have
like
an
easier
like
okay.
This
is
why
we
want
to
come
together,
not
that
you
want
to
monitor
what
we
want
to
put
out,
because
it
may
make
the
mayor
look
a
certain
way.
You
know
like
just
to
be
very
transparent,
like
these
are
thoughts.
D
All
right,
you
guys
don't
know
me,
so
I
guess
I
was
born
in
minneapolis.
I
worked
for
the
city
for
15
years.
I
started
with
gary
schiff
in
the
ninth
ward.
I
worked
with
him
for
eight
years
and
then
actually
kind
of
fell
into
the
job
with
jacob
because
he
married
my
husband
and
I,
while
I
was
working
for
gary
schiff,
I've
worked
on
a
lot
of
different
issues,
but
before
I
worked
for
government,
I
went
to
augsburg
for
political
science
international
relations.
D
D
Kids
who
had
you
know
five
years
ago
got
into
an
altercation
with
eight
cops
guns
drawn
on
them
at
a
traffic
stop
in
brooklyn
center,
and
I'm
just
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
the
same
way
you
are
so
I
guess
I
don't
know
how
to
make
it
more
real
than
that.
A
I
think
we
have
an
opportunity
to
independent
as
well
as
healing
with
respect
to
that.
I
do
think
we
should
approve
ready.
We
should
approve
a
statement
and
give
the
power
to
the
executive
committee
to
then
integrate
with
the
mayor's
office
and
the
city
council
for
that
matter,
because
I
would
rather
we
actors,
you
know,
act
and
become
switzerland,
rather
than
you
know,
represent
as
the
the
you.
J
A
The
the
executor
of
any
one
policy,
I
think
we
need
to
obtain
our
independence.
We
need
to
be
seen
as
independent
and
we
think
we
need
to
invite
people
to
join
us
but
maintain
our
own
pins
at
the
same
time.
So
again
I
apologize
for
dominating
here
many
people
with
their
hands
up,
so
I
will
believe
support.
Z
B
You,
commissioner,.
M
Breakfast
I'll
just
add
on
to
that,
I
want
to
support
the
task
force
and
its
work,
and
I
want
to
emphasize
that
independence
is
particularly
important
in
an
election
year
and
that
we
haven't
heard
from
the
mayor's
office
in
a
long
time,
and
now
it's
an
election
year
and
we're
hearing
from
the
mayor's
office.
That's.
S
I
I
appreciate
the
mayor's
office's.
You
know
desire
to
work
with
us
and
I
think
that's
awesome,
and
I
look
forward
to
doing
that
in
the
future.
I
I
would,
however,
like
to
just
make
a
practical
point,
which
is
that
the
mayor
is
a
along
with
the
police
chief,
minneapolis
police
and
the
city
council
are
also
targets
of
this
statement.
If
you
will,
you
know
we're
addressing
them
in
this
statement,
and
it
literally
doesn't
make
much
sense
to
have
a
statement
that
that
addresses
them
to
be
from
them.
S
So
the
statement
will
require
pretty
substantial
rewriting
in
order
to
have
it
be
a
joint
statement
and
quite
a
bit
of
work.
So
just
from
kind
of
a
practical
standpoint.
It-
and
I
I
realize
ms
ricci-
you
haven't-
had
a
chance
to
read
it
in
its
entirety,
but
it
just
doesn't
really
make
sense.
S
Q
B
That
we
have
another
hand
up.
Z
Oh,
I'm
sorry
that
was
purely
accidental,
although
I
would
concur
with
what
commissioner
gold
said
in
terms
of
the
practicality
matter
of
who
this
letter
is
addressed
to
and
its
need
for
this
speed.
U
J
M
V
A
Is
to
live
edit,
this
statement
to
remove
references
to
the
trial.
You
know
sanitize
it
in
the
manner
that
can
be
ready,
for
you
know,
release.
F
L
F
W
O
C
F
F
F
B
That
motion
passes.
We
will
begin
to
edit
that
statement
for
for
release.
A
Chairlord
has
from
the
task
force
has
put
an
edit
on
into
the
chat.
I
would
like
people
to
read
it
and
potentially
have
commentary
towards
it.
