Still has privilege even in jail.
Discrimination charges filed against Ramsey County by 8 correctional officers of color
The charges allege the eight officers were barred by supervisors from guarding or even being on the same floor as Derek Chauvin when he was booked into the jail.
RAMSEY COUNTY, Minn. — An attorney representing eight Ramsey County correctional officers of color has filed discrimination charges with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights against Ramsey County.
The charges allege the eight officers were barred by supervisors from guarding or even being on the same floor as Derek Chauvin when he was booked into the jail they worked at on May 29. They claim their supervisor did this solely because of the color of their skin.
KARE 11 has obtained copies of the charges, filed Friday by attorney Bonnie Smith, who is representing all eight correctional officers.
In the charges, officers detail their accounts of the orders to "segregate" from white correctional officers because they could not be trusted to carry out their responsibilities professionally around a high profile inmate because of the color of their skin.
According to Smith, in one instance, one of the correctional officers of color was patting Chauvin down during the booking process when he was allegedly told by the superintendent not to escort Chauvin any further, which the officer found odd.
When the officer raised concern up the chain of command, he was allegedly told by the superintendent that because he and the other officers were people of color, they were a "liability" being anywhere near Chauvin, according to Smith.
Discrimination charges filed against Ramsey County by 8 correctional officers of color
The charges allege the eight officers were barred by supervisors from guarding or even being on the same floor as Derek Chauvin when he was booked into the jail.
RAMSEY COUNTY, Minn. — An attorney representing eight Ramsey County correctional officers of color has filed discrimination charges with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights against Ramsey County.
The charges allege the eight officers were barred by supervisors from guarding or even being on the same floor as Derek Chauvin when he was booked into the jail they worked at on May 29. They claim their supervisor did this solely because of the color of their skin.
KARE 11 has obtained copies of the charges, filed Friday by attorney Bonnie Smith, who is representing all eight correctional officers.
In the charges, officers detail their accounts of the orders to "segregate" from white correctional officers because they could not be trusted to carry out their responsibilities professionally around a high profile inmate because of the color of their skin.
According to Smith, in one instance, one of the correctional officers of color was patting Chauvin down during the booking process when he was allegedly told by the superintendent not to escort Chauvin any further, which the officer found odd.
When the officer raised concern up the chain of command, he was allegedly told by the superintendent that because he and the other officers were people of color, they were a "liability" being anywhere near Chauvin, according to Smith.
