“Since Trump took office, the DOJ froze all work on pending police misconduct investigations, including high-profile work in places like Minneapolis, where an officer murdered George Floyd, and Lexington, Kentucky, where a SWAT team killed Breonna Taylor.” www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum... - ThreadSky

democracydocket.com • 36 days ago

“Since Trump took office, the DOJ froze all work on pending police misconduct investigations, including high-profile work in places like Minneapolis, where an officer murdered George Floyd, and Lexington, Kentucky, where a SWAT team killed Breonna Taylor.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trump-administration-dismantles-protections-against-law-enforcement-abuses/

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metaphysicalist.bsky.social•36 days ago

If you refuse to deal with police misconduct, you will wind up with a lot of dead policemen, as encounters that would turn out OK now result in shoot first responses.

docrodi.bsky.social•36 days ago

It’s like they have an autocrat playbook and they’re quickly ticking all the boxes off.

jetawaywithnomads.bsky.social•36 days ago

Fascism

kinkologist.bsky.social•36 days ago

Professional courtesy! Didn't a large portion of police organizations, support the law and order president?
Fascists covering for fascists.

oxuna.bsky.social•36 days ago

Given the severity of Trumps crimes, incarceration and maybe even lethal injection is necessary.

bryanttl1953.bsky.social•36 days ago

So, in Trumps world there are people, besides himself, who are above the law? That appears to be the message being sent to everyone since the DOJ will no longer investigate police misconduct cases. Now we have US troops deployed on US soil and police who are above the law. Dictator and Police State?

blackpowder50.bsky.social•36 days ago

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
He needs them in his debt so they will execute his illegal orders!

athenabird.bsky.social•36 days ago

It is no longer a Department of Justice

lindarn.bsky.social•36 days ago

Of course

donshafer.bsky.social•36 days ago

He's already said he wants the police to have unlimited immunity. Tough to terrorize the population into subjugation without a militarized police force.

tiptoe20.bsky.social•36 days ago

Trump is such a lawless thug, just maybe one day it will happen to him.

sharimathisen.bsky.social•36 days ago

Wake up A merica

timlow3.bsky.social•36 days ago

In case you were still wondering which side they are on.

raya2etall.bsky.social•36 days ago

This was a campaign promise and once again the minorities who voted for him. This is also on you.

gordonvincent.bsky.social•36 days ago

The wisdom of telling the heavily armed American public that the only justice they will ever see for police crimes is what they exact for themselves is left as an exercise for the reader.

windycandle.bsky.social•36 days ago

Are McConnell and Trump STILL alive? Darn.

618hoodoo.bsky.social•36 days ago

From my perspective, the US police/enforcement in most states seem totally corrupt and lawless.

slhme.bsky.social•36 days ago

It was not Lexington; it was Louisville.

pamballard3.bsky.social•36 days ago

Yes, now some police will start doing what they want with no accountability.

ericallyn.bsky.social•36 days ago

Defending
Enforcers'
Incompetence

robynne-limoges.bsky.social•36 days ago

An unbelievable dereliction of duty. A blatantly unconstitutional act.

coconutlizard.bsky.social•36 days ago

He wants them to feel free to hurt us.

oursnottoreasonwhy.bsky.social•36 days ago

Learn people. All focus should be on a complete overhaul of law enforcement. You can make all the laws you want but if there is no one to enforce them against the rich and powerful, you have nothing. A truly just (no double standards) law enforcement would already had Trump in jail.

youvotedforthis2.bsky.social•36 days ago

He wants a "police state". He thinks if he gives the signal that YOU are his enemy, local police should come arrest you and send you to a prison in El Salvador. No trial, no conviction, no rights.

That's what dictators do!

dmgaltieri.bsky.social•36 days ago

Some pattern of practice reforms have been voluntarily continued locally, but this is a terrible rollback of civil rights work in the DOJ.

paulaequine.bsky.social•36 days ago

Louisville. Not Lexington. And the Louisville case is especially critical because there is widespread civil rights violations there

sheadapts.bsky.social•36 days ago

That's how he's able to abduct people via LE. Mystery solved.

nellonearth.bsky.social•36 days ago

Seriously, what are any of the government agencies working on and where are our unspent tax dollars being funneled into besides ICE? Why am I still paying federal taxes? Am I the only one thinking this?

treetopcreations.bsky.social•36 days ago

The bad cops will see this as a green light.

ccpeters.bsky.social•36 days ago

The world is going to sit back and watch America go down in flames. The wealthy won't be able to hire enough security to keep themselves and their families safe from the peasants. They're gonna FAFO really soon.

noname545662.bsky.social•36 days ago

He's starting his purchase of the police

neverpatriarchy.bsky.social•36 days ago

Of course he did because he and his goo goo eyed followers are racist pigs.

windclicksnap.bsky.social•36 days ago

This is as concerning as anything he's done. Suspending accountability for abuses of local power creates an environment of permission. This impunity leads to situations like the recent ICE raid on citizens in OKC and to some of the worst human rights violations under authoritarian regimes.

windclicksnap.bsky.social•36 days ago

This means they don't have to *order* chilling actions against the public.

It's laissez faire cruelty.

bluesky60.bsky.social•34 days ago

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bikeguy2024.bsky.social•36 days ago

Oppose FOTUS, MAGA and their racism, stupidity, lack of concern for public health, and fascism!

artfulgiant256.bsky.social•35 days ago

It was in Louisville not Lexington

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