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- news@lemmings.world
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- news@lemmings.world
String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’
Department of Justice prosecutors across the US have suffered a string of embarrassing defeats in their aggressive pursuit of criminal cases against people accused of “assaulting” and “impeding” federal officers.
In recent months, the federal government has relentlessly prosecuted protesters, government critics, immigrants and others arrested during immigration operations, often accusing them of physically attacking officers or interfering with their duties.
But many of those cases have recently been dismissed or ended in not guilty verdicts.
In several high-profile cases, the prosecutions fell apart because they relied on statements by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers that had no supporting evidence or in some instances were proven by video footage to be blatantly false.
ACAB, and should face legal consequences for it until it’s no longer true.
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I heard police departments being shuttered and reformed as higher quality community services is far from unheard of.
Seems we need to put clear and functional systems in place to streamline to process of identifying and terminating corrupt agents within our society.
I mean, it’s not like shuttering libraries or schools or firehouses due to corruption is even a thing. It their operators or employees are acting against social norms they are generally just terminated and replaced, no fuss.
Why is a cop allowed to commit crimes against their community but a librarian isn’t?
In more sane times, the FBI might have been expected or useful for investigation of police misconduct.