Would a Biden/Klobuchar ticket be the most racist ticket that the @DNC might have realistically come up with heading into this primary? If you vote 'no' then please comment below on what plausible Democratic ticket you feel would have been more racist. rt for larger sample.
Some of Klob's handiwork bringing no charges in these police killings when she was Hennepin County Attorney:
Walter Collins
October 10, 2003
Minneapolis
Walter, 21, and a friend were in south Minneapolis when their car broke down. Officer Jamie Conway and another cop started chasing them and shot and killed Walter, unarmed, as he fled. His friend was also shot but survived.
Christopher Burns
November 1, 2002
Minneapolis
Minneapolis police violently ended the life of 44-year-old Christopher. Chris was arguing with his significant other, as couples sometimes do, but there was no physical violence involved. Police rushed into the couple’s bedroom,
handcuffed Chris, threw him down on the bed, kneeled on his back, put a flashlight under his chin and yanked back violently. He died immediately from a broken neck.
Walter C. “Wally” Burks
August 7, 2003
Minneapolis
Wally, 36, entered a convenience store in downtown Minneapolis and asked repeatedly for help as he was experiencing chest pain. Store clerks and customers called police but held Wally down on the floor until police arrived.
Police used Freeze Plus P (combination pepper spray and tear gas) and Taser on Wally, who was incoherent and unresponsive. He was placed face down on the seat of the squad car and left that way for 27 minutes. He was dead on arrival at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Benjamin DeCoteau
January 22, 2005
Minneapolis
Benjamin, unarmed, was shot by Officer Mark Beaupre under suspicious circumstances. Police claim he was a gang member but his family disputes this. A highly spiritual American Indian, he was 21 years old at the time of his death.
Martha Donald
August 1, 2002
Minneapolis
Martha was shot in mysterious circumstances in the restroom in the lobby of her apartment complex. Two police officers were in the restroom with her and one was also killed in the incident. Police have alleged that Ms. Donald had...
...a 38-caliber gun hidden in her buttocks despite the fact that she was wearing tight pants and that they had searched her. Community members are doubtful of this explanation.
Dominic Felder
September 21, 2006
Minneapolis
Dominic, 27, was suffering from mental illness when his family called 911 for help. Officers Lawrence Loonsfoot and Jason King arrived. Rather than taking him in for mental health care, they chased Dominic and
--according to witnesses--opened fire on him as they caught up to him. He was shot 7 times in front of numerous family members and other witnesses. He was unarmed. Dominic’s family was awarded $1.81 million
James C. Fye
November 21, 2000
St. Paul by Minneapolis Police
Shot by Minneapolis police officers Aaron Morrison, Scott Ramsdell and Michael Kaneko in the parking lot of Mickey’s Diner in St. Paul, James and passenger Michael Ivory were unarmed. Police claimed they were...
...drug dealers, though no drugs were found at the scene or in their vehicle and Ivory denied the allegation. Fye and Ivory were both shot several times but Ivory survived. James was 29 years old.
Sean Hayes
May 14, 2000
Minneapolis
Police followed Hayes, age 34, on a short, slow speed chase before ramming his car onto a yard and opening fire, shooting him several times. Hayes was unarmed. Police claim he attempted to ram his car into some squad cars. A neighbor who...
...witnessed the incident reported, "there were so many gunshots coming from every angle that you could see the gunsmoke," and added, "his door was not open, and they [the police] started shooting."
Abu Kassim Jeilani
March 10, 2002
Minneapolis
Abu suffered from severe mental illness & had been released from a facility just two days prior. He left home that morning carrying a crowbar and machete. Witnesses state he never raised these items. When police confronted Abu, who...
...did not speak English, friends asked to intervene & were turned away. Within 11 minutes, six police officers shot Abu least 15 times. Witnesses report that police continued to shoot even after Abu was lying on the ground. His...
...body was left uncovered at the scene for several hours, offending the community.
Fong Lee
July 22, 2006
Minneapolis
Fong, 18, was shot 8 times by Minneapolis police officer Jason Andersen. Fong and his friends were riding bikes near a school when Anderson drove onto the grass and knocked him off his bike. Fong was shot as he ran away. Video shows...
...that he was unarmed. A gun that showed up on the scene after Fong was shot had been in the police evidence room prior to being on the scene. Also on the scene was a state trooper who felt no need to draw his weapon.
Eric V. Netters
May 7, 2003
Minneapolis
Eric, 31, was pulled over for a traffic violation. Ofc. James Boyd attempted to pull him out of the driver’s side door while Ofc. Mark Bohnsack jumped into the passenger side. Police claim Eric hit the gas...
...and Bohnsack shot him in the face and neck. Witnesses stated that Bohnsack shot Eric before the vehicle lurched forward.
Ricky Redin
August 1, 2005
Minneapolis
Minneapolis police officers Charles Herzog and Jason Walters shot and killed Ricky, 47, as he ran away from them. He was a suspect in a robbery and police claim he had a knife.
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