S
Sure
can
you
read
it,
so
thank
you
for
whoever
crossed
this
out.
Thank
you,
miss
hansen,
so
we
would
just
have
a
simple
statement
which
would
start
with
the
minneapolis
commission
on
civil
rights.
S
J
B
Can
we
have
the
clerk
call
the
call
the
world
on
the
motion?
F
F
F
F
F
F
R
F
Q
Yes,
jeremy,
I
was
just
going
to
inquire.
I
think
there
was
some
discussion
of
renaming
the
task
force
and
I
would
recommend
that
that
go
forward
as
well.
If
you
want
to
continue
forward
with
this,
making
it
clear
that
it's
not
in
any
way
a
reference
to
the
trial
anymore.
Q
T
It
says,
commissioner
herkman,
I
wonder-
and
I'm
very
happy
to
not
only
stay
on
this
this
group,
but
I
wonder
if
we
might
just
now
move
the
responsibilities
now
that
we
have
a
community
engagement
subcommittee
already,
and
the
point
of
this
group
was
a
timely
I'm
getting
this
particular
piece
out
in
a
timely
manner.
If
we
might
move
that
responsibility
over
to
the
community
engagement
to
more
just
streamline
activities.
S
A
So
should
we
move
to
dissolve
the
task
force
and
move
this
statement
to
the
in
our
committee
or
are
we?
Are
we
delaying
ourselves
by
doing.
S
I
don't
think
so
I
mean
I.
I
would
move
that
we
asked
the
department-
and
I
know
kayla
helped
us
with
this
before,
to
make
these
changes
on
the
version
of
the
letter,
that
is
on
minneapolis
civil
rights,
minneapolis
commission
of
civil
rights
letterhead,
and
to
distribute
that
letter
back
to
all
of
us
on
letterhead
in
the
next
24
to
48
hours.
So
we
can
pursue
our
socializations.
I
J
I
S
And
distribute
it
back
to
all
the
commissioners
I
kayla
I
had
actually
written
a
an
email
with
some
thought
starters
on
how
it
could
be
socialized.
So
so
I
can
follow
up
with
you
on
that
and
resend
that
too,
but
it
had
some
specifics
about
ideas
about
how
to
socialize
that.
B
A
Oh
no
I'll
restate
it.
Mr
tsunami
moves
to
dissolve
the
task
force
to
transfer
ownership
of
this
statement
to
the
regular
subcommittee
and
to
you
know,
continue
pushing
this
out.
B
F
F
L
J
F
P
F
A
F
N
G
B
We
will
be
moving
the
task
force
to
the
larger
community
and
research
team
subcommittee
and
live
editing,
so
are:
is
the
clerics
office
able
to
help
us
with.
Z
A
Commissioner,
has
one
one
quiet
question:
can
we
add
the
other
to
the
are
the
references
from
the
earlier
commission
letter
joint
civil
rights.
A
A
Certainly-
and
there
was
an
earlier
joint
statement
by
the
heads
of
the
civil
rights
department
and
the
mccr
in
may
of
2020
that
had
a
sufficient
number
of
resource
links,
which
I
felt
were
very
helpful
ted.
Could
you
put
those
links
back
up
for
us
just
so
the
for
those
who
don't
have
the
the
archival
copy
of
that
can
see
kind
of
the
links
and
see,
if
there's
anything,
that
causes
reject
or
objection
to
anyone,
I
think
there's
just
the
more
is
more
in
this
first
respect.
A
A
Move
to
to
amend
the
statement
with
the
previous
released
references
from
the
civil
rights
department
and
the
mccr,
so
this
is
this:
is
our
current
one,
the
other
one
is
the
other
one.
With
the
with
the
odd
title
on
it
ted
there
we
go.
That's
it.
B
Is
there
any
discussion
before
the
clear,
close
the
rule
on
whether
or
not
we
add
this
to
the
statement,
these
resources?
I
would.
S
B
A
Let
me
amend
my
motion,
then
amend
you
know.
The
amendment
is,
is
you
know,
provided
these
still
are
valid,
it
would
take
you
know,
a
shorter
period
of
time
would
be
happy
to
volunteer
to
validate
these.
That's
part
of
the
that's
part
of
my
effort
here.
