Post #FreeMyon and #NoAmyK all day Friday on all social media platforms!
Prioritize 4 to 7pm, but any time will help.
TCC4J will be posting all day, and you can use content we're posting on this site.
Here's why:
Amy Klobuchar has used a case full of holes to claim success as Hennepin County Attorney and as an example of her work for the African American community. In fact, the incarceration of black men and boys increased by 600% during her time as top prosecutor, and she sent a Black teenager, Myon Burrell, to prison for life for a crime he did not commit.
There was no gun, no DNA or fingerprints, and the only witness claimed to have seen 5’3” Myon shooting over a 5-foot tall fence. The real shooter, Ike Tyson, got a reduced sentence to testify that Myon was involved. Klobuchar pushed for a second trial after Myon’s first conviction was overturned by the state supreme court. In that trial, Tyson testified that Myon was never involved. The judge from his first trial came out of retirement to ensure that his first ruling was upheld, and Myon lost in a second trial. Before the second verdict, Klobuchar was senator, and never looked back…
Except she DID look back! Time and again, she has used this case as fodder for her political campaigns. And Myon Burrell has now spent half his life in prison for a crime that someone else has confessed to (and is also in prison for). An in-depth report by the Associated Press brought forward evidence of Myon’s innocence and misconduct by police and prosecutors in this case. When asked about these reports, Klobuchar sidesteps. She goes back to the victim of the case and how tragic it was and does not address the racism and injustice of Burrell's imprisonment.
All signs point to Burrell not being the only case like this on Klobuchar's record. During her time as County Attorney, she increased the imprisonment of Black and brown folks by 600%. She appealed to win extended sentences for immigrant's to ensure mandatory deportation and family separation… the list goes on!
Is this really who we want winning MN on Super Tuesday? TCC4J says hell no! We are asking for everyone who finds the actions of Klobuchar disgraceful to join us in making some noise! We can make a nightmare for her campaign by flooding social media with content to demand a #FreeMyon and #NoAmyK.