Politics & Government
(VIDEO) Ellison Calls for Accountability for Torture
The Minnesota congressman spoke at a forum in Minneapolis last week.
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) spoke out against torture last week at a forum called "Ending Torture Now: Moving Forward by Looking Backward," held at the Mayflower Church in Minneapolis.
The event was held in connection with the 10-year anniversary of the "torture memos." In a Huffington Post piece, former FBI special agent Coleen Rowley applauded Ellison and others for speaking.
You can watch Ellison's speech above.
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Ellison, Fields Chat With Patch
Ellison and his Republican challenger, Chris Fields, both did sit-down interviews with Patch last week. Questions came from Patch readers.
Here, again, are those interviews:
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