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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s appointment of former Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill to a newly created state council creates the appearance of a “quid pro quo” arrangement, former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao said in an interview, arguing the judge who presided over his prosecution was being rewarded for advancing a predetermined narrative.
Speaking with Alpha News reporter Liz Collin on her podcast, Thao said Cahill’s appointment to a council tasked with documenting “the truth” of Operation Metro Surge raises questions about the body’s objectivity.
Cahill presided over the prosecutions of former Minneapolis police officers Derek Chauvin, Alex Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Thao following the May 25, 2020, arrest of George Floyd outside Cup Foods in south Minneapolis…