Charges against a House DFL candidate won't be filed after he shouted expletives outside the home of Minneapolis police union president Bob Kroll.
DFL activist John Thompson, who won his primary last week for House District 67A, was shown via video on Twitter shouting into a microphone to a group of protestors and using expletives near neighbors and children.
Washington County Attorney Pete Orput and Sheriff Dan Starry said Thompson's comments did not violate any felony statutes. He addressed the demonstration on Facebook.
Activists outside the home of Kroll and his wife, WCCO TV reporter Liz Collin, smashed piñatas made to represent the pair. More than 100 people urged that both be fired from their jobs before dispersing.
The violent destruction of an effigy of a Minnesota journalist - @lizcollin - by protesters standing in the driveway of her home needs to be immediately denounced by the @mnspj and other journalists. This behavior is dangerous, harassing, and threatening. pic.twitter.com/zcv78syp01
— Michael Brodkorb (@mbrodkorb)
August 17, 2020 Activists have been criticized for their actions in smashing the piñata representing Liz Collin.
This is beyond unacceptable. I have called out Bob Kroll often, involving racism, during interviews and with my own strong opinions. However @lizcollin doesn’t deserve this, let alone in her own driveway. Yes, equal treatment in America is centuries overdue, this isn’t the way. https://t.co/SkSUXzwdHS
— Chad Hartman (@ChadHartmanShow)
August 18, 2020
