Abou Amara exposes Amy Klobuchar's lawlessness

Abou Amara is a frequent panelist on TPT Almanac's Political Roundtable, serving as one of the DFL's spinmeisters. Friday night, the topic came up about the gun bill that the House didn't vote on and the activist sit-in at the Capitol. Amara mentioned the parents of the students affected by the Annunciation Church shooting in Minneapolis last August. Specifically, Amara mentioned how much the parents protested for the assault weapons ban.

My first thought was 'I won't advocate for anything that's unconstitutional.' Banning assault weapons is a ban of a weapon 'in common use' that's used for self-defense. The most relevant U.S. Supreme Court ruling is New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Brouen. According to Brouen, "It is undisputed that petitioners Koch and Nash—two ordinary, law-abiding, adult citizens—are part of 'the people' whom the Second Amendment protects. See Heller, 554 U. S., at 580. And no party disputes that handguns are weapons 'in common use' today for self-defense.

Check this out. Just over 47 minutes into the video, Amara said "Amy Klobuchar is actually leaning into it. Her prosecutorial experience uniquely qualifies her as being able to take on this issue." First, it took her 3 months to hold her first press conference. Next, when she held it, she sounded like a Republican! The chances of Sen. Klobuchar turning on Somali grifters isn't high. Think equal to me getting hit 3 times by lightning while holding 2 winning lottery tickets. As for Sen. Klobuchar's "prosecutorial skills," here's what the legislature thinks of them:

The Minnesota Senate passed legislation that will award $4.5 million to Marvin Haynes, a man found wrongfully convicted of murder. In his 2005 case, Haynes was prosecuted by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office which was led by Amy Klobuchar at the time.

In 2005, Haynes was convicted of murdering Harry "Randy" Sherer. Sherer was shot and killed in a Minneapolis flower shop in 2004. Haynes, who was 16 years old at the time of the murder, was eventually convicted for the crime and sentenced to life in prison.

a Minnesota judge fully vacated Haynes’ murder conviction in 2023. Haynes was released from prison after the judge ruled that unconstitutional eyewitness evidence was used in the case and "there was no physical evidence linking [Haynes] to the crime scene."

That last part of the final sentence points to either racist tendencies or outright sloppiness: "there was no physical evidence linking [Haynes] to the crime scene." I don't think that Sen. Klobuchar is a racist, though it wouldn't take much for me to think that she's sloppy as hell. Though this is the first time she's gotten fined for her work, this isn't the first time she's gotten things wrong:

KELLY: I want to ask you about one conviction in particular that is back in the news. This was someone found guilty of killing an 11-year-old girl in a drive-by shooting. Would you walk us, Brian, through the facts of this case and why it feels newly relevant now?

BAKST: It involves a defendant named Myon Burnett - Burrell. He was 16 then and was accused of firing the bullet that killed a girl doing homework at her kitchen table. Burrell insisted he was innocent, but jailhouse informants and testimony from a single eyewitness factored heavily into his case. A first conviction was overturned on a technicality, but Burrell was found guilty again. And this was after Klobuchar left the prosecutor's office. But some of the evidence and testimony has been called into question while Burrell remains in prison. Klobuchar's been pressed a lot lately about what should happen now.

Mr. Amara better think twice before using that argument. That isn't the only hole in that defense. Check this out:

A Minneapolis inmate who spent more than half his life so far behind bars says he was wrongfully convicted for murder and blames presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, in part, for standing by what he calls an injustice.

Myon Burrell, now 33, was convicted for the 2002 first-degree murder of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards, who was shot by a stray bullet as she was doing homework inside her house. Burrell, who was 16 when he was arrested, as well as Hans Williams and Ike Tyson, two men in their early 20s at the time and not previously known to Burrell, were convicted and sentenced the following year.

Check this out:

That's twice that Klobuchar sent a black man to prison for crimes they didn't commit. That isn't sloppy. That's incompetence! Sen. Klobuchar is tough on crime? This history of locking up a trio of innocent black men says that she's just willing to do anything to create an image of toughness. I want toughness and justice! Sen. Klobuchar isn't interested in justice. She's just interested in protecting her image. Unfortunately for her, these investigative articles tell a totally different story.