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Marine Corps Veteran McGinnis's arm broken for protest resulting in altercation with US Senator Tim Sheehy (cdn.social.linux.pizza)

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A Marine Corps veteran suffered a broken arm as he was dragged out of a hearing in the US Capitol by police and a senator.

Brian McGinnis called out during a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing in protest of the US attack on Iran.

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Three Capitol Police officers grabbed McGinnis and attempted to drag him out of the room.

The officers were joined by Senator Tim Sheehy, who joined them in trying to pull him away.

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McGinnis, a Greens Party candidate for a Senate seat in North Carolina, has been charged with resisting arrest and three counts of assaulting a police officer.

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[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 57 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

three counts of assaulting a police officer.

Must have missed it in the video

[–] anthropozaen@feddit.org 15 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Sometimes I watch those american police bodycam videos, and somehow in the end the charges often include "assaulting police officers". Since I've never seen it happen in the videos I always wonder if they just add it to the charge list like sprinkles, because charges stack up (meaning more jail time) and also what is the perpetrator going to do about it?

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Assault in the legal vernacular basically amounts to any bodily threat or unwanted physical contact. If you pushed their shoulder out of the way that can count as assault. So if the officer wants it throw the book at you, it's not difficult for them to stack shit.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 1 points 37 minutes ago

This is precisely why I believe there is literally no justice in America. Any judicial ruling ever made, is worth so much toilet paper. When they can just say whatever they want and charge you with whatever they want, it is impossible to get justice. The entire system is rotten and worthy of contempt.

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 11 hours ago

Genuinely no one did anything right in their attempt to remove him from the room. That's actually impressive. We know just punishments will not be meted out without the action of the people.