We Spoke With the Socialist State Senator Who Represents the District Where George Floyd Was Murdered
As the George Floyd murder trial's deliberations continue, Jacobin spoke with Omar Fateh, the Democratic Socialists of America member who represents the district where Floyd was killed. He decries the appalling militarized response to protests — and says police must be placed under civilian control rather than being allowed to kill with impunity.
A picture of George Floyd hangs on the barrier that surrounds the Hennepin County Government Center, where former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was on trial for murder. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Omar Fateh, a Minnesota state senator and Democratic Socialists of America member, is a freshman lawmaker who represents the district where George Floyd was killed. Over the last year, he’s had an up-close view of the social and political upheaval in the city, where radical demands for racial and economic justice have exploded.
On Sunday night, shortly before the closing arguments and jury deliberations began in the Derek Chauvin murder trial — and just days after the killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota — we spoke with Fateh about what things look like on the ground and in the state legislature around weakening the power of the police.
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