{"id":729875,"date":"2021-09-08T10:06:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T14:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=729875"},"modified":"2021-09-08T10:06:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T14:06:27","slug":"kamala-harris-backed-bail-fund-freed-alleged-domestic-abuser-now-accused-of-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-backed-bail-fund-freed-alleged-domestic-abuser-now-accused-of-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris-Backed Bail Fund Freed Alleged Domestic Abuser Now Accused Of Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-backed-bail-fund-freed-alleged-domestic-abuser-now-accused-of-murder%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=729875&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kamala-Harris.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A man freed from jail with the help of a bail fund promoted by Vice President Kamala Harris is now facing murder charges.<\/p>\n<p>Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1267555018128965643\">promoted<\/a> the Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF) in June 2020 to \u201chelp post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota.\u201d The MFF also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fund-promoted-by-kamala-harris-helped-bail-out-6-alleged-domestic-abusers\">posted<\/a> bail for alleged criminals not associated with protests, like 47-year-old George Howard, who was being held on domestic assault charges, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/minnesota-man-kamala-harris-bail-fund-charged-murder\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Minneapolis police, Howard shot and killed 38-year-old Luis Damian Martinez Ortiz during a road rage incident in Minneapolis. Surveillance video reportedly showed Ortiz and Howard getting into an altercation on an interstate on-ramp, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/minnesota-news\/man-died-interstate-94-shooting-dowling-avenue-sunday-august-29-2021\/6223768\/\">KSTP<\/a> in St. Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz stepped out of his car, a blue BMW, and walked toward Howard\u2019s white Volvo when he collapsed. As the Volvo drove away, Ortiz got up, got back in his car, and drove until crashing. Video later allegedly showed Howard pulling into a nearby gas station and getting out of the Volvo\u2019s driver\u2019s seat. Another passenger in the Volvo then got in the seat and drove away.<\/p>\n<p>Police investigators later caught up with Howard and the person who drove the Volvo away from the gas station. According to KSTP:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p><em>Investigators spoke with that passenger who drove the Volvo away from the gas station. The passenger told investigators Ortiz allegedly punched Howard before Howard allegedly fired a shot and left the scene.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When investigators interviewed him, Howard admitted to getting into a road rage incident with Ortiz but initially claimed nothing happened. When investigators prompted Howard with the surveillance video, Howard claimed there was yet another passenger in the Volvo who shot Ortiz from the back seat. Investigators reported Howard was unable to provide identifying information about this additional passenger.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Friday, the MFF admitted that it had played a role in setting Howard free from jail and said that it is reviewing its policies over the alleged incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of reports of the tragic and fatal shooting in Minneapolis earlier this week allegedly involving George Howard, an individual the Minnesota Freedom Fund had previously provided with bail support,\u201d the MFF said in a statement, according to Fox News. \u201cMFF believes that every individual who has been arrested by the law enforcement is innocent until proven guilty, and if a judge deems them eligible for bail, they should not have to wait in jail simply because they don\u2019t have the same income or access to resources as others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder new leadership, MFF has implemented changes to its policies and procedures, and we will continue to assess them to ensure that we are being responsive to the safety and needs of our community,\u201d the MFF added.<\/p>\n<p>In September of last year, a report detailed how the MFF had posted bail for six men accused of domestic violence. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fund-promoted-by-kamala-harris-helped-bail-out-6-alleged-domestic-abusers\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported at the time:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"28.372569089048\">\n<p><em>A bail fund promoted by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) bailed half a dozen men out of jail over the summer, all of whom are accused of domestic violence, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/22\/minnesota-freedom-fund-bail-charity-kamala-harris-domestic-abusers\/\">The Daily Caller News Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;(DCNF).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, promoted the Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF) in June to help bail out protesters arrested while demonstrating over the death of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/medical-examiner-concluded-george-floyd-likely-died-of-fentanyl-overdose-court-docs-reveal\">George Floyd<\/a>. The bail fund has paid for the release of a number of others charged with crimes unrelated to the protests, however, including two men charged with strangling their victims in the victims\u2019 homes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>By its own admission, MFF has spent little of its money on bailing out people arrested on protest-related charges. In a Sept. 4&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mnfreedomfund.org\/updates\/2020\/9\/4\/supporting-community\">blog post<\/a>, MFF stated: \u201cSince the uprising, we have paid $3,475,000 for county bails with $210,000 of that being used for protest-related bails that we were able to support,\u201d referring to civil unrest that broke out across the U.S. over Floyd\u2019s death.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man freed from jail with the help of a bail fund promoted by Vice President Kamala Harris is now facing murder charges.Harris promoted the Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF) in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-729875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}