Just Before Klobuchar Dropped Out, Her Rally Was Taken Over By Black Lives Matter Protesters

Check out this Black Lives Matter protest at Amy Klobuchar’s rally in her home state. The rally had to be canceled as the protest carried on for over an hour, where they took over the stage and any naysayers.

The protesters disagreed with Klobuchar’s conviction of Myon Burrell when she was a prosecutor, to which many amidst the protesters believed Burrell was wrongly convicted due to new evidence and inconsistencies.

Protesters chanting “Black Lives Matter” and “Free Myon” have now occupied Senator Amy Klobuchar’s rally for well over an hour, taking over the stage and effectively shutting down the campaign event.

The rally in Klobuchar’s home state was slated to begin ten minutes ago. pic.twitter.com/B0iTyExXQ0

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According to The Daily Wire:

Klobuchar’s campaign has since issued a statement to the press explaining why they decided to shut down the event.

“The campaign offered a meeting with the Senator if they (protesters) would leave the stage after being on stage for more than an hour,” said the campaign. “After the group initially agreed, they backed out of the agreement and we are canceling the event.”

As reported by the Associated Press last month, the Burrell case has gained increased attention amid new evidence.

After conducting a review of “thousand pages of police records, court transcripts and interrogation tapes,” and having “interviewed dozens of inmates, witnesses, family members, former gang leaders, lawyers and criminal justice experts,” AP suggests that Burrell, now 33, should not have been convicted for the death of an 11-year-old girl, Tyesha Edwards, in 2002.

“An Associated Press investigation into the 17-year-old case uncovered new evidence and myriad inconsistencies, raising questions about whether he was railroaded by police,” AP reports.

I don’t agree with the BLM movement but I also don’t agree with Klobuchar not taking some sort of responsibility. So I guess we’ll see how this case unfolds. However, I’d be interested to hear what evidence she depended on to implicate him.

According to Rochester First:

The AP examined thousands of pages of court documents and archival video that showed police investigators offered cash to potential witnesses in exchange for information. In addition, they relied on the testimony of jail house snitches who received reduced sentences in exchange, and later recanted their testimony.

Check out some of the inconsistencies in the report:

The case relied heavily on a teen rival of Burrell’s who gave conflicting accounts when identifying the shooter, who was largely obscured behind a wall 120 feet away.

With no other eyewitnesses, police turned to multiple jailhouse snitches. Some have since recanted, saying they were coached or coerced. Others were given reduced time, raising questions about their credibility. And the lead homicide detective offered “major dollars” for names, even if it was hearsay.

There was no gun, fingerprints, or DNA. Alibis were never seriously pursued. Key evidence has gone missing or was never obtained, including a convenience store surveillance tape that Burrell and others say would have cleared him.

Welp, it’s no surprise this preceded Klobuchar dropping out of the race.