Keith Ellison's George Floyd charges could ignite Minnesota 'tinderbox' if they fail

[SugarDaddy1]

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, a firebrand liberal, placated activists when he announced he was escalating charges against the Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck and was pressing charges against the other officers who didn't intervene.

But by upping the stakes in what are likely to be high-profile, emotional trials, Ellison may have also set the stage for more disappointment, frustration, and rage, with local and national political ramifications.

Jacobs, a political science professor, believed the economic fallout from COVID-19 will weigh more heavily on voters' minds by November. However, he described Minnesota's unrest over police brutality and racial injustice as "a tinderbox," especially after Ellison was appointed to replace Hennepin County prosecutor Mike Freeman because the attorney"didn't move as fast as the protesters and progressives wanted."

It's not inconceivable that Ellison is going to lose on some of these charges," Jacobs said. "A trial that looks highly political and has outcomes that the protesters did not expect and certainly would be upset by could play into Trump's hands."

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[KeithD]

They could. The point here is that you are afraid they'll stick. You're a Trumpette.

 

[phrodeau]

“Firebrand liberal” doesn’t have the same rhetorical weight as say, “radical Black Muslim” or “anti White American.”

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[SissySalina]

Can anyone say that this would be a "fair" trial?
Could a jury really be found that could say that they are unbiased?