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"could" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
It's the same jurisdiction that put 4 cops in jail for murdering George Floyd. There's a good chance that AG Keith Ellison is looking into it
Don't you dare give me hope!
"Rebellions are built on hope."
That feels good to read.
Three of the four officers are already out of prison.
And the one whose knee was actually on him was sentenced to 22.5 years
They misspelled "should"
Even in the bizarro world where an arrest warrant or indictment is issued, ICE will close ranks around their brother who just got a notch on his belt. No state cops are gonna slug it out with the feds to make that arrest.
Although you're probably right, part of me really hopes that's why Walz put the national guard on standby
That's the stated reason that Walz put the national guard on standby. He said he put them on standby and that he wants ice out of our state; the implication there being that ice can leave on their own or be escorted out. He's not running for reelection so he has no reason to hold back anymore. I have never seen him quite that clipped in a press release before. He is furious. We may have ice being forcibly deported by the MN national guard shortly here and that is going to get very interesting in a lot of ways
I watched his speech and he doesn't actually say that he is putting them on standby to defend against ICE. Reading between the lines, he seems to be putting them on standby to be ready to quell protest so that Trump can't use the protests as an excuse to put federal troops in the area.
What I got from the speech is the following in fairly quick sucession.
- We won't have minnesotans fighting minnesotans.
- The minnesota national guard are minnesotans; they are your friends and neighbors.
- The minnesota national guard has been put on standby.
- Ice is not wanted in minnesota and they need to leave.
The fact that points 1 and 2 were said right next to each other says to me at least that the national guard isn't there for the protesters.
He’s not running for reelection so he has no reason to hold back anymore.
i am not even an american, but i'd really like to live in a world where running for reelection would be the reason not to hold back.
Oh my, what will happen?
Will we reach across the aisle and let cooler heads prevail by letting the killer go free?
Or will the killer learn first hand that having a badge doesn't mean he can kill random innocent people?
Need a whole lot of this happening.
Don't worry, they wont.
Get that Nazi fuck!!!
Trump can't pardon him
Trump isn't supposed to be able to do a lotta shit the fascist fuckwit is actively doing. Those checks and balances are non-fucking-existant.
Please prosecute him, Minnesota
Oh and this is my 150th comment here in this instance - I DON'T have to keep telling you this
The should start as soon as fucking possible.
They could. But they won't. That would be more than just token resistance. Everybody knows the Dems are paid by corporations to only resist with words, motions, committees, and meaningless votes.
If we want accountability, we're going to have to demand it, like after George Floyd.
Only once it becomes cheaper to appease us than resist us, will we be appeased.
paid by corporations
This is so "both sides are the same"-coded
If you think we got to this point only because of Republicans... You haven't been paying attention.
No they're not the same exactly, but democratic inaction is nearly as bad as it allows this kind of shit to happen.
The dems are every bit as effective as the people who stay home instead of voting. When it's important, they do nothing.
Blaming the voters for rightly seeing the dems won't fight for them either isn't helping the situation.
We wouldn't be in this mess if the democratic party hadn't made excuse after excuse. We've been betrayed over and over and that takes its toll on people.
I still hold my nose and vote D because they're the lesser of two evils clearly, but I can understand why so many are tuned out.
Did you know Democrats originally tried to make single payer a part of ACA?
The problem is, they needed 60 votes in the Senate, and ONE Democrat, Joe Lieberman, joined EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN in voting against the public option.
1 single Republican voter crossing the aisle could have delivered single payer, but idiots blame the Dems. Electing 1 more Democrat instead of a Republican could have delivered single payer, but idiots blame the Dems. 40 Republicans and 1 Democrat voted NO against Single Payer, and brilliant minds everywhere gargled BOTH SIDES SAME!! You can't make this shit up.
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The only justice that happens in this country anymore is vigilante
He's a murderer, not a shooter.
The media can't legally say "murder" unless/until there's a conviction. So it's either "alleged murderer" or "shooter", and they definitely chose of the two, the one that 'safely' implies more guilt.
One can't really reasonably fault them for that choice, if one believes in his guilt, which you obviously do.
Yup, and it's generally "alleged murderer" only after they've been charged.
Knowing how the media uses these terms helps understand where along the line things are in terms of the justice system. If I read "murder" I'd assume the guy has been convicted (so justice is being served) because of the convention of not using that word until there's a conviction. "Shooter" means he hasn't even been charged, so I know there's been no justice.
It wouldn't be good for the media to imply justice has been served when in reality it hasn't. So it's good that they call him a shooter so those of us with media literacy know the situation accurately.
They could but I doubt you'd get a conviction given how many boot licking citizens there are.
Look what it took to get Chauvin prosecuted. If we want pigs to face justice, we have to speak at a volume they can hear us in their mansions.
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Trials need evidence which Noem and others knowingly stole. Absent evidence a conviction will be hard to obtain. The state's helpless pleading here isn't about jurisdiction it's about access.
Couldn't they charge them with evidence tampering or obstruction or something?
IANAL
They should arrest him and put him in the toughest prison in the state with the word Chomo written on his forehead.
At this point having other prisoners know he was ICE might be just as bad for him. I don't the modern SS is popular amongst inmates
no they can’t, the FBI stole all the evidence
What's the opposite of jury nullification?
Also jury nullification. Doesn't matter if the verdict the jury delivers is guilty or innocent, so long as the jury says one thing and thinks another it's jury nullification.
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