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melman

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22. It actually is true

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #20)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 10:50 PM

Jun 2020

Sorry. Note that I said "cops" and wasn't talking about any one particular case.

https://www.apmreports.org/story/2019/03/25/amy-klobuchar-police-hennepin-county-prosecutor

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/us/klobuchar-prosecutor-myon-burrell.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/amy-klobuchar-was-a-tough-on-crime-prosecutor-will-a-diverse-democratic-base-accept-her-record/2019/03/21/739e6984-4057-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html

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