Keith Ellison reflects on the year since the murder of George Floyd
Capehart
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 25 May 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Jonathan Capehart and this is Cape Up. |
| 0:07.7 | One year ago today, George Floyd was killed under the knee of former Minneapolis police officer |
| 0:12.9 | Derek Chauvin. |
| 0:14.3 | Minnesota Governor Tim Walts appointed a special prosecutor who assembled a team that would |
| 0:18.6 | succeed in convincing a jury to find Chauvin guilty in the murder of George Floyd. |
| 0:24.3 | That special prosecutor was Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison. |
| 0:28.8 | In this conversation recorded during a Washington Post live event on May 21, Ellison talks |
| 0:34.2 | about the Floyd case, the Dante Wright case, and the need for Congress to pass the George |
| 0:39.5 | Floyd Justice and Policing Act. |
| 0:41.8 | Hear it all right now. |
| 0:46.0 | Attorney General Ellison, welcome to Washington Post Live. |
| 0:53.0 | Great to be with you, Jonathan. |
| 0:54.5 | Thank you. |
| 0:55.6 | Before we talk about the Derek Chauvin trial and the killing of George Floyd, you have |
| 1:00.0 | to talk about some breaking news that hit just about an hour ago, your office released |
| 1:06.0 | a statement acknowledging that you are taking on the prosecution of Kim Potter. |
| 1:11.1 | She's the former Brooklyn Center Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Dante Wright |
| 1:17.6 | on April 11. |
| 1:19.7 | Why are you taking on that prosecution? |
| 1:22.4 | We've been asked to take on the case and we're willing to do it because we're public servants |
| 1:27.4 | and when the public needs service, we just step up to do the work we're called to do. |
| 1:33.8 | So we're going to handle the case with seriousness, with all due regard for the precious life |
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