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RandySF

(57,661 posts)
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:38 PM Jan 2020

Minneapolis NAACP, Black Lives Matter call on Klobuchar to suspend campaign

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 sentenced Myon Burrell, who was a teenager at the time, to life in prison for the 2002 murder of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards. The AP story revealed that Klobuchar convicted 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.



https://thehill.com/campaign-issues/480611-minneapolis-naacp-black-lives-matter-call-on-klobuchar-to-suspend-campaign

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Minneapolis NAACP, Black Lives Matter call on Klobuchar to suspend campaign (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2020 OP
Where were they when Amy K first announced? oasis Jan 2020 #1
Excellent point squirecam Jan 2020 #4
The new facts of the case didn't come out wellst0nev0ter Jan 2020 #9
The DA doles out sentences? TheCowsCameHome Jan 2020 #2
Right squirecam Jan 2020 #3
Somethings fishy here??? elleng Jan 2020 #5
This is just ridiculous. evertonfc Jan 2020 #6
The issue was going to have to be dealt with. judeling Jan 2020 #7
Pretty much bullshit scheming daemons Jan 2020 #8
As bullshit as the evidence against Burell wellst0nev0ter Jan 2020 #10
Time for the Innocence Project to step in, I think. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2020 #11
 

oasis

(49,152 posts)
1. Where were they when Amy K first announced?
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:42 PM
Jan 2020
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squirecam

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4. Excellent point
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:49 PM
Jan 2020

Nt

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wellst0nev0ter

(7,509 posts)
9. The new facts of the case didn't come out
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 12:56 AM
Jan 2020

I was there, the media crucified the defendant as a monster. He didn't stand a chance.

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TheCowsCameHome

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2. The DA doles out sentences?
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:46 PM
Jan 2020

I didn't know they did that.

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squirecam

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3. Right
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:49 PM
Jan 2020

He was convicted by two juries. She wasn’t even involved in the second trial.

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elleng

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5. Somethings fishy here???
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:50 PM
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evertonfc

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6. This is just ridiculous.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:54 PM
Jan 2020

Folks, were not going to find a perfect candidate that every outside group will agree with on every issue during every waking second of a person's life or career.

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judeling

(1,086 posts)
7. The issue was going to have to be dealt with.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:15 PM
Jan 2020

But where was this in 2018 let alone when she announced.
Could it be that a person needed her on the ticket to get elected Statewide?

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scheming daemons

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8. Pretty much bullshit
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:40 PM
Jan 2020

They had nothing to say about her running until right now?

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wellst0nev0ter

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10. As bullshit as the evidence against Burell
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 12:59 AM
Jan 2020

She rode that bullshit case to political ascendancy. It's time for her to answer questions.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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11. Time for the Innocence Project to step in, I think. n/t
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 01:02 AM
Jan 2020
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