The Shooting Gallery: Police Violence MEGATHREAD

[Admiral Yi]

80% ICE agent bad, 20% dead lady bad.

[crazy canuck]

So AI got it 20% wrong.

[Tonitrus]

Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting, official says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, a top department official said Tuesday.

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Also this week, roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned and several supervisors in the criminal section of the Civil Rights Division in Washington gave notice of their departures amid turmoil over the federal probe, according to people familiar with the matter.

Among the departures in Minnesota is First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson, who had been leading the sprawling investigation and prosecution of fraud schemes in the state, two other people said. At least four other prosecutors in the Minnesota U.S. attorney's office joined Thompson in resigning amid a period of tension in the office, the people said. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters.

[Zoupa]

80% ICE agent bad, 20% dead lady bad.

Thanks.

[Admiral Yi]

pas de quoi

[grumbler]

The US Attorneys resigned because they were told to put the fraud investigation on hold and instead investigate Renee Good's widow to see if there were any criminal charges that could be brought against her.

Good for them to stand up for their principals, but bad for us because they will be replaced by incompetent fuckwit toadies.

[Jacob]

It is so utterly corrupt.

I hope your institutions are resilient enough that you can use them to peacefully remove this scum bring them to the justice they deserve.

[DGuller]

It is surreal as to how brazenly the mafia state tactics are being employed.  There is no smooth off-ramp from this.

[Sophie Scholl]

Let's hope that they find the same off-ramp the Nazis found in The Blues Brothers. *cue Ride of the Valkyries* 

[Syt]

Let's hope that they find the same off-ramp the Nazis found in The Blues Brothers. *cue Ride of the Valkyries* 

I was thinking more Mussolini, but Blues Brothers works too, I guess.

[Sophie Scholl]

There are now reports going around that the officer who murdered Renee Good suffered "internal bleeding" due to the "injuries" he sustained in the "terrorist attack". 

[Richard Hakluyt]

The US Attorneys resigned because they were told to put the fraud investigation on hold and instead investigate Renee Good's widow to see if there were any criminal charges that could be brought against her.

Good for them to stand up for their principals, but bad for us because they will be replaced by incompetent fuckwit toadies.

There is a real moral dilemma for many people involved with governance in the USA. Do you hang on in there, and risk being a collaborator, or do you resign on principle?

I have very mixed feelings about many of the senior people who stayed on back in Trump I for that reason.

[crazy canuck]

It's not so much of a moral dilemma for the lawyers in this case though.  Lawyers are bound by codes of professional conduct, and those codes require lawyers to withdraw in particular circumstances.

This being one of them.