Impressive journalisming
Oct 2006: police incl Chauvin shoot & kill a man who& #39;d stabbed others and was attacking them
Nov 2006: Klobuchar elected to Senate
Jan 2007: Klobuchar leaves prosecutor& #39;s office, goes to Senate
2008: grand jury declines to charge https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/28/george-floyd-killing-officers-derek-chauvin-tou-thao-investigated">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...
2011: Chauvin shoots someone else, in a case where no exculpatory info is given; looks bad

US Senator Klobuchar fails to prosecute.

https://theweek.com/speedreads/916926/amy-klobuchar-didnt-prosecute-officer-center-george-floyds-death-after-previous-conduct-complaints">https://theweek.com/speedread...
So the case she was involved in was under investigation when she left, like she didn& #39;t just skip all due process and immediately "prosecute" the police after they (apparently) shot a homicidal maniac in self defense... and the 2011 case has nothing directly to do with her.
I don& #39;t love Klobuchar and can& #39;t confirm that the police& #39;s accounts of the 2006 case are true, but by the stories& #39; assumed facts and internal own logic, there& #39;s nothing here except that she failed to foresee that this guy would go on to commit worse crimes 5 and 14 years later
err, shouldn& #39;t say "worse" crimes because I haven& #39;t seen anything that suggests the 2008 grand jury was wrong about the 2006 case. Also don& #39;t have any other info on the 2011 case, but this is if we stipulate it was a bad shooting
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