Minnesota House Passes Public Safety Budget Bill With Police Reforms

(St. Paul, MN)  —  A public safety budget bill passed in the Minnesota House Wednesday night includes police reform measures that have little chance in the Republican-controlled Senate.

Majority Leader Paul Gazelka says last July the legislature passed “the most comprehensive police accountability bill” he can remember, and in Derek Chauvin trial “I don’t think anybody can say that justice wasn’t served.”

Democratic Representative Cedrick Frazier from New Hope responds the community sees the Chauvin verdict as “rarely-found accountability, but not lasting justice. “