F
B
Well,
I
just
meant
I've.
I've
been
a
part
of
where
we've
made
a
list
of
resources,
and
then
people
are
like
how
did
my
name
get
on
this
list,
and
so
I'd
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
okay,
but
I
think
these
are
important
resources
for
our
community
when
we're
looking
at
healing
and
the
trauma
and
demonstrating
and
the
purpose
of
what.
Why
we're
doing?
What
we're
doing.
I
think
these
are
great
resources
for
our
community.
A
So
I
to
the
degree
I
can
amend
the
emotions,
the
motion
to
remove
personal
names
that
are
where
they're
listed
and
replace
those
with
links
and
telephone
numbers
that
are
given
out
as
business
numbers
rather
than
personal
numbers.
B
The
new
letter,
the
new
statement,
if
commissioner
sunyani,
is
able
to
verify
the
information.
F
F
L
F
F
F
R
T
F
B
So
with
that,
was
there
anything
else
that
that
test?
You
know
we'll
move
on
to
the.
I
think
it
would
be
a
smooth
transition
to
go
to
the
community
engagement
and
research
committee
for
an
update,
oh
cheer,.
L
B
Well,
thank
you,
commissioner
ferrar
for
participating
tonight.
B
Yeah,
can
we
get
a
if
that
was
everything
from
the
task
force?
Can
we
get
an
update
from
the
community
engagement
and
research
committee
would
love
to
hear
who
are
the
new
chairs
of
the
committees
and
yeah
all
the
just
an
update
from
your
first
month
as.
U
A
committee
this
is
this
is
commissioner
gold
and
commissioner
stephens
nominated
me
for
chair
of
the
committee.
So
I
am
the
chair
along
with
the
co-chair
vice
chair,
commissioner
folk,
and
so
at
our
first
meeting
we
discussed
the
essay,
the
mlk
essay
contest,
starting
that
back
up
and
we
talked
about
not
making
it
just
kind
of
like
a
a
one-time
essay
contest,
but
kind
of
expanding
it
to
be
multimedia,
so
more
more
artistic.
U
You
know
angela
davis,
fred
hampton,
but
keeping
the
mlk
essay
like
on
martin
luther
king
day,
and
we
did
talk
about
kind
of
like
how
to
there's
there's
a
prize
there's
like
a
cash
prize.
So
we
were
wondering
how
we
would
go
about
kind
of
seeing
what
our
budget
would
be
for
something
like.
U
Cool,
thank
you
I'll
make
this
quick,
because
I
know
we
wanna
okay.
We
also
talked
about
supporting
vice
chairs
to
make
in
their
crown
act
resolution.
We
all
voted
on
it
and
we
we
back
it
a
hundred
percent.
So,
however,
they
need
support,
we're
there
to
support
them.
U
We
talked
about
kind
of
socializing
and
promoting
the
commission
as
a
whole,
so
getting
a
picture
with
just
like
a
little
bio
or
a
few
sentences
about
each
commissioner,
because
commissioner,
folk
and
myself
have
access
to
the
social
media,
facebook
page,
I'm
not
sure
about
twitter
or,
if
there's
an
instagram,
I'm
happy
to
make
either
or
but
doing
some
sort
of
promotion.
U
That
way-
and
we
talked
about
other
issues
that
we
want
to
tackle
this
coming
year
with
the
achievement
gap
in
minneapolis
housing,
engaging
communities
of
color
around
the
vaccine
and
commissioner
devinish.
She,
she
and
I
are
gonna-
shoot
a
little
video
of
her
talking
about
her
experience,
getting
the
kovid
19
vaccine
and
we're
going
to
socialize
that
on
social
media,
to
kind
of
educate,
folks
in
minneapolis,
and
also
really
try
to
reach
communities
of
color
and
educate
and
maybe
alleviate
some
sort
of
anxieties.
That
folks
may
have.
U
K
This
is
commissioner
devish.
Thank
you,
commissioner
gold.
I
you
know
I,
the
only
thing
I
want
to
touch
on
is
commissioners
participating
in
providing
a
picture
and
a
short
bio.
