At the Star Tribune, Andy Mannix reports in Ex-MPD union head Bob Kroll can't police in 3 metro counties under settlement:
Former Minneapolis police union president Lt. Bob Kroll is banned from serving as a law enforcement officer in three of the state's most populous counties — including Hennepin County, which encompasses Minneapolis — for 10 years, according to the conditions of a new civil settlement.
A pair of lawsuits filed by the Minnesota affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union accused Minneapolis police of unconstitutional brutality in response to demonstrations following the killing of George Floyd by an MPD officer. The Minneapolis City Council approved four separate settlements totaling more than $700,000 in October. The lawsuit named Kroll as a defendant.
The agreement stipulates Kroll cannot serve as a licensed police officer or in a leadership role in any policing agencies in the counties of Hennepin, Ramsey and Anoka for a decade. Kroll is also banned from being a board member, director, officer or staff member or member of an advisory committee of the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training — the state board that licenses officers — for that period. Kroll also agreed to come to court if he's subpoenaed in the case. . . .
Kroll has stayed mostly out of the public eye since leaving the Police Department in January 2021, though he's made some appearances in conservative-leaning media. He gave an interview alongside Collin last year to right-wing talk show host Candace Owens, where he lambasted Minneapolis and state leaders for their handling of protests and riots after Floyd, alleging they made police and the union as a "scapegoat" for the damage. Kroll more recently appeared in a feature on Alpha News, where Collin now works, reviewing Cowboy's Saloon in Lexington, Minn. . . .
Bluestem has noticed that Kroll seems to have appeared at a recent Liz Collin book tour stop at the Zumbro Community Church near Rochester in Zumbro Falls. Kroll is the man on the right in the photo on the bottom left hand photo:
According to the webpage for the book, THEY'RE LYING The Media, The Left, and The Death of George Floyd:
Award-winning investigative journalist Liz Collin sets the record straight. She uncovers what really happened on a street in Minneapolis that set off the rioting, the demands to defund the police, and the skyrocketing crime everyone across the country has been left to suffer.
Liz exposes how the media and the Left manipulated the facts to dupe and divide America. In between, she explains how her own life was turned upside down. Liz was a familiar face on the news in the Twin Cities. Her husband, Lt. Bob Kroll, was president of the Minneapolis police union—and personally blamed for the rioting by the ACLU, Mayor Jacob Frey, and so many others. Liz and Bob were attacked by social media mobs and cancel-culture vultures. Amid all the chaos, they also watched protesters, politicians, and civil-rights leaders smash piñata effigies on their front lawn.
This book also reveals the cover-ups, hidden political connections, and strange coincidences involving crime and corruption in Minneapolis. It points out those who could have stopped the insanity and given civility a chance. But most of all, it tells the truth about one of the biggest lies the media and the Left have ever told.
And there was a mid-March awards banquet for the McLeod County Police and Peace Officers Association (left in the top left photo:
It's nice to see a couple so devoted to each other that they're willing to travel across Greater Minnesota.
Image: The poster for the Rochester/Zumbro Falls Liz Collin book tour. Via Facebook.
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Wow!! More MAGA corruption and profiteering off of their lies.
Posted by: Mike Nelson | Apr 08, 2023 at 12:02 PM