#Federal agents are *generally* #immune from state prosecution for actions taken as part of their official duties. However, #immunity only applies when an officer's actions were authorized under federal law & were necessary & proper.

If #Minnesota charged the agent, he could seek to move the case to federal court & argue he is immune from prosecution.

#Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minneapolis #UseOfForce #RightToProtest #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung

In addition to #federal #immunity, the agent could argue that his actions were reasonable under the #Constitution, that he acted in self-defense or that he did not act with intent to harm or kill.

Federal officers are immune from #civil lawsuits unless their conduct clearly violated a constitutional right.

This #legal standard, known as #QualifiedImmunity, has become a highly effective tool for shielding #police officers accused of using #ExcessiveForce.

#Trump #ICE #law #murder #UseOfForce

#Federal agents are *generally* #immune from state prosecution for actions taken as part of their official duties. However, #immunity only applies when an officer's actions were authorized under federal law & were necessary & proper.

If #Minnesota charged the agent, he could seek to move the case to federal court & argue he is immune from prosecution.

#Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minneapolis #UseOfForce #RightToProtest #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung

"This is what happens when over 77 million Americans vote for such a lawless, reckless man, some 89 million choose to stay home, and John Roberts’ Supreme Court supermajority hands him near-total immunity."

~ Steven Beschloss

#Trump #Maduro #Venezuela #oil #FossilFuels #RogueNation #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #corruption #immunity #lawlessness
/7

https://www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-a-deeply-appalling-press

"This is what happens when over 77 million Americans vote for such a lawless, reckless man, some 89 million choose to stay home, and John Roberts’ Supreme Court supermajority hands him near-total immunity."

~ Steven Beschloss

#Trump #Maduro #Venezuela #oil #FossilFuels #RogueNation #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #corruption #immunity #lawlessness
/7

https://www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-a-deeply-appalling-press

"But amid all of these worthy recriminations, there is another institution that demands much harsher scrutiny. There is no question that the Supreme Court under John Roberts blessed this presidency with virtually no limits on its power and placed this president, unstable and unworthy, above the law. …

This war is Roberts’ war."

#Trump #Venezuela #war #military #oil #Maduro #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #corruption #immunity #UnitaryExecutive
/37

"But amid all of these worthy recriminations, there is another institution that demands much harsher scrutiny. There is no question that the Supreme Court under John Roberts blessed this presidency with virtually no limits on its power and placed this president, unstable and unworthy, above the law. …

This war is Roberts’ war."

#Trump #Venezuela #war #military #oil #Maduro #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #corruption #immunity #UnitaryExecutive
/37

"It’s not quite a new year resolution, and it’s certainly not a prediction. Think of it instead as a hope or even a plea for the next 12 months. May the coming year see those leaders who have done so much damage to their own countries, and far beyond, at last be called to account. Let 2026 be a year of reckoning."

~ Jonathan Freedland

Trump, Netanyahu, Orbán, Farage...

#Trump #Jan6 #crime #coup #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #corruption #immunity
/9

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/02/donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu-2026-year-of-reckoning

"It’s not quite a new year resolution, and it’s certainly not a prediction. Think of it instead as a hope or even a plea for the next 12 months. May the coming year see those leaders who have done so much damage to their own countries, and far beyond, at last be called to account. Let 2026 be a year of reckoning."

~ Jonathan Freedland

Trump, Netanyahu, Orbán, Farage...

#Trump #Jan6 #crime #coup #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #corruption #immunity
/9

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/02/donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu-2026-year-of-reckoning

"Trump Is the Jan. 6 President.

It was a day that should live in infamy. Instead, it was the day President Trump’s second term began to take shape. ...

That day was indeed a turning point, but not the one it first seemed to be. It was a turning point toward a version of Mr. Trump who is even more lawless than the one who governed the country in his first term."

~ New York Times

#Trump #Jan6 #crime #coup #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #corruption #immunity
/8

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/opinion/jan-6-anniversary-trump-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BlA.sAQ_._ZAwXlZCyc8V&smid=url-share