The Manny's Podcast

The Road to Justice with Minnesota AG Keith Ellison

Episode Summary

Last spring, the nation watched in anticipation as Derek Chauvin was taken to trial for the murder of George Floyd. After a global movement, mass media attention, and a heated trial Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. Join us as we discuss this difficult process and steps towards justice with Attorney General Keith Ellison from Minnesota. About Keith Ellison: Keith has served as attorney general since Minnesotans first elected him in 2018. As the People’s Lawyer, Keith’s job is to help Minnesotans afford their lives and live with dignity, safety, and respect. His guiding values are generosity, equity, transparency, and inclusion. As attorney general, Keith has expanded the office’s strong tradition of consumer protection. He’s fought to lower pharmaceutical drug prices, hold opioid companies accountable for the deadly opioid epidemic, protect tenants from exploitation, protect seniors from scams and abuse, protect student borrowers, hold major corporations accountable for consumer fraud and deception, and much more. Keith kept campaign promises to create a unit in the Attorney General’s office to fight wage theft, work on lowering pharmaceutical drug prices, form a task force on improving women’s economic security, and fight for economic fairness for farmers and people in greater Minnesota. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Keith has used the tools of the attorney general to keep Minnesota families and communities safe, fight pandemic profiteering and illegal evictions, and protect small businesses from unfair competition.