Minnesota AG Keith Ellison to take over case in Floyd killing

Star Tribune ^ | June 1, 2020 | Stephen Montemayor

[Meatspace]

The Grassroots party has apparently one issue, and that is legalize pot. That one Grassroots candidate probably threw the election.

[Howie66]

And yet, the people of Minnesoda put this Muzzie Scum in the AGs office.

[Chgogal]

You can’t take the dummy out of dummycRAT.

[1Old Pro]

The only thing missing is appointing Omar as the presiding judge.

[I want the USA back]

Well, the cop should expect a fair trial.

< / major sarcasm>

[caww]

Well that’s because the refugees and migrants etc. now are the majority who vote, and their candidates for office are highly financed and supported by hostile groups in our country and out.

Our enemies have always said they would destroy us from within.

[caww]

People vote for these animals because they are highly financed and supported by the enemies of this country. ...and our population has been infilitrated by those who are here to change this nation to reflect their beliefs and culture Norms...they are not here to adapt....

[maggief]

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/08/14/minnesota-primary-n2509902

DNC Deputy Chair and Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) won the Democratic primary for attorney general Tuesday night despite the recent domestic abuse charges against him. Over the weekend, his former girlfriend Karen Monahan and her sons accused Ellison of physical abuse and verbal threats.

Meanwhile, the Republican Governors Association have released a statement wondering how Minnesota Democrats could vote for someone who aligns himself with extremist and pushes radical policies.

“Minnesota Democrats are going to regret this choice,” RAGA Executive Director Scott Will said. “Keith Ellison is running to be the chief law enforcement officer – to protect Minnesotans – but he does not believe in borders. It’s not just the far-left policies that Ellison champions, he also embraces the extreme elements. Ellison supports the violent left-wing group Antifa and he has lied about his relationship with anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan. Keith Ellison is the most radical and extreme politician in America; he cannot be trusted.

[cabbieguy]

Keith Ellison is Minnesota’s answer to Marcia Clark.

[JimRed]

...Portland ANTIFA Leader...

My Gaydar just alerted.

[Howie66]

And the DemocRAT Party (aka Communist Party, USA) is right there to facilitate them.

[Responsibility2nd]

More here....

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/keith-ellison-domestic-violence-accuser-posts-2017-medical-document-identifying-democrat-as-abuser

My only question is... Why isn’t Ellison running for President?

He’s like Barack Obama. Only violent. Democrats would love him.

[cranked]

Given his recent comments, certainly no conflict of interest issues, at all. /s

[maggief]

https://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/rachel-maddow-show/2020-05-28

Killing of George Floyd TRANSCRIPT: 5/28/20, The Rachel Maddow Show
05/28/20

EXCERPT

ELLISON: Well, I represent every state agency in the state of Minnesota. That includes the Commission of Public Safety which includes the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. So I’m their lawyer. I am the lawyer for the constitutional officers, which includes the governor, and I am a statewide public official, who has a bully pulpit, and is often called upon to offer leadership to the state in various ways.

And so, all of those things I think are what I bring to bear. I will tell the folks listening that in Minnesota, the jurisdiction, primary jurisdiction for a crime is with the county attorney in the county in which the crime is alleged to have occurred, which is why Mike Freeman is the county attorney in this particular case, and the U.S. attorney is also prioritizing this case, and allowing the FBI but they are taking a slightly different look.

The state is looking at just a straight criminal investigation. The federal government is looking at what they call a color of law investigation, which is essentially a civil rights investigation. Did this case occur, did this homicide occur because of some protected class status that Mr. Floyd is in? Like did this happen because he was black?

Now, you know, this will mean, they will have to find evidence this was a motivator, this case was driven by a fact like that. So, that’s the roles everybody plays. The Minneapolis police are not investigating this case. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is a state agency, which does investigations and has now become the place where officer involved death, deadly force encounters with police are investigated not by the local jurisdiction but by the state. So, that the sort of how the landscape is laid out.

And, you know, we play an active role but we’re not directly the prosecuting authority, but we stand ready to help if anyone asks and we are glad to do so because we’re committed to justice in this matter. I may add that myself and the Commission of Public Safety convened a task force on preventing and stopping deadly force encounters with police.

We issued a report in February. That report called for training measures and updates, a new standard of use of force, commitment to sanctity of life, duty to intervene and a whole range of other things, as well. So, call — convening the task force and calling for systemic change is another thing that we do.

(more at link)