A nonpartisan organization announced Friday they’ve filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Public Safety seeking more information about how the state’s top officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, responded to civil unrest after George Floyd was killed.

It comes with Walz selected as the Democratic vice presidential candidate and increasing public interest in how he responded to protests after Floyd’s death in 2020. On the campaign trail, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has criticized Walz over his response, though an audio recording from the time shows that then-President Trump told Walz he agreed with how he handled it.

Public Record Media, a St. Paul-based government transparency organization, said they initially requested the information in 2022.

“For over two years, the stalled request has been sitting at the DPS (Department of Public Safety) offices, with no records produced to date,” the organization said in a statement. PRM has recently gone back to DPS and said they still haven’t received information.

DPS commissioned a report on the state’s response, which was prepared by the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation in St. Paul. Public Record Media is seeking interviews of high-ranking state officials that were conducted for the report.

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Public Record Media filed the lawsuit Thursday in Ramsey County District Court.

A Department of Public Safety spokesman said he expects to comment later Friday.

In a separate matter, Public Record Media is involved in an administrative appeal of a stalled Freedom of Information Act request, which is seeking records about the Trump administration’s proposed used of the federal Insurrection Act and the administration’s handling of the Biden presidential transition.

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