Posted on 01/29/2020 6:33:53 PM PST by yesthatjallen
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is being called to suspend her presidential campaign after an Associated Press story published Tuesday showed she may have mishandled a case while she was Hennepin County's District Attorney.
As the county DA, Klobuchar led the case against Myon Burrell, who was a teenager at the time and was sentenced to life in prison for the 2002 murder of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards. The AP story revealed that Klobuchar prosecuted Burrell, now 33, despite there being little evidence and even though his co-defendant confessed to the crime and said Burrell wasn’t there.
Though Klobuchar was not the county’s top prosecutor the second time Burrell was convicted after filing an appeal, she reportedly denied his request to attend his mother’s funeral, claiming he was a threat to society.
In past debates, Klobuchar has touted her tough-on-crime stance as a Minneapolis prosecutor, and during her first Senate campaign, she recounted Burrell's conviction among others as her finding justice for black families who lost their children to gun violence.
On Wednesday, the Racial Justice Network, Minneapolis NAACP, Black Lives Matter Twin Cities, Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar, and Communities United Against Police Brutality all asked Klobuchar to suspend her White House bid. Edwards's father has also come out saying he believes Burrell may have been wrongfully convicted.
“What I need people to understand is this isn’t about partisanship and this isn’t about politics,” Leslie Redmond, president of the Minneapolis NAACP said in a press conference. “This is about justice ... This isn’t just a situation that happened to the Central Park Five alone. This is a situation that happens all around America. This is a situation that happens right here in Minnesota.
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A strong woman vs black lives matters. Intersectionality.
Funny that this should come forward right now!
It seems like something that should have been brought to the attention of the voting public a while ago, but I guess today is the day for a general crisis of conscience.
Who is this broad? Seriously.
Nobody is going to sink more money into a two time loser who has two feet in the grave.
bttt
Reds versus Rat. Pass the popcorn, Corn Pop, it’s going to be a good fight.
Stuff like this reminds me of that battle in the OT where the Israelites prayed and before they even started the battle, God put the enemy into confusion and they fought among themselves until nobody was left.
I found the exact quote I was trying to recreate.
“The left is not made up of friends and allies. It’s made up of competing parasites.”
~Grover Norquist - CPAC 2012
While I am generally not a Norquist fan, that nails it!
Ping to the above.
............parasites......sums it up.............
With black voters seeming more open to Trump than previous Republicans, this will be a deal-breaker for Klobuchar. Hillary lost because blacks in key states didn’t support her enough (they were close races), and if this can be hung around Klobuchar’s neck then Dems won’t want her on the ticket.
Remember the young black woman with the sign “I’m not a superpredator” when Hillary was speaking? That hurt!
bttt
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