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Attorney General Pam Bondi was so furious with six federal prosecutors who announced they would resign rather than prosecute the widow of a Minnesota woman killed by an ICE agent that she fired them before they had a chance to give their notice.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 183 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There is no statute of limitations on murder, Johnathan Ross. This one is around your neck for life.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

He'll be pardoned by Trump. All of ICE probably will be.

*Supremacy clause https://youtube.com/shorts/Lk6tOvIu4qw this does not look good

[–] lps2@lemmy.ml 51 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Only works for federal crimes

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 42 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (11 children)

Presidential pardons only work for Federal crimes. It also does not protect the murderer from a civil suit (see OJ Simpson).

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[–] timmy_dean_sausage@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Border patrol agents have no jurisdiction over US citizens. They didn't have the authority to stop her and try to remove her from her car in the first place so, what they were doing was unlawful from the start. That should disqualify him from using the supremacy clause, before we even get into debate on whether lethal force was justified or not.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

ICE isn't border patrol.

As for whether this was part of their duties, that's the question and oh boy this is going to be messy in the courts.

[–] timmy_dean_sausage@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ah, I thought he was border patrol, but he's ICE, and you're right. ICE also doesn't have jurisdiction over US citizens though. I think it's pretty clear that there was no probable cause to believe she, or her wife, were potentially illegal immigrants, were aiding illegal immigrants, or were impeding the agent's investigation in any way, given that she was initially trying to wave them to go around her.

If/When we have a functioning DOJ again, Ross is going to prison.

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 153 points 4 months ago (10 children)

They should have just not said anything dragged their feet while at work while slowly eating up annual/sick leave to really slow everything down. Now there are 4 vacancies that could have been tied up for the better part of a year.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 91 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bingo. Drag your feet, use up time. File shitty motions you know won't work to tie up the courts. Sabotage is hard work, but slowing the gears of the Orphan Crushing Machine is important and actually pretty easy to do when it's the federal government.

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[–] nocteb@feddit.org 74 points 4 months ago (6 children)

It's better strategically but you need to have the strength to do so. Sometimes people are overwhelmed by something and just need to get out of the situation and I think that is OK too. Everyone should do what they are capable off, but it should be fine to just stop doing wrong stuff.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 19 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Exactly. It's easy to tell people what they should be doing, from the outside.

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[–] U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 22 points 4 months ago

even moronic lawyers betting on trump over the constitution have to know there's no way that bloated sack of animated cholesterol is going to make it to 2028, and then where are they? working for couchfucker?

[–] CainTheLongshot@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (3 children)

We also dont know the situation that led up to them resigning and getting fired. They very well could have been trying to drag their feet but were already under immense pressure to file charges immediately. No amount of feet dragging can help if the Nazis are literally hovering over you as you fill out the paperwork.

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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They aren't going to be able to fill these because fed attorney jobs pay dick and there is zero prestige to these postings now.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well, maybe true for qualified people, the job title is no longer prestigious.

But for the scum of the earth? That job title legitimizes them, by comparison.

I think I know which type will be the ones applying...

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Right, but the defining characteristic of those people is that they are also bad at their jobs. Look at what happened to their prosecutions of former prosecutors that charged Trump. The guys that left were undoubtedly CONSIDERABLY better at their jobs than whoever will replace them.

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[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago

I agree with "don't quit, impede" philosophy, but a very public show of support against these fascist actions is not something to dismiss.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Weren't these the people earlier this week who supposedly resigned, of which people were complaining about. Now it comes out they were actually fired before they even could...

Maybe people should realize there might have been more going on that we aren't privy to.

All this 'not good enough' thinking does is breed toxicity and in-fighting. Both of which are not good when trying to form a solidarity.

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Some people just don't want to eat shit for a living.

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[–] duckCityComplex@lemmy.world 58 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm not surprised that Hannity finds it "almost impossible to comprehend" that someone would resign to uphold their principles.

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Both of these talking heads are puppets with the hands of the same puppeteer up their asses.

FOX news needs to be destroyed. Preferably with everyone still inside.

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I had the chance to give the staff diarrhea but I felt bad for people like the camera operator or whatever... I worked for a company involved with Dairy Queen and Carvel ice cream and at the start of the "ice cream season" fox does a morning show with them as a advertisement. I was so close to putting exlax in the mix but I decided against it... I still kick myself for not doing it but it wouldn't have reached assholes like Hannity anyway.

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As a Minnesotan, I've had a lot of conversations with friends, family, and neighbors lately about what is going on

Most are pissed about ICE being here, and how they're acting. Some, however, are 100% MAGA, and happy ICE is here

There is one thing everyone seems to agree on though: ICE being in Minnesota is political retaliation

We're a state with ~2% of the population of the US. We have less than 2% of the immigrants due to our location and climate. Yet 20-30% of ICE agents are now here

[–] eddanja@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you're not MAGA, you're an immigrant.

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 41 points 3 months ago

She was # Murdered!

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 39 points 3 months ago

Dumb of her. You have more protections when fired than if you just quit. It's almost always in your best interest to have a shitty boss fire you and have those protections than leave voluntarily and have almost none.

[–] IckabodKobain@feddit.online 30 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Correct me if I am wrong here: Are there women in ICE? All I have seen are men who look like they are divorced and not paying their child support.

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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Damn Pam. Ok,you broke up with them. Not the other way around. We got it.

Somebody literally needs to remind this lady to stop and take a breath before she passes out mid rant.

[–] Xbeam@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Or maybe we get lucky and she has a stroke.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

The fact that these monsters would even think of going after the victim's wife tells you all you need to know about the conservative mind.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Man who would think a corrupt AF soulless scumbag like her would do such a thing.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

I so want to see her on the stand at some point. Under oath, and not in an environment controlled by conservatives, either.

[–] hesh@quokk.au 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

She calls them the "deep state" lol

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[–] Scottyc65@reddthat.com 11 points 3 months ago

You can't quit! I fired you first! LOL

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Daily reminder that ICE is a manufactured distraction from the Epstein Files.

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