Derec
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I guess Klob is out of the Veepstakes. Her own fault for not being able to predict in 2006 what would happen in 2020.
Amy Klobuchar declined to prosecute officer at center of George Floyd's death after previous conduct complaints
I think pretty much every officer has complaints filed against them. That just comes with the territory, as people they arrest are rarely satisfied customers.![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
And why the hell should Klob or anyone else have prosecuted Chauvin for that? Wayne Reyes, the guy shot by Chauvin in 2006, stabbed some people and then pointed a shotgun at police. That shooting looks 100% justified.
And it is racist to say that a prosecutor should not prosecute crimes when they are predominately committed by people who are "poor and minority".
P.S.: I noticed just now I and Chauvin are almost namesakes.![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
Amy Klobuchar declined to prosecute officer at center of George Floyd's death after previous conduct complaints
"Cited" by whom? A mere accusation doesn't mean that charges are warranted. And she could not have predicted the Floyd incident.Yahoo! said:Before she became a senator and a top contender for former Vice President Joe Biden's vice presidential spot, Klobuchar spent eight years as the Hennepin County attorney, in charge of prosecution for Minneapolis. And while in that position, Klobuchar declined to prosecute multiple police officers cited for excessive force, including the officer who kneeled on Floyd's neck as he protested, The Guardian reports.
Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derick Chauvin saw at least 10 conduct complaints during his 19-year tenure before he was fired Tuesday, according to a database that documents complaints against police. In particular, he was involved in the shooting death of a man who had stabbed other people before attacking police, as well as some other undisclosed complaints. Klobuchar did not prosecute Chauvin for the first death, and he was later placed on leave when he and other officers shot and wounded a Native American man in 2011.
I think pretty much every officer has complaints filed against them. That just comes with the territory, as people they arrest are rarely satisfied customers.
![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
And why the hell should Klob or anyone else have prosecuted Chauvin for that? Wayne Reyes, the guy shot by Chauvin in 2006, stabbed some people and then pointed a shotgun at police. That shooting looks 100% justified.
Police shooting somebody is not necessarily a crime. Yahoo! and WaPo pretend that default with police shootings should be a prosecution when a vast majoroty of police shootings are perfectly justified.Back to Yahoo! said:As The Washington Post noted in March, Klobuchar "declined to bring charges in more than two dozen cases in which people were killed in encounters with police" as Hennepin County attorney. Instead, she "aggressively prosecuted smaller offenses" that "have been criticized for their disproportionate effect on poor and minority communities," the Post continues. And as Klobuchar undergoes vetting to become a possible vice presidential candidate, that track record is being scrutinized and criticized once again.
And it is racist to say that a prosecutor should not prosecute crimes when they are predominately committed by people who are "poor and minority".
P.S.: I noticed just now I and Chauvin are almost namesakes.
![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)