Add your name to the petition demanding Minneapolis police union president Bob Kroll's resignation or removal.

Dear MoveOn member,

Minneapolis police union president Bob Kroll must resign immediately.

Sign the petition calling for the resignation of Minneapolis police union leader Bob Kroll, who promotes racism and police violence.

Kroll is notorious for defending dangerous and abusive cops, resisting any form of accountability for police officers, and doing everything possible to block reform. Minneapolis city leaders have criticized Kroll for opposing reform and lacking empathy for the communities police serve.1

When Minneapolis Mayor James Frey ended the warrior-style police training program called "killology," a system linked to the police killing of Philando Castile in nearby Falcon Heights, Kroll called the mayor's decision "illegal" and continued providing the training that teaches police how to use lethal force against the very people they are entrusted to serve and protect.2

Kroll has long been accused of racism by local activists and even police officers. In 2007, five Black police officers, inluding the current Minneapolis police chief, accused him of wearing a "white power" patch on his biker jacket as part of a hostile work environment.3 Kroll is a fervent Donald Trump supporter, proud to have been a featured speaker at a Trump event in Minneapolis and posing for a photo with Trump while wearing a "Cops for Trump" T-shirt.4

Residents of Minneapolis and other Minnesotans, the former Minneapolis police chief, and fellow unions in Minnesota, including Education Minnesota, the Minnesota Nurses Association, and the AFL-CIO, are demanding Kroll's resignation.5

Minneapolis police union president Bob Kroll must resign immediately. As the police union leader, he's promoting racism, police violence, and lack of accountability.

The people of Minneapolis deserve better. We call on you to denounce and publicly call for the resignation of Kroll as the leader of the Minneapolis Police Federation, and commit to removing him from power. 

Kroll wrote that George Floyd had a "violent criminal history" and described the protests demanding accountability for police officers who killed Floyd as being part of a "terrorist movement."6 Kroll said, "I've been involved in three shootings myself, and not one of them has bothered me."7 It is unsurprising that the officers who murdered Floyd thought they would get away with it, when the clear signals they got from Kroll, their union president, was that lethal actions against Black people are not only allowed, but expected.

Minneapolis police officers shouldn't allow someone like Kroll to represent them, and elected officials shouldn't tolerate police union leadership that promotes bigotry and violence and blocks accountability and reform.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks.

–James Rucker, Police Unions Exposed

Sources:

1. "Legal developments bring hope that calm is returning to the Twin Cities," StarTribune, June 4, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/137007?t=10&akid=265722%2E40999114%2EJkgyVG

2. "Police unions, armed protesters and the abandonment of the social contract," StarTribune, June 2, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/137006?t=12&akid=265722%2E40999114%2EJkgyVG

3. "Is America's 911 call enough to change our country's racism?" StarTribune, May 29, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/137008?t=14&akid=265722%2E40999114%2EJkgyVG

4. Ibid.

5. "Legal developments bring hope that calm is returning to the Twin Cities," StarTribune, June 4, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/137007?t=16&akid=265722%2E40999114%2EJkgyVG

6. "Ex-Minneapolis police chief calls on union leader to resign over email claiming George Floyd had 'violent criminal history,'" The Hill, June 1, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/137009?t=18&akid=265722%2E40999114%2EJkgyVG

7. "Minneapolis Police Union President: 'I've Been Involved in Three Shootings Myself, and Not a One of Them Has Bothered Me,'" The Intercept, June 2, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/137010?t=20&akid=265722%2E40999114%2EJkgyVG

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