In June 2020, immediately after Minneapolis resident George Floyd died in police custody, then-Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris urged people to bail out the rioters.

Murder Charges Filed Against Criminal Released From Jail By Social Justice Group Championed By VP Harris 

In June 2020, immediately after Minneapolis resident George Floyd died in police custody, then-Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris urged people to bail out the rioters.
Murder Suspect Shawn Michael Tillman and Vice President Kamala Harris

In June 2020, immediately after Minneapolis resident George Floyd died in police custody, then-Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris urged people to bail out the rioters.

“If you’re able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota,” Harris, a Democratic presidential contender, tweeted at the time about a nonprofit group that was working to free the vandals.

“You are funding domestic terrorism.” conservative activist Mike Cernvich tweeted back at Harris.

Turns out it was something worse. A frequent felon freed by the Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF) has been charged with murder.

It’s now the second time such a thing has happened.

The Washington Free Beacon reported on Monday that Shawn Michael Tillman, who had been bailed out by the MFF, was charged with fatally shooting a passenger on a commuter rail platform in St. Paul.

The Free Beacon noted that Tillman’s criminal record includes at least seven counts of indecent exposure, including one involving a minor that resulted in his conviction in November 2018. He also has rung up charges of assault and illegal possession of a gun.

As Fox News reported on Tuesday, Tillman was bailed out April 29 after being arrested on an indecent exposure allegation. He reportedly shot the St. Paul murder victim six times on May 20, killing him. Fox noted Tillman supposedly had a “beef” with the victim.

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Tillman is at least the second person bailed out by the group Harris championed who has been charged with murder.

In September 2021, the New York Post reported that George Howard allegedly shot and killed another man in Minneapolis following a road rage incident. At the time, Howard was out on bail, thanks to the MFF, in a domestic violence case.

Howard was prohibited from possessing a gun because of previous felony convictions, according to the Post.

Howard remains in jail with no bail, according to Minnesota jail records.

In the Tillman case, MFF representatives defended the decision to bail him out to the local media, noting that his bail in the indecent exposure case was relatively low at $2,000.

“In all our bail decisions, we strive to balance pre-trial justice with community safety. As a community, we are struggling to navigate and solve violence in our neighborhoods. We all want and deserve to be safe,” the MFF said in its statement.

“But it is neither just nor effective to respond to violence by denying bail and pre-emptively punishing people who are disproportionately poor, Black, brown, and Indigenous.”   

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