Updates from Minnesota Freedom Fund
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Six years ago, the world watched as George Floyd’s life was taken in an act of state violence that happened in public and forced our city, our state, and our country to confront truths that many had long tried to ignore. Today is not simply a day of remembrance. It is a day of accountability.
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At Minnesota Freedom Fund, we believe public safety is strongest when pretrial decisions are grounded in actual risk, not a person’s access to money. Moving away from a wealth-based system toward a more intentional, risk-based framework allows courts to make clearer, more consistent determinations about who truly needs to be detained and who can be…
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Danielle Matthias discusses the impact of community engagement in safeguarding medical care for inmates in Minnesota following the passage of the Larry R. Hill Medical Reform Act. Despite efforts to roll back protections via HF 4282, amendments strengthened safeguards. Concerns remain about access to vital medications, underscoring the ongoing fight for reform.
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Clients are always at the forefront of our work, and community members are stronger when attorneys are present, active, and advocating on their behalf. Through direct and client-centered legal advocacy, our clients, their lives, and their stories will be humanized instead of criminalized.
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Following Minnesota Freedom Fund’s statement yesterday, calling for accountability in the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent in South Minneapolis, MFF Executive Director Elizer Darris spoke at a community event last night furthering the call to local officials to “stand up” and “do something” against “federal tyranny.”
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Minnesota Freedom Fund is devastated and outraged by the killing of Renee Nicole Good during an ICE enforcement encounter. Renee was a community member and mother who should still be alive today, and we are demanding that those involved in her death be held accountable, along with the systems that allowed this killing to happen.
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As of June 1, 2025, Minnesota Freedom Fund will temporarily halt pretrial bail and bond payments to focus on systemic, long-term change in criminal legal and immigration detention systems. The organization aims to challenge these systems through advocacy and education, ultimately seeking to eliminate pretrial detention. Feedback from supporters is welcomed.