[[Keith Ellison]] was actively opposed by the Minneapolis Police Officers Federation when he ran for Minnesota Attorney General in 2018. Bad blood has existed between the police officer's union and Ellison since the 1990s when Ellison, as a private attorney, defended a gang leader implicated in the public execution of a Minneapolis police officer.<ref>https://theminnesotasun.com/2018/11/04/minneapolis-police-make-final-plea-dont-vote-for-gang-attorney-keith-ellison/</ref> Ellison's sympathy for cop killers has been accentuated by his close association with the leader of [[Portland]]'s notoriously violent, [[homophobic]], and racist Antifa faction.<ref>https://youtu.be/YECDzSn7co8</ref> As congressman and Attorney General, Ellison promoted Antifa and political violence.<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/busted-keith-ellison-photographed-with-portland-antifa-leader-deletes-pro-antifa-tweet/</ref> Antifa has been designated as a domestic terrorist organization by the [[Department of Homeland Security]].<ref>https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/2/1695501/-Homeland-Security-has-named-AntiFA-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization</ref> | [[Keith Ellison]] was actively opposed by the Minneapolis Police Officers Federation when he ran for Minnesota Attorney General in 2018. Bad blood has existed between the police officer's union and Ellison since the 1990s when Ellison, as a private attorney, defended a gang leader implicated in the public execution of a Minneapolis police officer.<ref>https://theminnesotasun.com/2018/11/04/minneapolis-police-make-final-plea-dont-vote-for-gang-attorney-keith-ellison/</ref> Ellison's sympathy for cop killers has been accentuated by his close association with the leader of [[Portland]]'s notoriously violent, [[homophobic]], and racist Antifa faction.<ref>https://youtu.be/YECDzSn7co8</ref> As congressman and Attorney General, Ellison promoted Antifa and political violence.<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/busted-keith-ellison-photographed-with-portland-antifa-leader-deletes-pro-antifa-tweet/</ref> Antifa has been designated as a domestic terrorist organization by the [[Department of Homeland Security]].<ref>https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/2/1695501/-Homeland-Security-has-named-AntiFA-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization</ref> |