Sheriff Earle Brown, founder of the city where Daunte Wright was murdered, was a longtime member of the KKK

Not only was Earle Brown a sheriff, and the founder of the Minnesota State Patrol, he was a lifelong bigot and a literal Klansman.

Sheriff Earle Brown, founder of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

This country has history. It has context. And if you simply scratch and sniff the surface of almost any period of American history, you’re bound to get a big whiff of racism and white supremacy. And that’s exactly what we see in the town where police shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright this…