Posts shared by Facebook Minnesota Democratic Attorney General Keith Ellison and Sen. Amy Klobuchar are allegedly shown attending an event holding signs that read “Defund the Police.” .
Verdict: False
The image has been digitally processed. The original images uploaded to Ellison's official X and campaign accounts show no such signs.
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Two police officers and a paramedic were fatally injured while responding to a domestic incident call in Burnsville, Minnesota, on February 18, according to reports. CNN. The suspect, 38-year-old Shannon Cortez Gooden, is prohibited from owning a firearm after being convicted of felonious assault in 2007. fox 9 report.
A Facebook post appears to show a photo of Ellison and Klobuchar at a meeting with protesters holding signs that read “Defund the Police.” The second photo shows Klobuchar's post. Facebook account addressing We mourned the three first responders killed in the Burnsville, Minnesota, shooting.
“I can't post photos on Amy's page, so I'm posting them here…Klobuchar, Ellison, Flanagan…that's Amy Klobuchar,” the post reads. “Never let a tragedy go to waste.”
The image has been digitally processed. The second photo of Ellison and Klobuchar was taken in October 2022. Posted I visited the attorney general's page during that year's election. The photo was also retweeted by his official attorney general account. None of the participants in the photo are holding autographs.
Minnesotans are passionate about electing DFLers who will protect individual liberties, ensure money goes home, protect against corporate fraud, and protect our multiracial democracy.Build a MN where everyone matters and everyone matters pic.twitter.com/iNRXOMucY1
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) October 16, 2022
“Minnesota people are passionate about voting in DFLers who will protect our individual liberties, ensure that every dollar we earn goes home, protect against corporate fraud, and protect our multiracial democracy,” the post reads. is partially written. (Related: President Trump said 2020 election loss was a 'real tragedy' compared to Super Bowl parade shooting?)
Although Ellison has not directly supported efforts to “defund” the police, he has supported efforts to restructure the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd's death in 2020. During the 2022 attorney general debate, Ellison's Republican opponent Jim Schultz criticized him. According to him, he supported a referendum to establish a “Public Security Bureau” in place of the police. HuffPost.
In an interview with wisconsin state examinerEllison made it clear that while “defunding the police'' was an emotional response to a horrific situation, the idea was “not a sound policy prescription.''
“One of the reasons police brutality happens is because police are typically aggressive because they're told to be aggressive to stop crime,” Ellison explained. . “I think we need to deal with crime in a different way.
Sponsored by Mr. Klobuchar law According to the group, they were planning to introduce national police reforms in response to Floyd's death and were opposed to the referendum at the time. Axios.
