Minnesota Division of Public Security Commissioner Bob Jacobson mentioned it will be “extraordinarily troublesome, if not unimaginable” to file state expenses within the lethal taking pictures with out cooperation from the FBI, which state officers mentioned is now solely main the investigation into the incident.
“They do have all of the proof within the unique investigative notes and studies. We’ve got none of that. They’ve shared none of that with us,” Jacobson mentioned throughout Thursday’s press briefing. “We’d welcome the chance to leap again in to try this investigation, use our high-quality investigators from the [state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension] to have the ability to do this with them, to seek out the solutions that the general public deserves.”
With out that data, “we might be at a loss to have the ability to provoke and conduct an intensive investigation,” he mentioned.
Jacobson mentioned he didn’t wish to leap to any conclusions on fault within the taking pictures.
“What I’ll say, although, is that until we do this thorough investigation, until we’ve got entry to all of that proof, until we’ve got entry to the brokers that have been concerned in that, to any witnesses, with none of that, we might not have the ability to put collectively a top quality investigation for any prosecutor to have the ability to make a dedication as as to whether or not somebody ought to be charged with a criminal offense,” he mentioned.
