Re-Blinding Justice In Minneapolis?

Last week, David Strom noted that Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty – one of the raft of prosecutors who wafted into office on a wave of George Soros’s money –  was moving to mandate the “consideration of race” when prosecuting alleged offenders:

This is the equivalent–in reverse–of what happened in the old South when the justice system used different rules for white offenders and black ones. In the old Jim Crow era, whites were given breaks and blacks were reamed by law enforcement; in Hennepin County–which includes Minneapolis and has 1.3 million residents–prosecutions will be driven by racial considerations, ensuring that different rules apply to “marginalized” communities and straight, white men in particular.

For those unfamiliar, Mary Moriarty is the kind of county prosecutor that San Francisco was smart enough to throw out of office when they recalled Chesa Boudin.   As we’ve seen in recent years, Minneapolis – the majority of Hennepin County – isn’t quite as on the ball:

If it seems a little unconstitutional, it probably is.  

There’s little hope of any help from the State of Minnesota; the state’s attorney general, Keith Ellison, is a fellow Soros beneficiary. 

So until last January, that would’ve been the end of it.   Minneapolis would had its two -tier (or maybe three or four tiers – it gets hard to keep track with Moriarty) forevermore.  

But it’s 2025.  And there’s a new sheriff in DC.  And they are not amused.  The DOJ’s new Civil Rights boss, Harmeet Dhillon, is actually taking the subject seriously:

According to Twin Cities-based AlphaNews:

On Saturday, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon announced that her office is now investigating whether the Hennepin County attorney is “engaged in a pattern or practice of depriving persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.”

“Our investigation is based on information that the HCAO recently adopted a discriminatory Negotiations Policy for Cases Involving Adult Defendants directing prosecutors to consider racial identity when formulating plea offers, stating that ‘racial identity … should be part of the overall analysis,’ and that prosecutors, ‘should be identifying and addressing racial disparities at decision points, as appropriate,’” Dhillon said in a letter to Moriarty.

“Our investigation, however, will include a comprehensive review of all relevant HCAO policies and practices that may involve the illegal consideration of race in prosecutorial decision-making,” the letter continues.

And less than a week in, Dhillon and Attorney General Bondi are…not amused.  And they’re both connecting the dots outside the Twin Cities, and spreading nationwide:

Closed circuit to Minnesotans on the thread:   Dhillon is concerned with the potential civil rights issues, not the myriad corruption scandals besetting the state:

One hopes Dhillon gets other parts of the DOJ involved in looking into some of the other allegasions – like this, and this. It’s DFL-controlled Minnesota. There’s plenty of investigating to a round.