She later endorsed Michael O. Freeman for Hennepin county attorney in 2018—the same prosecutor who victim-blamed Jamar Clark for his murder by police officers and nostalgically said on air that Minneapolis was a “simpler society” before the Black people moved in.}}
She later endorsed Michael O. Freeman for Hennepin county attorney in 2018—the same prosecutor who victim-blamed Jamar Clark for his murder by police officers and nostalgically said on air that Minneapolis was a “simpler society” before the Black people moved in.}}
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''Minnesota Public Radio reported,<ref>https://www.apmreports.org/story/2019/03/25/amy-klobuchar-police-hennepin-county-prosecutor</ref>
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''Minnesota Public Radio'' reported,<ref>https://www.apmreports.org/story/2019/03/25/amy-klobuchar-police-hennepin-county-prosecutor</ref>
{{quotebox|Over eight years beginning in 1999, the city of Minneapolis paid $4.8 million in legal settlements related to 122 police misconduct incidents. And police officers and county sheriffs were involved in 29 civilian deaths.
{{quotebox|Over eight years beginning in 1999, the city of Minneapolis paid $4.8 million in legal settlements related to 122 police misconduct incidents. And police officers and county sheriffs were involved in 29 civilian deaths.
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Klobuchar did not directly respond to Williams Brewer and proceeded to present the case to a grand jury...
Klobuchar did not directly respond to Williams Brewer and proceeded to present the case to a grand jury...
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"I think there was a significant amount of indifference on her part with regards to the problems facing the [[Native-American]] and [[African-American]] community," said Ron Edwards, a longtime [[civil rights]] activist who served on a police relations council created through the federal mediation process.}}
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"I think there was a significant amount of indifference on her part with regards to the problems facing the [[Native American|Native-American]] and [[African-American]] community," said Ron Edwards, a longtime [[civil rights]] activist who served on a police relations council created through the federal mediation process.}}