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Bob Kroll — Trump’s racist policeman
The people of Minnesota believe that the racism in the police emanates directly from the president of the Minneapolis Police Federation, writes PETER FROST
Armed members of the Minnesota National Guard are shown leaving the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility in downtown Minneapolis, on Thursday, June 4, 2020, following the first court appearance for three former Minneapolis police officers now charged in the death of George Floyd
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That is the opinion of many Minnesota labour union members, including local AFL-CIO president Bill McCarthy.
McCarthy has called on Kroll to resign immediately, saying: “Kroll has failed the labour movement and the residents of Minneapolis. Bob Kroll has a long history of bigoted remarks and complaints of violence made against him.
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