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OCTOBER 4, 2021

That concern was evident this week in two stories in which individuals are facing criminal charges for fueling rage by pretending to be KKK or BLM supporters. In Minnesota, Ivan Harrison Hunter, 24, pleaded guilty to a count of rioting. We often discuss our age of rage and how many people seem addicted to rage.

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

“In 2020, Utah and Nebraska both voted to delete language from their state constitutions allowing slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment,” Appleman detailed, and says that other states like Tennessee and Minnesota are likely to follow. The full forthcoming paper can be accessed here.

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APRIL 18, 2021

The decisions reached in the shootings of Daunte Wright in Minnesota and Ashli Babbitt in Washington highlight concerns over the political and legal elements that can influence such decisions. The timing of the two decisions that involved two chaotic situations raises questions why charges were filed in Minnesota, but not in Washington.

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APRIL 14, 2021

The former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter has been arrested and charged with second degree manslaughter in the shooting of Daunte Wright. The Minnesota Supreme Court previously ruled in State v. The charge allows for up to ten years in prison but it also has a standard that could prove challenging in the prosecution.

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APRIL 19, 2021

in Minnesota, including declaring that she and protesters would not accept an acquittal in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin. We recently discussed the reckless rhetoric of Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Cal., The comments came after days of rioting, looting, and other violence.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Likewise, anti-Israeli protesters at the University of Minnesota occupied and reportedly trashed a university building. They are conduct that violate either university rules or criminal law or both. Enjoy getting this stain out.” None of these acts are protected as free speech.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 5, 2021

Floyd’s airflow was restricted and he did not determine [it] to be a positional or mechanical asphyxia death.” ” Nelson can rely on other aspects of the official record. ” He noted a study that found that placing 200 pounds of weight or more on a healthy person did not have an “observable impact on breathing.”

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 14, 2021

Here is the column: Minnesota is once more reeling from an all too familiar pattern of a police shooting leading to protests and riots. The shooting appears to be an accidental case of “weapon confusion,” which we have previously discussed on this blog.

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JANUARY 23, 2022

” The guilt of the officers is derivative of Chauvin, who is sitting 26 miles away maximum security prison in Minnesota. Such reforms and policies are not on trial in Minnesota. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University and a member of USA TODAY’s Board of Contributors.

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

The conviction of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter for manslaughter brought closure for the family of Duante Wright and many in our society. The fact, however, is that it will not bring closure on the long-standing debate over the criminalization of negligence in weapon confusion cases.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2021

We often follow novel or new arguments raised in criminal cases and one such defense has arisen in the case of a defendant convicted of bombing a Minnesota mosque in 2017. That is the first such argument that I have seen in a criminal case. Hari bombed the Dar al-Farooq (DAF) Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, on Aug.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Various public officials, including Vice President Kamala Harris, have contributed to the The Minnesota Freedom Fund , which “pays criminal bail and immigration bonds for those who cannot otherwise afford to as we seek to end discriminatory, coercive, and oppressive jailing.”

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MARCH 1, 2022

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JANUARY 31, 2022

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JANUARY 17, 2022

If a client needs help with a small business, family law, criminal law or any legal matter, no problem, Lawmato helps clients find you quickly and easily. Elevator pitch: TurnSignl is a Minnesota-based tech company providing drivers on-demand teleconferencing with attorneys during traffic stops and following car accidents.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 13, 2021

Particularly given the riots and looting that is occurring in Minnesota, one would hope that government officials would caution against assuming facts and encouraging the public to wait for the results of the investigation. The officer has been put on administrative leave.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

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JANUARY 17, 2022

If a client needs help with a small business, family law, criminal law or any legal matter, no problem, Lawmato helps clients find you quickly and easily. Elevator pitch: TurnSignl is a Minnesota-based tech company providing drivers on-demand teleconferencing with attorneys during traffic stops and following car accidents.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 21, 2021

Waters ignited a firestorm of controversy by flying to Minnesota to tell protesters to remain in the streets and fight for “justice,” to be “more confrontational,” despite days of rioting, looting and other violence. Those crimes will be focused in Minnesota but could spend across the country, too. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Indeed, “Walzing” has become the Minnesota governor’s signature political two-step after his controversial statements on his allegedly socialist views , eliminating the electoral college and other topics. Today, there is no more nimble performer of that dizzying dance than Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 12, 2022

Many of us were appalled when former Democratic National Committee Deputy Chair Keith Ellison, now the Minnesota attorney general, said Antifa would “ strike fear in the heart ” of Donald Trump. Last year, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif.,

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 12, 2024

Former Democratic National Committee deputy chair Keith Ellison, now the Minnesota attorney general, once said Antifa would “strike fear in the heart” of Trump. It’s not a fiction.” Some Democrats have played a dangerous game in supporting or excusing the work of Antifa.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Former Democratic National Committee deputy chair Keith Ellison, now the Minnesota attorney general, once said Antifa would “strike fear in the heart” of Trump. We have continued to follow the attacks and arrests of Antifa followers across the country, including attacks on journalists.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 27, 2023

Former Democratic National Committee deputy chair Keith Ellison, now the Minnesota attorney general, once said Antifa would “strike fear in the heart” of Trump. It’s not a fiction.” Some Democrats have played a dangerous game in supporting or excusing the work of Antifa.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 25, 2021

Former Democratic National Committee deputy chair Keith Ellison, now the Minnesota attorney general, once said Antifa would “strike fear in the heart” of Trump. He told one committee last year Wray stated “And we have quite a number — and “Antifa is a real thing. It’s not a fiction.”.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 19, 2021

Maxine Waters, D-CA, went to Minnesota and told the protesters that they “gotta stay on the street” and “ get more confrontational.” Moreover, they would fail under a lower standard of proof than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard in criminal law. With rioting continuing in Brooklyn Center , Minn.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 17, 2024

Keith Ellison, the Democratic attorney general of Minnesota, mocked the notion of liberal violence. Mass shootings by leftist gunmen have repeatedly occurred but those are treated as one offs while any conservative shooter is part of a pattern of right-wing violence. Can someone send me an example of a ‘Bernie Bro’ being bad.

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