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Minnesota AG Keith Ellison once tweeted a picture of himself holding a book titled "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook"

posted 4 years ago by Satan2016 (25525)
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Also supports Sharia Law. Antifa doesn't have to ship its member around the country, they live in every Democrat Shithole.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ellison-antifa-book/

In late May 2020, demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice spread rapidly across America following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in the custody of Minneapolis police officers. These events sometimes resulted in violent confrontations between police and the public. Breathless and false rumors about members of the far-left “antifa” movement being shipped around the country in buses to sow violence and discord in various major cities soon followed, elevating this diffuse movement to the level of a national boogeyman.

At the height of this panic, Deputy Director of Communications for the Trump 2020 Campaign Matt Wolking tweeted a screenshot of a tweet apparently from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison — who is overseeing that state’s response to the officers involved in Floyd’s death — holding a copy of the book “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook” and joking that the book would “strike fear” into the heart of U.S. President Donald Trump: [below]

The tweet has since been deleted, but archived versions of it prove that the screenshot shared by Wolking is an authentic tweet from Jan. 3, 2018.

The book had been published just a few months prior by Dartmouth scholar Mark Bray, a former Occupy Wall Street activist and “historian of human rights, terrorism and political radicalism in Modern Europe.” The book, as reviewed by The New Yorker, “is many things: the first English-language transnational history of Antifa, a how-to for would-be activists, and a record of advice from anti-Fascist organizers past and present.”

It was also, once, photographed in the hands of Ellison.

https://web.archive.org/web/20190213092130/https:/twitter.com/keithellison/status/948657342308147202

Keith Ellison @keithellison

At @MoonPalaceBooks and I just found the book that strike fear in the heart of @realDonaldTrump

[–] Satan2016 (25525) 4 years ago

New Floyd Murder Charges Will Be Tough to Prove and May Imperil Good Cops
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/06/new-floyd-murder-charges-will-be-tough-to-prove-and-may-imperil-good-cops/

The second-degree murder charge is now the main charge against all four officers. Essentially, the theory is that they committed a felony assault when they subdued a suspect who was resisting arrest. During the course of carrying out that “crime,” prosecutors allege, Floyd’s death resulted.

While the point may be subtle, this is saliently different from the theory of third-degree murder — i.e., depraved-indifference murder. In the latter, prosecutors would concede that it was lawful in principle for the police to subdue Floyd, but argue (correctly) that their manner of doing so was recklessly indifferent to human life, causing his death. By contrast, the new “felony murder” count, spearheaded by Keith Ellison, the radical leftist state attorney general, puts police on notice that they can be charged with a crime — felony assault — for doing their job, which routinely involves physically restraining suspects who resist lawful commands.

Any experienced law-enforcement officer will tell you that it is common for suspects to resist arrest by lying on the ground, claiming to be ill, waving arms to avoid being cuffed, and refusing to be placed in a squad car. Cops, of course, may not use excessive force when that happens. They must, however, be permitted to use sufficiently superior force to detain and transport uncooperative arrestees. In Minnesota, thanks to its election of the new breed of progressive prosecutor who rails against the justice system’s purported institutional racism, police officers who use force in arresting dangerous criminals now run the risk that they will be the ones who face criminal charges.

There was confusion about second-degree murder in the media speculation leading up to Ellison’s announcement of charges late Wednesday afternoon. When word first leaked t

[–] JDogNight (108) 4 years ago

9 minutes of pressure including over 2 minutes after a loss of consciousness. At that point, what are they even doing?

Can you justify 2 minutes of choke-hold submission on an unconscious person as a lawful use of force?

It wasn't reckless disregard. This was a desire to inflict harm and to restrict his breathing.

[–] Satan2016 (25525) 4 years ago

Criminals should stop resisting arrest.

[–] robocat893 (15919) 4 years ago

You know damn well Floyd wasn't resisting arrest as he was handcuffed behind his back so you're just trolling. Not bad, though. Troll score: 4/10

[–] ultravioletx (10237) 4 years ago

Of course he knows.

[–] NormaAndNorman (3900) 4 years ago

Let's not forget the abuse his ex-girlfriend, Karen Monahan suffered.

Funny how the stuff Democrats do just gets swept under the rug.

[–] TimMC (9143) 4 years ago

Yes KE is a terrorist.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

He was probably doing a photo-op like Trump did last week. You know- hold a book in your hand which you never read and don't believe in. Trump picked The Holy Bible, and Ellison held 'AntiFa: The Antifascist Handbook'.

What's the big deal?