Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar has now been put on the hot seat for her actions that some have said led to the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes in Minneapolis this week.
When she was in that position she declined to prosecute many police officers who were accused of using excessive force, including the officer who has been blamed for Floyd's death, The Guardian reported.
During his 19-year career as a Minneapolis police officer, Derick Chauvin, who was fired on Tuesday, had at least 10 conduct complaints filed against him, according to a database documenting those complaints.
Whatever her reason, the Democratic senator allowed multiple police officers to go unprosecuted when complaints were made against them, as The Washington Post reported in March.
According to The Post, Klobuchar "Declined to bring charges in more than two dozen cases in which people were killed in encounters with police."
Only God knows if Floyd would be alive today if Klobuchar had prosecuted Chauvin.
If it were a Republican senator who had refused to prosecute this officer, does anyone not believe it would be the lead story on CNN? It is a shame that a man's death, which appears to be as unjustified as any we have seen in recent times, is not being covered from every angle nor is everyone who bears any responsibility for the events that led to it being hammered for it.
When she was in that position she declined to prosecute many police officers who were accused of using excessive force, including the officer who has been blamed for Floyd's death, The Guardian reported.
During his 19-year career as a Minneapolis police officer, Derick Chauvin, who was fired on Tuesday, had at least 10 conduct complaints filed against him, according to a database documenting those complaints.
Whatever her reason, the Democratic senator allowed multiple police officers to go unprosecuted when complaints were made against them, as The Washington Post reported in March.
According to The Post, Klobuchar "Declined to bring charges in more than two dozen cases in which people were killed in encounters with police."
Only God knows if Floyd would be alive today if Klobuchar had prosecuted Chauvin.
If it were a Republican senator who had refused to prosecute this officer, does anyone not believe it would be the lead story on CNN? It is a shame that a man's death, which appears to be as unjustified as any we have seen in recent times, is not being covered from every angle nor is everyone who bears any responsibility for the events that led to it being hammered for it.
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