Stillwater prison employee on leave after video posted of him and wife yelling at protesters

[TexasTowelie]

A sergeant at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater has been placed on “investigatory” leave after he was captured on video Sunday with a woman who was yelling racial slurs at protesters.

The confrontation occurred Sunday afternoon in the 500 block of Stillwater Avenue West during a protest and prayer service that started outside Washington County Attorney Pete Orput’s house in Stillwater.

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Protesters have been gathering in Stillwater near Orput’s house and calling on him to bring murder charges against Kim Potter, the ex-Brooklyn Center police officer accused of killing Daunte Wright. Potter has been charged with second-degree manslaughter.

In the video, the wife of Sgt. Paul Gorder can be heard calling protesters the N-word. Gorder, who is 55 and has worked at the Minnesota Department of Corrections for 26 years, also can be seen wearing a DOC T-shirt and can be heard yelling and swearing at the protesters.

Read more: https://www.twincities.com/2021/04/26/doc-employee-on-leave-after-video-of-woman-yelling-racial-slur-at-protesters-in-stillwater-is-posted-on-social-media/

The article states that the sergeant and his wife appear to be "heavily intoxicated."