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Eight black and Latino prison officials filed a discrimination complaint against the Minnesota prison authorities, alleging that they were prohibited from contacting Derek Chauvin, the former white police officer accused of the death of African-American George Floyd, because they were not white. this Sunday local media.

In the complaint, filed with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights last Friday, Ramsey County Guardsmen allege that when Chauvin arrived on May 29 at the facilities of the Adult Detention Center, the superintendent ordered all officers of color to leave the floor where he would be held, reported the local channel KSTP.

The lawsuit argues that black and Hispanic officers were prohibited from having contact with Chauvin and were exchanged with their white colleagues for other tasks.

According to the news from the channel affiliated to ABC, the lawsuit claims that an officer said he felt "humiliated" and other agents of color were seen crying.

Floyd's death on May 25 in Minneapolis, in a scene that was recorded by the mobile phones of passers-by who captured the victim's almost nine minutes of agony as the agent pressed his knee against his neck, generated a wave of protests and protests of rejection that still persist after four weeks of the event.

Following the complaints, the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that it had received a verbal complaint from a union steward the next day and opened an investigation into the incident.

Chauvin was held at the Ramsey County Adult Detention Center for two days before being transferred to the Hennepin County Jail on May 31 and then to the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Oak Park Heights.

Prison officials who joined the lawsuit remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, according to Bonnie Smith, the attorney representing them.

In a statement shared by KSTP, Smith said, "Sorting employees by race and skin color was deeply degrading and humiliating, not to mention illegal."

"These correctional officers come to work every day to keep our community safe and employment decisions must be made based on their performance, not the color of their skin," the attorney concludes in the statement.

Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison toughened the charges against Chauvin. The former police officer faces second-degree murder charges , after being charged on May 29 with third-degree murder and reckless manslaughter.

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