This
is
something
that
I
brought
up
last
year,
so
I'm
hoping
to
have
some
support
this
year
and
I
think
it's
important
for
our
community
members
when
they
see
us
in
public
and
to
be
transparent,
and
maybe
why
we
join
the
commission,
but
it
can
just
be
two
to
three
sentences.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
anything
wrong.
K
I
I
look
at
other
community
websites
that
have
commissions
like
ours,
and
I
just
think
it's
more
approachable
and
provides
a
conversation
with
the
people
that
we
serve.
J
F
K
No,
it's
fine,
I'm
not
sure
on
how
to
do
that.
But
it's
something
I'll
be
more
than
happy
to
throw
my
hat
at
and
and
try
to
put
something
together.
U
K
U
Is
commissioner
gold?
I
was
going
to
suggest
maybe
moving
to
a
motion
that
if
all
commissioners
could
send
commissioner
devenish
commissioner
folk
and
I
maybe
I
could
just
send
out
an
email
with
all
of
us
on
it,
and
then
you
guys
all
the
commissioner.
The
body
can
send
us
that
by
you
know
the
next
meeting
may
17th.
B
Y
Jeremy,
there's
a
question
by
commissioner
sagnani
is:
do
you
want
the
photo
to
be
professional
or
casual.
K
C
C
C
F
F
X
F
F
F
F
A
F
N
B
Eyes
emotion,
passes
I
see
andrea,
miss
nafe
has
a
comment
just
due
to
open
meeting
law.
We
need
to
avoid
group
emails,
so
just
thinking
of
ways
to
to
get
that
information
to
the
community
engagement
research
committee
before
the
next
meeting.
K
Would
it
be
okay
to
send
it
to
just
the
chair,
which
is
commissioner
gold?
Would
that
be
acceptable.
B
Q
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
update
and,
like
I'm
just
shocked
by
all
the
things
that
have
been
worked
on
in
the
last
month,
so
I'm
really
excited
for
the
things
that
we'll
be
able
to
to
work
on
together.
I'm
wondering
I
know
that
with
the
task
force,
we
were
all
getting
emails
for
the
meetings.
Well
are
only
the
commissioners
that
are
in
the
committees
moving
forward,
be
getting
the
emails
for
the
meetings.
C
Clarify
that
it
seemed
at
first,
it
did
create
some
confusion
when
I
did
invite
everyone
to
everyone,
some
people
felt
like
they
were
expected
to
attend.
So
I
can,
if
you
would
like,
include
everyone
or
include
specifically
you
to
all
the
subcommittees
and
task
force
meetings.
X
X
How
much
time
do
we
have
I'm
kidding?
We
met
about
a
week
and
a
half
ago
and
considered
a
number
of
items,
but
first
I
was
I
was
elected
chair
and
commissioner
signing
was
elected,
the
vice
chair
and
we
decided
to
meet
quarterly.
So
our
next
meeting
won't
be
for
three
months,
except
that
the
reason
we
did
that
is,
we
thought
we
could
still
meet
any
time
when
there's
business
that
the
commission
wishes
us
to
discuss.
X
One
was
open
meeting
communication
and
it
was
decided
that
we
would
request
the
city
attorney
nath
to
give
us
a
clarification
about
open
meeting
communication
because
of
emails,
which
was
just
brought
up
of
course-
and
I
just
got
I
think,
sort
of
a
final
draft
today
and
I
think
our
technology
group
has
it,
but
I
wonder
so
that
we
don't
know
so
much
time
in
the
media.
X
X
We
want
to
discuss,
excuse
and
unexcused
absences
to
improve
the
procedure
after
you
know,
based
on
what's
been
happening
in
the
past,
and
so
we
had
decided
that
rule
602
would
be
amended
to
require
the
secretary
to
send
out
a
notice
of
absence,
a
partner
all
the
meeting
within
one
week
after
a
meeting
and
if,
if,
if
the
just
sec,
I
want
to
get
this
right.
X
So
so
the
secretary
would
send
out
a
notice
of
absence
of
part
or
all
of
a
meeting
with
within
one
week
after
the
meeting.
If
the
notice
isn't
sent
out
if
it's
failed
to
have
been
sent
out,
the
absence
is
actually
considered
excused
if
a
notice
is
sent.
