Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who is in the running to be presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden’s running mate, found herself under fire Thursday for not prosecuting years ago a Minneapolis police officer who this week was videotaped kneeling on the neck of an African-American suspect who died in custody.
The attention on Ms. Klobuchar’s tenure as Hennepin County attorney, which had posed problems for her during her presidential bid, comes at a time when she is one of several women under consideration by Mr. Biden’s campaign as a possible vice presidential candidate.
The issue Thursday largely revolved around former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the cop kneeling on George Floyd’s neck in the infamous video who, with three other officers, was immediately dismissed from the force when the video surfaced.
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No worries - Joe has to pick an double-affirmative action candidate for VP...and won't win anyway!
ReplyDeleteThe power is in the voters hands. I bet if you ask African Americans how important an issue is police brutality to them all with few exception would call it a very important issue.
ReplyDeleteBUT.....I bet if you ask them when candidates come around asking for their vote if they ask the candidate what they intend to do to stop police brutality none of them bother to ask this question.
It can stop but only if the voters vote smartly and voting smartly means asking the questions. And follow up. Ask your representatives how engaged they are with what is going on within the PD's.
Biden might as well have Deputy Dog as his running mate as he isn't getting the presidency. Griffin the ex- comedian needs a job. Birds of a feather so to speak.
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