Martha Holton Dimick says her decision to run for Hennepin County Attorney was based on the horrific statistic of 94 homicides in two years. in her North Minneapolis neighborhood. Two of the fatalities were children. One was a baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although her life trek had not been an easy or normal one, she managed to transition from a career in nursing to being a humanitarian and a scholar in the law. She relied on her faith, perseverance, and willful determination to balance single motherhood and daily survival tactics, she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For three and a half years, Holton-Dimick took at least four buses to day care, work, college classes, and back home. Public assistance often supplemented financial shortfalls. She completed law school at night, earning the law degree from Marquette University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Observing the stark realities of courtroom injustices, incarceration, and recidivism gaps in Black, Brown, and white accused, and having worked in the Hennepin County Attorney\u2019s office for 10 years, Holton-Dimick said she is seeking election because she believes she has to do more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI felt I should at least try and restore trust in the County Attorney\u2019s office. What\u2019s that old adage I hear all the time about how a person can\u2019t change what they refuse to face? I\u2019ve got to encourage more community members, business owners, law professionals, parents, and educators who are honest with themselves to face the obstacles we\u2019re capable of changing — like peace and safety for our seniors, quality education, housing for the homeless, and a future for our children,\u201d she said in a recent Conversations with Al McFarlane interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Holton-Dimick came to Minneapolis after working in mid-size law firms and gaining valuable experience in corporate litigation. She joined the lawyers in the Hennepin County Attorney\u2019s office, hired by now Senator Amy Klobuchar. She was assigned to work in a newly created community prosecution program where 60 attorneys and she collaborated with neighborhood associations, faith-based organizations, communities and residents, and the police working with a 60-million-dollar budget. She said the coalition set out to and achieved improvement in public safety from 2008 to 2010. There were 23 homicides then compared to the current 94. The team was awarded national recognition for their collaboration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2009, the Holton-Dimick served as the Minneapolis City Attorney, and in 2012 was appointed by Governor Mark Dayton as a judge on the Fourth District bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She retired from the bench, and to run for County Attorney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Holton-Dimick lists her priorities as gun violence prevention, practicing fair sentencing, a stronger connection between police and residents, partnering with leadership to discipline problem officers, addressing chemical dependency, especially fentanyl overdose prevention, exploring alternatives versus the common practice of mass Brown and Black incarceration, reforming police training, and dealing with teen carjacking while providing resources for parents who cannot control their offspring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe must set standards of racial equality and non-partisanship based on facts and the law. That\u2019s the number one priority for now. It would help if we had more alternative-type courts like chemical dependency treatment. Violent lawbreakers need to be in jail, separated from the not-so-violent; who are working hard to become better men and women,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She also calls for far more transparency in law enforcement leadership and re-designed police training that includes police department reviews and reports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe must find a sustainable balance of equity and fairness and to be committed to the application of the law,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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