Derek Chauvin (Photo by Minnesota Department of Corrections via Getty Images)
<p style="font-weight: 400;">As <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/derek-chauvin-sentenced-to-21-years-in-prison-after-being-found-guilty-of-violating-george-floyds-civil-rights/">Derek Chauvin</a> spends the majority of the rest of his life behind bars, eight correctional officers of color at his prison just scored a massive payday following a recent lawsuit judgement. It was just confirmed that a group of POC correctional officers received a $1.5 million-dollar settlement citing racial discrimination after they were banned from guarding Derek Chauvin.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">@ABCNews reports, back in May 2020 eight correctional <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/officers-color-barred-guarding-derek-chauvin-15-million/story?id=88239864&;cid=social_twitter_abcn">officers of color</a> were officially banned from guarding Derek Chauvin and essentially doing their jobs, following an order from then-Superintendent of Ramsey County Adult Detention Center, Steve Lydon. Fast forward over two years later, and those officers were just awarded $1.5 million in a racial discrimination settlement from a previous lawsuit they filed.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-reader-unique-id="3">After being banned from guarding Derek Chauvin, the officers filed formal charges of discrimination with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights a month later. Unfortunately, those filings were closed, so the correctional officers filed a separate lawsuit. That led to a complaint in February 2021 where the eight officers cited multiple allegations that violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act, including race/color discrimination and a hostile working environment.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-reader-unique-id="6">Following the news of the multi-million-dollar settlement, Trista Matas Castillo, Chairwoman of the Ramsey County Board, formally apologized to the correctional officers.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-reader-unique-id="50">“The actions taken by Sheriff&#8217;s Office leadership that day were more than just wrong – they were racist, heinous, highly disrespectful and completely out of line with Ramsey County&#8217;s vision and values. No one ever should have questioned your ability to perform your job based on the color of your skin.”</p>
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