X
The
commissioner
may
request
the
absence
be
excused,
and
so
we
thought
that
might
sort
of
take
care
of
things
so
that
at
least
we
aren't
dealing
with
excused
absences
for
a
long
period
of
time
from
now,
if
the
the
other,
the
other
issue
was
examples
of
excused
absences,
and
I
think
in
front
of
you,
which
tech
tech
staff
has
has
put
forward,
was
set
forth
by
commissioner
cobia
about
examples
of
excused
absences
just
to
give
people
an
idea
so
that
you
know
we
took
a
look
at
this.
X
So
we've
got
that
and
we've
also
got
the
the
clarification
from
the
city
attorney
in
open
meeting
communications.
X
V
This
is
the
commissioner
kobe.
I
don't
know
if
you
can
hear
me
my
internet's
in
and
out,
but
I
didn't
write
these
intending
to
be
anything
more
than
suggestions
and
I
figured
we
would
maybe
have
some
follow
up
with
the
commission
as
a
whole,
but
you
know
whatever
commissioner
fine
wants
to
propose.
That's
acceptable.
You
know,
that's
fine,
too,.
X
Yeah
this
was
what
what,
which
is
these
examples,
aren't
meant
to
be
passed
by
the
commission.
It
was
just
a
group
of
these
digestion,
you
know
sort
of
a
guideline.
What
we
could
recommend
is
to
change
602,
to
amend
it,
requiring
the
secretary
to
send
out
a
notice
of
absent
heart
or
all
the
meeting
within
one
week
and
that
if,
if
the
notices
has
not
been
or
if
the
notice
has
not
been
sent
out
within
the
node,
the
absence
is
considered
excused.
F
This
is
commissioner
fee.
Can
I
suggest
actually
that
we
table
this
discussion
until
the
next
meeting?
I.
A
B
Thank
you
for
that
we'll
be
tabling
this
for
the
next
meeting.
V
Hi
this
is
commissioner
cobia.
I
was
elected
chair
and
commissioner
rance
was
elected.
Vice
chair,
we
have
set
an
ambitious
schedule
for
ourselves.
I
guess
I
can
turn
on
my
video,
so
you
don't
have
to
look
at
finds
lovely
wallpaper,
which
is
lovely
and
okay,
so
just
real
quick
to
talk
about
what
we
have
we're
gonna
try
to
continue
to
work
on
what
we
did
last
year,
which
is
improving
non-legal
aspects
of
the
complaint
process.
V
More
involved
with
the
commission
discuss
helping
the
department
creator,
maintain
a
list
of
businesses
that
are
owned
by
women
or
minorities,
with
work
on
proactively
approaching
these
businesses
to
apply
for
contracts
as
well
as
seeing
what
worked
well
or
following
up
to
identify
barriers
for
their
applications.
V
We
also
are
going
to
work
on
making
sure
that
the
city's
definition
of
women
or
minority-owned
business
is
coherent,
especially
in
consideration
of
state
definitions
and
federal
definitions
which
all
may
be
different
and
then
furthering
the
the
subcommittee's
stated
goal.
We
will
provide
educational
support
and
how
to
obtain
a
city
contract
following
up
with
various
local
community
groups
that
are
focused
on
small
business
and
local
business
and
encourage
the
city.
V
The
last
one
is
encourage
the
city
to
focus
on
long-term
changes
with
city,
particularly
encouraging
the
city,
to
continue
the
outreach
programs
that
they've
had
ongoing,
including
local
business
groups
that
are
contracted
with
the
city
or
or
groups
that
are
out
on
the
street,
such
as
the
there
were
a
few
groups
that
were
related
to
small
business
that
were
allowed
out
after
curfew
in
the
in
the
last
curfew.
V
Time,
and
also,
I
watched
mayor
frye
today,
state
that
he
was
ramping
up
more
contracts
or
or
more
groups
like
that,
and
so
we'll
work
to
encourage.
You
know
that
to
on
to
to
keep
on
going.
I
think
we
have
a
a
very
passionate
group
here
and
that's
all
I.
I
have
you
know,
commissioner
rance's
vice
chair:
did
you
have
anything
to
add.
P
No,
that
was
very
thorough.
Thank.
B
You
thank
you,
commissioner
copia.
