Minnesota AG admits there is no evidence that race was a factor in George Floyd killing

[Revmitchell]

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) acknowledged during an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" Sunday that there is no evidence race was a motivating factor in the killing of George Floyd.



The progressive attorney general made the stunning admission when fielding a question from interviewer Scott Pelley on why the prosecution didn't pursue a hate crime charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest last May.


"I wouldn't call it that because hate crimes are crimes where there's an explicit motive and of bias," Ellison said. "We don't have any evidence that Derek Chauvin factored in George Floyd's race as he did what he did."

Minnesota AG admits there is no evidence that race was a factor in George Floyd killing

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

But here is why Chauvin had to be tried by the mob and railroaded:

"In order for us to stop and pay serious attention to this case and be outraged by it, it's not necessary that Derek Chauvin had a specific racial intent to harm George Floyd," he continued. "The fact is we know that, through housing patterns, through employment, through wealth, through a whole range of other things — so often, people of color, black people, end up with harsh treatment from law enforcement. And other folks doing the exact same thing just don't."​

 

[Paul from Antioch]

Remember NPR's "Tales form Lake Woebegone Minnesota" with Garrison Keeler? It was humorous to a point, until the Know-It-Alls took over. We need to honor & respect those 99.99+% of those men & women who wear the blue. These defund & hate these selfless people who never know if today will be their last day on earth IMHO deserve to be ALL Gold Metalists in the race to protect & serve us. Yes, every once in a while you'll find a bad apple in the barrel ....Even Jesus had his Judas Iscariot. Let these "I can't stand the POLICE" folks see who day gonna call when their house is broken into....A "Community Organizer"??