The Human Rights Commission of Golden Valley, Minnesota was established in 1965, making it the first appointed commission in the state to address human rights issues. Since then, 49 human rights commissions have been established in other cities and counties in Minnesota...but just this Thursday, two days before Christmas, the Golden Valley City Council has fired its Human Rights Commission.
The Human Rights Commission asked the Golden Valley City Council if it could form a task force to investigate the use of unnecessary force used by police officers. Since 2008, there had been two reported incidents of police brutality in Golden Valley. The City Council was against the proposed task force, claiming that the methods of data collection that would be used to gather information from the police force would ruin peoples' reputations and violate the Data Practices Act.
Minnesota Department of Human Rights Commissioner Kevin Lindsey will be seeking more information.
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