Next
we
have
the
vice
an
update
from
the
vice
chair.
Y
Yes,
good
evening,
everyone,
my
update,
is
really
around
the
review
panels
so
march.
We
had
three
review
panels
and
we
got
them
all
done
by
april
15th.
Y
We
have
two
of
the
three
april
review
panels
completed,
so
I
don't
know
which,
which
panel
sorry,
my
dog,
which
panel
it
is
that
is
still
yet
to
get
in
their
their
review.
But
that
will
be
due
by
the
end
of
the
month.
I
sent
out
an
email
on
march
17th
with
a
kind
of
an
outline
calendar
of
you
know,
just
the
forecast
of
all
of
the
panels
that
we'll
have
through
august.
Y
So
I
haven't
gotten
any
emails
back
saying
that
the
calendar
doesn't
work
for
anyone.
So
please
reach
out
to
people
who
are
on
your
same
panel
for
any
given
month,
even
if
it's
like
a
month
or
two
or
three
out
schedule
time,
and
if
you
have
the
energy,
you
can,
let
me
and
matthew
know,
and
we
can
grant
you
access
to
the
case
files
early.
Y
If
you
want
to
like,
if
you're
able
to
set
time
and
have
your
review
panel
within
a
given
time,
we're
not
going
to
grant
access
to
documents
and
then
let
them
sit
out
there
for
you
for
months
on
end.
But
if
you
are
ready
to
review
your
documents,
you
let
us
know,
and
we
can
get
moving
on.
Those
matthew
has
been
working
on
getting
out
the
conflicts
of
interest
for
all
of
the
panelists.
So
I
think
he
got
out
everything
for
may.
Y
I
would
assume
and
then
he's
gonna
work
on
like
within
the
next
couple
weeks,
getting
out
all
of
the
conflicts
of
interest
forms
for
all
of
the
panels
that
we
have
scheduled
through
august,
so
that
will
help
reduce
any
shuffling
that
will
need
to
happen
right
before
a
panel.
Y
Lastly,
there
are
two
contested
cases,
and
so
I've
been
working
with
kayla
in
the
department
on
preparing
for
all
of
that,
I
will
have
a
contact
who's,
an
investigator
in
the
department
who
I
will
be
working
with
and
kind
of,
managing
and
doing
all
the
administrative
work
for
the
contested
case
hearings.
However,
it
would
be
really
helpful
if
I
had
an
attorney
on
the
commission
that
could
partner
with
me
so
that
I
would
have
the
legal
mind
to
kind
of
you
know
manage
what
needs
to
get
done
and
just
think
ahead
on
everything.
Y
So
I
have
the
list
of
the
attorneys
on
the
commission,
but
does
anyone
have
an
interest
in
supporting
me
with
this?
I
think
there
is
some
pre-work
that
will
have
to
be
done,
we'll
probably
get
into
it
this
summer
and
then
come
the
fall.
I
think
it
will
be
a
lot,
maybe
more
time
intensive,
so
kayla
can
speak
to
that,
but
for
now,
if
there
are
any
attorney
commissioners
that
would
be
willing
to
work
with
me
on
contested
case
hearings,
please
let
me
know
now.
J
V
E
I'd
love
to
help-
and
second
I
want
to
just
for
the
record
here-
commend
vice
chair
shoemaker,
on
really
accelerating
the
panels
and
give
her
just
kudos
here
that
she's
due
for
the
long
overdue
work
of
getting
these
panels
done.
I
think
it's
been
impressive
project
management.
I
really
appreciate
your
dedication.
Y
So,
okay,
commissioner,
wood
seth,
I
will
will
set
up
some
time
just
to
connect
and
I
will
include
you
on
any
meetings
or
emails
that
I
have
with
the
department
contacts
on
all
of
this
and
then
we'll
just
get
the
ball
rolling.
So
I'm.
Y
Bit
ahead
of
it,
I
worry,
I'm
annoying
kayla
in
sending
out
emails
being
like
who's.
My
contact.
Y
Y
Awesome,
so
I
think
that
is.
Let
me
just
look
the
end
of
my
notes,
just
so
a
few
other
notes,
so
big.
Thank
you
to
matthew
for
getting
out
the
all
of
the
just
the
access
to
the
documents
and
organizing
everything
in
sharepoint.
