More observations on the Murder in Minnesota today...
...the video can't be avoided...the 37 yr old U.S. citizen was driving AWAY from the ICE officers...i.e. no threat to them at all, and the officer shot her multiple times in the head while he was standing right next to her by the driver's door...he was in NO DANGER and had no cause to use deadly force for his or anyone else's safety.
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Sigh. You don’t disobey officers’ orders or try to run one over. Hard stop.
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Re: Sigh. You’re always on the wrong side of everything. Hard stop.
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TDS Jones in the house.
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It’s not murder. The car made contact with the officer and the bullet is through the front windshie
Bullet was not through the side.
And as Connor states below, this will end up in Federal court.
A wrongful death civil suit maybe, but nothing criminal.
This does not look like a justified use of deadly force, making it a “bad shooting,”
This looks like a homicide. A criminal act worthy of prosecution.
It won’t be only because the case can be removed to federal court where I have no faith in Trump DOJ objectively reviewing the actions of the iCE agents.
Here is a career prosecutor’s thoughts on the shooting. Homicide is what he used.
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Link: Not agreeing or disagreeing, just listening to his thoughts
bullet one is through the front windshield. Bullets 2 and 3 were through the side.
He is supposed to be a highly-trained law-enforcement officer.
He did not need to kill her.
Here is an analysis from multiple angles
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Link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTOnGJfEsxm/?igsh=NnE5bmZpMXc3em45
It’s not murder. Semantics, maybe, but it’s not murder.
Killing. Unjustifiable use of force. Criminal negligence.
Perhaps 2nd Degree Murder...or Manslaughter...that officer was way out of line.
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It looks like a homicide (unjustified shooting).Possibly murder. A thorough investigation is needed.
It will be interesting whether the Feds will share their information: training records, employment records, radio communications, post shooting interviews, etc.
My bet is no.
Law question: would it be a federal or state issue?
Obvious pardon implications.
I think it is significant that these guys know Trump will pardon them for whatever they do. So, shoot first.
Under normal circumstances, an officer can be prosecuted under state and federal law.
Because the accused is a federal officer (as opposed to a Minneapolis cop), the US Department of Justice could invoke the Supremacy Clause and in effect, snatch the state case and remove to federal court.
Normally, they wouldn’t. The Feds would let the state sovereign prosecute the homicide, and the Feds would bring a separate prosecution.
However, Trump’s DOJ would likely snatch the state case away from Minnesota and then bury it.
Edit: The defendant himself has standing to remove state criminal case to federal court.
Link: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:28%20section:1442%20edition:prelim)
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