Demand Justice for Allison Lussier: Hold Minneapolis Police Accountable
Demand Justice for Allison Lussier: Hold Minneapolis Police Accountable
The Issue
Allison Lussier, an Indigenous woman, is dead — and the Minneapolis Police Department failed her.
Lussier repeatedly reported domestic violence to Minneapolis police in the years before she was found dead in her apartment in 2024. Her case remains unsolved. A city audit released this week found that officers kept inconsistent documentation, missed critical warning signs, and did not even treat her apartment as a crime scene when they responded. MPD had not requested the medical examiner's report on her death until auditors asked for it themselves.
The audit reviewed nearly 49,000 pages of documents and 75 hours of body camera footage. Its findings are damning: incomplete witness statements, missing victim forms, inconsistent injury documentation, and breakdowns in communication between MPD and the Hennepin County Attorney's Office — including a gap of several months with no contact between the two offices. The audit found that messaging from MPD leadership was "premature, underinformed, and inaccurate," and that those misstatements deepened distrust in communities already disproportionately affected by violence.
Lussier's family has maintained she was killed by an abusive ex-boyfriend. They have had to fight for answers while the department that was supposed to protect her fumbled the investigation at every turn.
The city auditor has now called on Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara and the Minneapolis Police Department to issue a formal apology to Lussier's family, improve officer training on domestic violence, and ensure that officers responding to repeat calls are fully briefed on a victim's history before they arrive. These recommendations must not sit on a shelf. They must be implemented now.
We are calling on Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara and the Minneapolis City Council to fully adopt and publicly report on the implementation of every recommendation in the city auditor's after-action review — and to keep Lussier's case an active investigation until her family has answers.
Allison Lussier deserved protection. She asked for it. She was failed. That cannot happen again.
Photo: Ben Hovland | MPR News
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The Issue
Allison Lussier, an Indigenous woman, is dead — and the Minneapolis Police Department failed her.
Lussier repeatedly reported domestic violence to Minneapolis police in the years before she was found dead in her apartment in 2024. Her case remains unsolved. A city audit released this week found that officers kept inconsistent documentation, missed critical warning signs, and did not even treat her apartment as a crime scene when they responded. MPD had not requested the medical examiner's report on her death until auditors asked for it themselves.
The audit reviewed nearly 49,000 pages of documents and 75 hours of body camera footage. Its findings are damning: incomplete witness statements, missing victim forms, inconsistent injury documentation, and breakdowns in communication between MPD and the Hennepin County Attorney's Office — including a gap of several months with no contact between the two offices. The audit found that messaging from MPD leadership was "premature, underinformed, and inaccurate," and that those misstatements deepened distrust in communities already disproportionately affected by violence.
Lussier's family has maintained she was killed by an abusive ex-boyfriend. They have had to fight for answers while the department that was supposed to protect her fumbled the investigation at every turn.
The city auditor has now called on Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara and the Minneapolis Police Department to issue a formal apology to Lussier's family, improve officer training on domestic violence, and ensure that officers responding to repeat calls are fully briefed on a victim's history before they arrive. These recommendations must not sit on a shelf. They must be implemented now.
We are calling on Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara and the Minneapolis City Council to fully adopt and publicly report on the implementation of every recommendation in the city auditor's after-action review — and to keep Lussier's case an active investigation until her family has answers.
Allison Lussier deserved protection. She asked for it. She was failed. That cannot happen again.
Photo: Ben Hovland | MPR News
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Petition created on April 23, 2026