It's
a
lot
more
work
on
the
back
end
than
we
under
like
really
realize.
So.
Thank
you
so
much
for
that.
I've
been
on
two
panels
now
and
as
a
non-attorney.
Y
Sometimes
I
would
say
it's
kind
of
like
hectic
getting
a
ton
of
documents
and
not
really
knowing
how
to
go
through
them.
So
if
anyone
who
hasn't
been
on
a
panel
before
has
a
question
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
me
and
we
can
just
jump
on
the
phone
and
talk
about
it,
but
overall
the
the
recommended
order
to
go
through
would
be
to
start
with
the
determination
of
the
department
and
then
from
there
start
chronologically
with
the
documents
or
go
through
the
the
different
folders.
Y
But
definitely
starting
with
the
determination,
can
help
build
kind
of
a
roadmap
for
what
you're
going
to
be
looking
at
and
then
yeah.
I
think
that's
it
a
reminder
for
the
april
panel
to
get
your
your
decision
in
by
the
end
of
the
month
and
then
may
panels.
Y
Please
have
I
sent
all
of
y'all
emails,
so
just
get
your
time
setups
and
you
should
be
getting
access
to
documents
soon,
yeah.
If
there
are
any
questions
anything
I
can
help
with.
Let
me
know.
B
B
Quick
update
from
myself
wanted
to
let
everyone
know
that
we've
been
working
on
reaching
out
to
the
mayor's
office.
B
I
know
we
had
a
guest
today,
but
we
were
working
on
reaching
out
to
the
mayor's
office
just
regarding
the
work
that
we've
been
doing
with
the
statement
regarding
educating
the
residents
of
minneapolis
on
their
rights,
so
we've
been
trying
to
get
on
their
agenda
and
commissioner
sunyani
has
been
great
in
connecting
with
staff
such
as
becky
bolen
from
the
mayor's
office
to
potentially
get
on
their
agenda,
so
that
is
in
the
works
and
then,
along
with
that,
we've
we're
able
to
have
some
conversations
with
some
city
council
members
and
out
of
that
came
a
resolution
for
non-lethal
the
use
of
less
lethal
weapons
in
minneapolis,
and
we
did
have
the
opportunity
to
sign
or
to
I
don't
know
how
you
would
put
sign
off
on
their
their
resolution
by
council
members,
gordon
ellison
and
schroeder,
and
so
that
resolution
was
passed
on
friday
and
then,
commissioner
signiani,
I
didn't
know
if
you
wanted
to
talk
more
about
that.
B
But
out
of
out
of
some
of
those
conversations
regarding
this
less
lethal
resolution,
which
I
will
have
ion
send
out
to
the
commission
as
a
whole,
but
in
regards
to
this
resolution,
out
of
this
came
some
opportunity
to
potentially
partner
with
the
city
council
and
then
potentially
even
other,
like
the
pcoc,
the
police
oversight
committee
regarding
the
use
of
their
leslie
lethal
weapons
and
doing
some
research
around
that,
and
so
like.
I
was
saying,
commissioner
ceniani.
A
So
I
I'll
just
add
a
little
color
to
this.
If
you
don't
mind
jeremy,
so
the
city
council
passed
a
resolution
on
use
of
non-lethal
weapons
like
flash
bangs
and
kinetic
crowns
and
tear
gas
and
whatnot
on
friday.
Embedded
in
that
resolution
was
a
request
to
the
the
mccr
to
engage
in
research
and
discovery
around
usage
of
those
devices
by
the
minneapolis
police.
A
You
know
wasn't
much
more
than
that,
but
I
do
believe
that
we
should
be
at
least
setting
up
a
an
exploratory
group
to
work
with
the
mayor
and
the
city
council
to
see
what
that
might
look
like
and
then
come
back
and
report
it
at
our
next
meeting
to
you
know:
formalize
formalized
in
an
adopt
agreement
to
it.
A
B
Naturally,
which
was
great,
was
regarding
the
renaming
or
pivoting
of
the
task
force
for
the
accountability
of
the
killing
of
george
floyd,
and
so
I
feel
like
that
did
kind
of
happen.
