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applegrove

(118,589 posts)
Fri May 29, 2020, 10:54 PM May 2020

Extra Bonus Quote of the

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

May 29, 2020 at 10:29 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 15 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/29/extra-bonus-quote-of-the-day-582/

"SNIP.....

“We’ve never had a person leading the Federation who is as bombastic, who is as overtly racist, who is as likely to provide comfort to someone when they do something wrong, who is as central to that toxic culture as Bob Kroll. And it is time to name names. Bob Kroll is a cancer on this police department, on this city.”

— Former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak (D), quote by WCCO, on Minneapolis Police Federation President Bob Kroll.

.....SNIP"

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Extra Bonus Quote of the (Original Post) applegrove May 2020 OP
At least the racists are being called out. Though i did think this quote applegrove May 2020 #1
I thought SHITLER, too, till "federation" tipped me off. UTUSN May 2020 #3
He's absolutely right. Bob Kroll didn't cause the MPD to be racist - The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #2

applegrove

(118,589 posts)
1. At least the racists are being called out. Though i did think this quote
Fri May 29, 2020, 10:55 PM
May 2020

was about Trump to start with.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,659 posts)
2. He's absolutely right. Bob Kroll didn't cause the MPD to be racist -
Fri May 29, 2020, 10:57 PM
May 2020

it's been that way for decades - but he really is a nasty, Trumpist POS who has regularly thwarted the efforts of past and current police chiefs and mayors to try to improve the situation. He really is toxic.

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