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Re: Minneapolis Execution Squad Defence Team
It seems to be becoming closer to the norm by the day!
There is nothing wrong with your expectation that these events would be properly investigated, lessons learned and new practices introduced in normal times. The problem is that these are not normal times.
The line on the first killing from the President, the VP and senior officials down was that the protestor was acting illegally and the ICE was acting appropriately. Furthermore Vance stated that the act itself was immune from prosecution. State law enforcement was excluded from any investigation and the Deputy Attorney General stated there would be no DoJ investigation other than of the dead woman's wife.
The FBI seems to have already concluded the same. Six Justice Department prosecutors resigned because of the former and an FBI investigator for the latter.
It is unsuprising seeing this that ICE officers acted as they did yesterday as the whole administration has told them they have their backs and their actions are relatively consequence free. Meanwhile the same defensive attack mode noises get uttered. Domestic terrorist brandishing a gun aired without any shame whilst copious videos give lie to every utterance.
Separately Pam Bondi has written to the Governor of Minnesota stating that all this could go away if they only handed over the state electoral rolls to her. So it seems its no about ridding the US of unwanted immigrants. If it was there are millions more in Texas and Florida than Minnesota, but more pandering to the Sun King's fixation on states that marginally dissed him in 2020.
Like I said, far from normal times!
Originally posted by JamesWales
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There is nothing wrong with your expectation that these events would be properly investigated, lessons learned and new practices introduced in normal times. The problem is that these are not normal times.
The line on the first killing from the President, the VP and senior officials down was that the protestor was acting illegally and the ICE was acting appropriately. Furthermore Vance stated that the act itself was immune from prosecution. State law enforcement was excluded from any investigation and the Deputy Attorney General stated there would be no DoJ investigation other than of the dead woman's wife.
The FBI seems to have already concluded the same. Six Justice Department prosecutors resigned because of the former and an FBI investigator for the latter.
It is unsuprising seeing this that ICE officers acted as they did yesterday as the whole administration has told them they have their backs and their actions are relatively consequence free. Meanwhile the same defensive attack mode noises get uttered. Domestic terrorist brandishing a gun aired without any shame whilst copious videos give lie to every utterance.
Separately Pam Bondi has written to the Governor of Minnesota stating that all this could go away if they only handed over the state electoral rolls to her. So it seems its no about ridding the US of unwanted immigrants. If it was there are millions more in Texas and Florida than Minnesota, but more pandering to the Sun King's fixation on states that marginally dissed him in 2020.
Like I said, far from normal times!
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