African american civil rights leaders

“We're seeing that black people in Minneapolis are arrested at nine times the rate of a white person for nonviolent offenses," Hostin said. "That says something to me, and I think, you know, when we talk about politics, and we talk about Joe Biden's selection for a vice presidential pick, that is why the black community has said that Amy Klobuchar is a nonstarter for them, because in many respects from 1999 to 2007, she declined to prosecute over two dozen cases involving police killings of unarmed people." … [Read more...] about African-American activists escalating efforts to persuade Biden not to pick Klobuchar for VP

As she was doing that on Thursday, however, a story about her involvement with a past case involving Derek Chauvin, the officer who knelt on Floyd's neck, gained traction online. Chauvin was one of six involved in a 2006 shooting involving a man who stabbed multiple people. The shooting happened near the end of Klobuchar's tenure as county attorney and shortly before she was sworn in for her first term in the United States Senate. The case was not heard by a grand jury until after she became a senator. … [Read more...] about Klobuchar’s vice presidential hopes take hit amid unrest in Minnesota

“This is the first race-tinged case that I’ve ever heard him address” as president, said the Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights activist and Trump critic who has known the president for decades. “I think the difference is a November election." … [Read more...] about Trump calls Minneapolis protesters ‘thugs,’ vows action

Klobuchar told the network that during the years she led the office, it was the practice to present police shooting cases to a grand jury to consider charges. She said she now believes the practice of asking a grand jury to decide whether to charge officers was wrong. … [Read more...] about Biden ally sees Klobuchar as less likely Biden running mate

“I think the real question is, what are people going to do about it and how are those who are in positions of authority, and those who are seeking positions of authority, how are they going to lay out a plan moving forward?” Johnson said. “It’s about what is the collective will of this society to address the systemic deficits that we all know so well but lack the political will to address.” … [Read more...] about Biden speaks of racial ‘open wound,’ contrasting with Trump