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==Radical ties==

==Radical ties==

Ellison is known for having ties to radicals such as [[Louis Farrakhan]]<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/03/09/dnc-vice-chair-keith-ellison-and-louis-farrakhan-no-relationship/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7bc431c8c504 DNC vice chair Keith Ellison and Louis Farrakhan: ‘No relationship’?]</ref> and [[Erwin Marquit]].

Ellison is known for having ties to radicals such as [[Louis Farrakhan]]<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/03/09/dnc-vice-chair-keith-ellison-and-louis-farrakhan-no-relationship/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7bc431c8c504 DNC vice chair Keith Ellison and Louis Farrakhan: ‘No relationship’?]</ref> and [[Erwin Marquit]].

Ellison was an active supporter and local LEADER of the [[Nation of Islam]] before his election to Congress. Ellison first sought office as Democrat in 1998 as Ellison-Muhammad, a self-avowed member of the Nation of Islam.  This is just one of three known Nation of Islam names Ellison has used over time.

In 1992, Minneapolis Police Officer Jerry Haaf was executed at the Pizza Shack by four members of the Vice Lords Gang. The gang’s leader, Sherif Willis, was shown to have been involved in the planning of the murder, but he was never charged because police said they lacked sufficient evidence. At the time, Ellison was a Minneapolis attorney in private practice. Willis was a convicted murderer who ran a gang front called United for Peace. Following this public execution, within a month of Haaf’s murder, Ellison stood shoulder to shoulder with Willis, going so far as to participate in the organization of a gang demonstration against police. Months later, Ellison spoke at another demonstration in support of one of Haaf’s killers.<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/busted-keith-ellison-photographed-with-portland-antifa-leader-deletes-pro-antifa-tweet/</ref>  In October, 1992, Ellison helped organize a United for Peace demonstration against the Minneapolis Police. Ellison stated, “The main point of our rally is to support United for Peace in its fight against the campaign of slander the police federation has been waging.”

In 1992, Minneapolis Police Officer Jerry Haaf was executed at the Pizza Shack by four members of the Vice Lords Gang. The gang’s leader, Sherif Willis, was shown to have been involved in the planning of the murder, but he was never charged because police said they lacked sufficient evidence. At the time, Ellison was a Minneapolis attorney in private practice. Willis was a convicted murderer who ran a gang front called United for Peace. Following this public execution, within a month of Haaf’s murder, Ellison stood shoulder to shoulder with Willis, going so far as to participate in the organization of a gang demonstration against police. Months later, Ellison spoke at another demonstration in support of one of Haaf’s killers.<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/busted-keith-ellison-photographed-with-portland-antifa-leader-deletes-pro-antifa-tweet/</ref>

Ellison was an active supporter and local leader of the [[Nation of Islam]] before his election to Congress. Ellison first sought office as  Democrat in 1998 as Ellison-Muhammad, a self-avowed member of the Nation of Islam. This is just one of three known Nation of Islam names Ellison has used over time.

In 2000 Ellison spoke at a fundraiser for [[Symbionese Liberation Army]] (SLA) member Kathleen Soliah, who had been a fugitive on the run from justice for 25 years, on charges of attempting to bomb L.A. police officers in 1975. In his [[National Lawyers Guild]] speech, Ellison had kind words of support for cop killers Mumia Abu-Jamal and  “Assata Shakur” aka Joanne Chesimard, who was wanted for the murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster in 1973.

In 2000 Ellison spoke at a fundraiser for [[Symbionese Liberation Army]] (SLA) member Kathleen Soliah, who had been a fugitive on the run from justice for 25 years, on charges of attempting to bomb L.A. police officers in 1975. In his [[National Lawyers Guild]] speech, Ellison had kind words of support for cop killers Mumia Abu-Jamal and  “Assata Shakur” aka Joanne Chesimard, who was wanted for the murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster in 1973.