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In an extraordinary #court filing, the top #federal #prosecutor in #Minnesota acknowledged Thursday that officials had “provided incorrect information” [lied] about a #shooting by an #immigration agent last month.
The prosecutor, Daniel N. Rosen, asked a judge to #dismiss charges against a man who was wounded in that shooting, as well as another man who had been accused of attacking the agent.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #Sturmabteilung
Rosen wrote that “*newly* discovered #evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations” that #federal officials made in a charging #document & in courtroom #testimony.
“Accordingly, #dismissal with #prejudice will serve the interests of #justice,” wrote Rosen, who was nominated by #Trump to be #USattorney in #Minnesota.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
Judge Paul A. Magnuson #dismissed the charges on Friday with #prejudice, meaning the case cannot be refiled.
#ToddLyons, the acting director of #ICE, said in a statement Friday that 2 officers seemed to have provided “inaccurate testimony” [straight up #perjury].
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
“Accordingly, #dismissal with #prejudice will serve the interests of #justice,” wrote Rosen, who was nominated by #Trump to be #USattorney in #Minnesota.
Lyons said the agents could face termination & criminal prosecution [I won’t hold my breath].
The Jan 14 #shooting of Julio C. Sosa-Celis by an #ICE agent touched tense protests in #Minneapolis, where thousands of federal agents had been sent as part of the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown in the state.
In case you don’t remember, this is the total bullshit “snow shovel” incident.
I will boost germane posts from my thread of that incident which included video.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #Constitution #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
@Nonilex This basic narrative is a classic. Once when I was young I lived in a student house with a couple of pretty sketchy people. They told me "Everybody knows, if the cops don't like you, they beat you up then charge you with assaulting, a police officer."
