Misconduct expert says state has the right to charge ICE officer who killed Renée Good
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Alas, the FBI's takeover of the investigation could make it difficult.
  • LOGIC💣@lemmy.world
    126·
    3 个月前

    The state doesn’t just have the right to charge the ICE officer. It has the obligation to charge him.

  • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    3 个月前

    Robert Bennett, a veteran lawyer in Minneapolis who has worked on hundreds of federal police misconduct cases during his 50-year career

    FYI for anybody else that saw “misconduct expert” and said wtf is that.

  • xenomor@lemmy.world
    44·
    3 个月前

    From the released footage, it appears that the murderer, Jonathan Ross, was holding his phone camera and filming the entire murder. That is critical evidence that the state needs to have to either prosecute or potentially exonerate Jonathan Ross. I’m not sure why more of the reporting on this murder isn’t covering that detail. Again, murderer Jonathan Ross is in possession of critical murder evidence that documents a fuckin’ murder.

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
      14·
      3 个月前

      it appears that the murderer, Jonathan Ross, was holding his phone camera and filming the entire murder.

      Christchurch much?

      BTW we have plenty video of everything, there really is no question. I recommend this 404media article.

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      3 个月前

      Some key details from the phone footage.

      1. It was a handheld phone cam, not a body cam. ICE has thousands of dollars in equipment, but is choosing not to equip body cams; which could have kept his hands free to protect himself. Handheld allows the footage to be far shakier, so he can emphasize the idea he was “struck”.
      2. The footage doesn’t contain all of the gunshots. In high likelihood, it had to have been edited before posting, for this to be the case.
    • Manjushri@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      3 个月前

      …the murderer, Jonathan Ross, was holding his phone camera and filming the entire murder.

      Is that confirmed somewhere? Just holding his phone with a camera app open isn’t enough. ICE has an app that uses a photograph to supposedly tell whether or not someone is a citizen. If there is evidence he recorded the incident for any reason, then I would think that that would be clear evidence of premeditation.

      • athatet@lemmy.zip
        8·
        3 个月前

        The cell phone video that the murderer was taking has been posted on the internet.

        • Manjushri@piefed.socialEnglish
          2·
          3 个月前

          Damn. He was clearly planning or shooting someone there. Mother fucker was taking video to jerk off to later.

      • zombyreagan@lemmy.ca
        8·
        3 个月前

        The cell phone footage was leaked. I’ve seen it and u can clearly see the lady training the wheel away from him

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
    36·
    3 个月前

    I truly hope they took him into custody right away. They did, right?

    “ICE agents do not have absolute immunity.”

    That this needs to be stated explicitely is so sad.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
      36·
      3 个月前

      Jonathan Ross took off right after the shooting. Actually putting him in prison means locating his lair and actually arresting him, which may be difficult if a ton of armed feds are there protecting him.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        22·
        3 个月前

        Well hey, maybe members of his immediate family can be located and used to “entice” him out of hiding in some fashion. It’s a tactic ICE is using after all, so it’s fair to use it against them.

      • Mirshe@lemmy.world
        14·
        3 个月前

        Yeah, I’d be willing to bet he’s been flown out on an ICE plane to Texas or Florida or DC. You’d need to involve federal law enforcement in actually arresting him if he’s fled the state, and that will go over like a wet fart with the department who keeps saying he’s done literally nothing wrong.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comBanned
      19·
      3 个月前

      To be fair, it sounds like you’re not a cop and therefore you’re not legally immune to the consequences of your actions according to fascism 🤷

    • MacEnvy@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 个月前

      Do you want them to successfully prosecute him, or do you want them to make a big show and then not have enough documented evidence with full chain of custody and have their prosecution fail? Your indict first and investigate later idea will only serve to let him off.

      It’s been 36 hours. Take a breath and let them work. They’re going to get there and they’re going to do it the right way.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
    7·
    3 个月前

    Step 1. Murderer uploads the Minnesota state case to a federal one.

    Step 2. Trump pardons the murderer.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comBanned
      18·
      3 个月前

      Nah, it’s even worse: the FBI refuses to even charge the murderer so that a pardon won’t even be necessary, while illegally withholding the evidence from the state authorities so they can’t conduct the parallel investigation that they’re entitled to.

      It’s federal fascism all the way down.

        • athatet@lemmy.zip
          6·
          3 个月前

          I didn’t realize the Joikin Dapenuts Vance was able to make people immune to gunfire. Incredible.

        • AA5B@lemmy.world
          4·
          3 个月前

          Legally he can’t even give a sofa absolute immunity.

          However yes, this is him running for president, copying drump’s approach of say it loudly and repeatedly until people start believing it

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comBanned
          2·
          3 个月前

          As if it wasn’t ALREADY a job tailor made for people who want it specifically to get away with heinous crimes even more than being a regular cop is 🤦🤬

  • OshagHennessey@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 个月前

    They can, but they won’t. Everyone knows the Dems’ donors won’t allow them to put up any real resistance against fascism. Best they’ll do is a public condemnation, maybe a pinky swear to hold the next one accountable, if we’re lucky.