Unicorn Riot | Killed by a Vigilante Who Received No Prison Time: The Murder of AJ Stewart @UnicornRiot | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
In the capital city of Minnesota, a middle-aged white man was given no prison time after being convicted of murder for fatally stabbing an unarmed Black man. The 2021 murder of Arnell 'AJ' Stewart and the following conviction and sentencing of Brian Kjellberg provides a look at how racial dynamics play a favorable role for certain killers within the criminal justice system.
You may have never heard their names before but the story is a familiar one -- the racially charged killing of AJ Stewart, 27, was quickly compared to Trayvon Martin and Ahmaud Arbery. Kjellberg, who was 50 years old at the time, was dubbed “Saint Paul’s version of George Zimmerman, Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William Bryan.” (Zimmerman killed Martin and the McMichaels and Bryan killed Arbery.)
Kjellberg was convicted of second-degree unintentional murder by a jury in March 2023. The guilty verdict was rendered in just 90 minutes following a four-day trial after Ramsey County prosecutors ignored pleas from Stewart's family and advocates for first-degree murder and hate crimes charges.
Despite the state asking for 12.5 years in prison, Ramsey County Judge Leonardo Castro gave Kjellberg a dispositional departure and sentenced him to 365 days in jail.
Tabatha Lewis, Stewart's mother, and the family attorney Jeff Storms sat down with Unicorn Riot and shared their reactions and thoughts on the killing, the charges, the trial and the sentencing. Our report also features each of the trial exhibits, including Kjellberg's interrogation video and video from an alley camera that shows the deadly attack: https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/killed-by-a-vigilante-who-received-no-prison-time-the-murder-of-aj-stewart/
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In the capital city of Minnesota, a middle-aged white man was given no prison time after being convicted of murder for fatally stabbing an unarmed Black man. The 2021 murder of Arnell 'AJ' Stewart and the following conviction and sentencing of Brian Kjellberg provides a look at how racial dynamics play a favorable role for certain killers within the criminal justice system.
You may have never heard their names before but the story is a familiar one -- the racially charged killing of AJ Stewart, 27, was quickly compared to Trayvon Martin and Ahmaud Arbery. Kjellberg, who was 50 years old at the time, was dubbed “Saint Paul’s version of George Zimmerman, Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William Bryan.” (Zimmerman killed Martin and the McMichaels and Bryan killed Arbery.)
Kjellberg was convicted of second-degree unintentional murder by a jury in March 2023. The guilty verdict was rendered in just 90 minutes following a four-day trial after Ramsey County prosecutors ignored pleas from Stewart's family and advocates for first-degree murder and hate crimes charges.
Despite the state asking for 12.5 years in prison, Ramsey County Judge Leonardo Castro gave Kjellberg a dispositional departure and sentenced him to 365 days in jail.
Tabatha Lewis, Stewart's mother, and the family attorney Jeff Storms sat down with Unicorn Riot and shared their reactions and thoughts on the killing, the charges, the trial and the sentencing. Our report also features each of the trial exhibits, including Kjellberg's interrogation video and video from an alley camera that shows the deadly attack: https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/killed-by-a-vigilante-who-received-no-prison-time-the-murder-of-aj-stewart/
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![Scenes From the Aftermath of an Israeli Attack on Khan Younis [Vertical] #gaza #palestine](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NrGJMT6kbyA/hqdefault.jpg "Scenes From the Aftermath of an Israeli Attack on Khan Younis [Vertical] #gaza #palestine
This video depicts scenes of the aftermath of an Israeli strike in Gaza along with an interview from an impacted Palestinian. This is part of the ongoing war on Gaza by Israel. Over 39,300 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
This particular attack was on the Al-Attal family home, near a UN-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, Gaza in July 2024. At least one Palestinian was killed and a dozen were wounded.
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![Israel Bombs Civilian Vehicle, Kills Three [Vertical] #gaza #palestine](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OOP5YokKx5Q/hqdefault.jpg "Israel Bombs Civilian Vehicle, Kills Three [Vertical] #gaza #palestine
On October 1, Israel bombed a civilian vehicle behind the Austrian Towers west of Khan Younis. Bystanders put out the car fire and pulled out the charred remains of three people. Israel killed at least 23 Palestinians in a 24-hour time period from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1 and injured over 100.
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![Palestine Protesters Rally Outside DNC Delegate Party at Salt Shed in Chicago [Part 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PDanrT6Rv_M/hqdefault.jpg "Palestine Protesters Rally Outside DNC Delegate Party at Salt Shed in Chicago [Part 2]
On the second night of the Democratic National Convention, Democratic Party delegates headed to the Salt Shed, a large riverfront concert venue in the West Town neighborhood, northeast of the Loop. A little after 11 p.m. a group of a couple dozen demonstrators weaved between outdoor garden venues and busy parking lots to march north and south along the Elston Ave. bike lane in front of the Salt Shed, calling for Palestinian rights with a large banner. The party was hosted by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and first lady M.K. Pritzker; John Legend performed there. Around 120 officers from the Illinois State Patrol and Chicago Police formed a perimeter around the demonstrators; our reporters did not see any arrests. Law enforcement blocked access to the west sidewalk on Elston Ave., however neither city nor state police would explain what justified closing the sidewalk.
Despite its modest size the noise demo made an impression on the thousands of Democratic Party delegates and officials that all had to pass in front of it to join and leave their festivities. Packed buses and vans proceeded slowly up the northbound lane, while after midnight as they drifted away and tried to catch vehicles, some looked on with concern, others snapped photos and videos.
One suit-jacked attendee unexpectedly crossed the street, walked through the police lines, and hugged a demonstrator with a megaphone. Our reporter asked why he’d done this as he headed back; his muddled answer indicated he probably wasn’t very sober, but his somber and concerned expression telegraphed that the message of the demo had reached him regardless. Since most of the delegates have been ensconced in high-security venues, luxury hotels and bars, it proved difficult for demonstrators to expose their message to them, but this event caught the delegates out in the open, as they all had to proceed through checks at a sluggish security entry gate under a boastful “Democrats Deliver” banner.
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