Naturally,
but
that
was
a
conversation
regarding
you
know.
B
We
previously
had
a
policing
task
force,
and
this
is
something
that
they
should
take
on,
but
it
sounds
like
that
kind
of
happened
naturally,
so
just
wanting
to
to
see
where
potentially
this
would
fit
in
and
if
the
chairs
of
the
committees
would
want
to
even
discuss
it
with
the
with
their
members
or,
if
there's
a
committee.
That
would
want
to
take
this
task
on,
and
if
that
was
you,
commissioner,
sunyani
with
s
p,
please
let
me
know
if
I'm
overstepping.
J
A
Because
there
has
been,
as
we've
discussed,
some
issues
with
data
access,
and
so
if
we
have
to
go
back
and
ask
the
city
council
for
data
access
or
the
mayor's
office
for
data
access,
you
know
again.
As
the
attorney
tremell
said,
we
are
a
limited
organization,
even
though
we're
an
independent
advisory
board.
A
I
would
encourage
us
to
you
know
work
with
our
city
council,
as
well
as
our
mayor's
office,
to
have
access
to
the
data
so
that
this
is
not
a
sham
exercise.
In
the
first
place.
The
second
place
there's
a
university
of
minnesota
study.
I
would
like
to
invite
the
chair
of
that
study
or
the
head
of
the
of
the
public
health
group
at
the
university
of
minnesota
to
speak
at
our
next
council
meeting
as
well
to
discuss
the
non-lethal
weapons
study
that
they
had
done
as
well.
A
So
sorry
to
sound,
like
I'm,
pushing
the
peanut
down
the
road
here,
but
I
I
think
we
can
bring
in
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
different
things
to
bear
in
the
next
meeting.
B
I
Hi
everyone,
so
you
all
all
know
me,
but
kayla
mcconada,
I'm
the
interim
manager
for
complaint
investigations.
I
don't
believe
the
director
of
contract
compliance
is
here
tonight,
but
we
could
invite
him
to
attend
a
future
meeting.
I
will
be
very
brief
because
I
know
it's
getting
late,
but
I
just
wanted
to
you
know,
update
you
that
the
the
department
is
still
clicking
along
with
cases
and
things
like
that.
We've
really
appreciated
the
work
that
the
commission
has
done,
especially
in
the
last
two
months
on
review
panel
cases.
That
really
helps
us.
I
You
know
feel
like
cases
are
getting
an
ultimate
conclusion
and
we
can
communicate
that
to
complainants
and
that's
really
been
helpful.
So
we
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
together
on
that
and
working
together
on
those
contested
case
hearings.
I
really
appreciate
commissioner
shumake's
attention
to
getting
those
things
moving
and
that's
really
really
helpful
and
appreciated
and
and
something
that
I
know
is
gonna
be
really
great
moving
forward.
I
also
just
wanted
to
express
gratitude
to
the
members
of
the
commission
that
have
met
with
us
throughout
the
month.
I
I
know
that
there's
been
a
lot
going
on
and
a
lot
of
kind
of
you
know
sensitive
topics
at
play
that
I
know
are
affecting
people
in
their
personal
lives,
in
addition
to
potentially
their
work
on
the
commission
and
our
work
in
the
civil
rights
department.
So
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
really
appreciate
the
department
really
appreciates
your
willingness
to
engage
and
work
with
us
around
those
sensitive
issues,
and
we
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
together.
Moving
forward.
I
My
door
is
virtually
always
open,
so
feel
free
to
send
me
an
email.
Give
me
a
call
if
questions
come
up
or
there
are
things
that
you
know
you
could
use
department,
assistance
on
thanks.
B
Oh,
I
see
that's
one
line,
it's
just
two
lines
on
mine,
so
I
think
thank
you
for
all
the
commissioners
and
the
department
staff
for
those
updates
with
that
we've
concluded
all
items
on
our
agenda
for
this
meeting
and
I'll
see
everyone
back
here
on
may
17th.
I
believe
for
a
regular
meeting
wondering
if
the
chairs
and
vice
chairs
could
stick
around
for
the
executive
meeting
afterwards
and
then
seeing
no
further
business
to
come
before
us
and
without
objection.
I
will
declare
this
meeting
adjourned.