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Protest Against Bob Kroll Wrongful Arrest and Excessive Force

Title (Dublin Core)

Protest Against Bob Kroll Wrongful Arrest and Excessive Force

Description (Dublin Core)

Bob Kroll is the president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, the union for the city's police department. In his 31-year policing career, Kroll has been involved in three shootings, received 20 internal affairs complaints, and been the subject of lawsuits for wrongful arrest and excessive force. A 1995 lawsuit against Kroll alleged he used racial slurs while beating, choking, and kicking a handcuffed 15-year-old boy. In a letter to his police union members following the death of George Floyd (83 days ago), Kroll described him as a "violent criminal" and called the protests a "terrorist movement". Kroll is also a member of the City Heat motorcycle club, a group that is described as white supremacists by the Anti-Defamation League.

Yesterday, protesters gathered outside Kroll's home in Hugo, MN and marched in his neighborhood demanding his resignation.

Photos from Let’s Roll to KKKroll’s!, Aug 15, 2020

Date (Dublin Core)

2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Drew Arrieta @itsdrw

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Dana Bell

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Instagram

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9M8BynZam/

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Social Issues
English Government State
English Social Media (including Memes)
English Race & Ethnicity
English Protest

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Bob Kroll
police brutality
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Instagram
Police Officers Federation
white supremacy
George Floyd
resignation
shooting

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

police
Minneapolis
Bob Kroll
shootings
complaints
lawsuits
wrongful arrest
terror
protest
BLM
Black Lives Matter
white supremacy
demands

Collection (Dublin Core)

Social Justice

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

03/16/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

03/26/2021
08/02/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

08/16/2020

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This item was submitted on March 16, 2021 by Dana Bell using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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