Minneapolis Riots Klobuchar. Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar - a Democratic Presidential candidate earlier this year - had been helpful in getting earlier charges dropped against. Protests following the death of George Floyd, a black man who pleaded that he couldn't breathe while he was held down with a knee by a Minneapolis police officer, have spread nationwide.

Protests following the death of George Floyd, a black man who pleaded that he couldn't breathe while he was held down with a knee by a Minneapolis police officer, have spread nationwide.
Amy Klobuchar is now under scrutiny for failing to pursue charges.
Black activists in the Democratic Party already did not want Klobuchar on the ticket because. The ongoing riots in Minnesota hurt Senator Amy Klobuchar's prospects for Democratic nomination as vice president, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D., S. Amy Klobuchar was among the chorus of voices demanding justice for the unarmed Black man who a Minneapolis police officer appears to kill on a video that went viral shortly after the incident on.