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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIMO the new Attorney General should immediately look into...
Kentucky AG Cameron's purposeful mishandling of Breonna Taylor's murder. It's still unbelievable that those killer cops are uncharged and walking free, as is Cameron.
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IMO the new Attorney General should immediately look into... (Original Post)
brush
Nov 2020
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If there are enough facts supporting a federal civil rights violation -
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2020
#1
What they'd have to show is that racial bias contributed to the murder
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2020
#4
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)1. If there are enough facts supporting a federal civil rights violation -
then the DoJ could get involved. We'll see if that works. That was a real miscarriage of justice, no question.
brush
(53,764 posts)2. Frankly, I would say murdering her is a civil rights violation.
And Americans aren't going to put up with that anymore. We want our police departments cleaned out of any neo nazi white nationalists, and we want them prosecuted.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)4. What they'd have to show is that racial bias contributed to the murder
in order to support a civil rights claim. I hope they can do that but those cases can be tough.
brush
(53,764 posts)5. I say let them go for it, make Cameron and those killer cops sweat.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)6. Another good thing is that double jeopardy hasn't attached
because the cops were never even charged with murder, so they still could be prosecuted by the state.