Minnesota Governor Walz News Conference on Protests Across the U.S.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) held a news conference on his state’s response to the death of George Floyd, which happened while in police custody on Memorial Day. Governor Walz announced he had launched a civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department designed to eliminate “systematic racism that is generations deep.” He said the probe would look back at a decade of behavior by the police department where he said that “deeply seeded issues exist” exemplified by the “casual nature of the erasing of George Floyd’s life and humanity.” State leaders joined Governor Walz to make this announcement, including Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington, who provided updates on protest arrests and announced the extension of a curfew in Minneapolis. close