Michael Cohen - When Justice Walks Away
When there’s an allegation of excessive force, the rules are supposed to be simple, boring, and sacred. You call the Department of Justice. They show up. They investigate. They don’t promise indictments or absolution. They promise process. Facts first. Politics last.
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But under Trump’s ICE-first, facts-later regime, accountability is now a headache. A real, burning pain. And nowhere is that clearer than in the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
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For decades, when a law enforcement officer kills someone, the Civil Rights Division’s criminal section automatically kicks in. These are career prosecutors who spend their lives parsing law, policy, and evidence to figure out whether deadly force was justified or criminal. Sometimes they indict. Sometimes they don’t. Either way, legitimacy comes from asking the questions in the first place.
This time, the questions were never asked.
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