Protesters force Sen. Klobuchar to cancel a rally in her home state of Minnesota.
Protesters from a number of groups including Burrell's family and Black Lives Matter Minnesota first gathered around 7 p.m. at the site of the rally in St. Louis Park, a suburb west of Minneapolis. After entering into a chanting battle with Klobuchar's supporters at the rally, they took to the stage 30 minutes later. At around 8:40 p.m., an announcement came on over the loudspeaker saying the event was cancelled.
“We had a negotiation and had an agreement with the organizers of the protest to meet with the senator on site. She was in the room ready to meet with them and then they changed the terms and decided that they didn't want to meet with her,” Justin Buoen, Klobuchar’s campaign manager, said in a press conference after the event was cancelled.
“I really wish that we would have been able to one, do the meeting, and listen to the protesters, but also have the event,” he added. Protesters celebrate after hearing that a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar was cancelled after they took the stage on Sunday in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.Klobuchar has said if there is new information in the case it should be considered — a response that some activists have said doesn't go far enough.
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