Jay-Z praised Minnesota Governor Tim Walz following the announcement on Sunday that the state’s attorney general would take the lead on any charges brought against the officers involved in the death of George Floyd.
In a statement posted on the rapper's criminal justice reform advocacy group REFORM Alliance's Twitter page, Jay-Z wrote that he had an "earnest conversation" with Walz and thanked him "for doing what's right and calling in the Attorney General Keith Ellison to take over the George Floyd case." Ellison, whom Walz asked to take the lead in any prosecutions related to Floyd's death, will work with Hennepin County AttorneyMike Freeman.
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