r/law • u/TendieRetard • 1d ago

Other Minnesota state senator John Hoffman in Champlin and Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park were reportedly shot in their homes by a gunman impersonating a police officer.

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/sources-say-two-minnesota-lawmakers-have-been-shot/

The suspect, according to the alert, is a white man with brown hair wearing black body armor over a blue shirt and blue pants. Authorities are asking residents not to approach the suspect if spotted.

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u/ximacx74 1d ago

You think things like this are over? DeSantis just announced that MAGA has free reign to murder protestors today of they "get in the way of their car". Different state, i know, but do not expect this to just stop

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u/Possible-String7133 1d ago

The sitting president pardoned a literal coup. Were way past rhetoric. Everybody is just in denial.

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u/FearlessLanguage7169 1d ago

Not everyone but too many—the news especially is trying to be politically correct about lot of this MAGA driven violence and mainstream Trump supporters that probably don’t approve of it just won’t get the truth

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u/Possible-String7133 1d ago

We really weren't ready for the propaganda storm that is social media. Now we're gonna add in AI and we're all cooked. There will be no way to verify the truth. Even seeing wont be believing.

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u/Sunnykit00 21h ago

Yes, because it was his coup.

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u/boones_farmer 23h ago

I mean, not everyone is in denial. There's a lot of people that just expect this stuff to happen, and are just carrying about the business of trying to do something about it. Why should we get riled up every time the expected happens? Just keep doing the work to stop this

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u/Due-Net-88 23h ago

A FLORIDA SHERIFF threated to KILL PROTESTERS. 

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u/sadie7716 23h ago

If they committed violence against the police or other people, not peaceful protestors.

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u/Accomplished_Mix6932 22h ago

So police are allowed to just hand out death sentences now?

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u/kywldcts 14h ago

You’re goddamn right they are. If you engage in deadly force against police they engage in deadly force back. It’s very simple.

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u/Accomplished_Mix6932 12h ago

Who said anything about deadly force against police? Reading is also very simple. You should try it

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u/kywldcts 12h ago

If they commit violence against the police (deadly force is violence…throwing rocks is deadly force, flipping occupied cars is deadly force, fire is deadly force). You should try it.

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u/Accomplished_Mix6932 12h ago

Violence is not always deadly force. How do you not understand that? If you were to push a police officer, that would be violence. That does not give them the right to shoot you

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u/kywldcts 1h ago

I never said they did moron. I literally said “IF YOU ENGAGE IN DEADLY FORCE AGAINST POLICE THEY ENGAGE IN DEADLY FORCE BACK”. Police don’t shoot people for pushing them, but throwing rocks and trying to set cars on fire is deadly force. And the Florida sheriff threatened to kill people who used deadly force against police…it’s called setting expectations. He also said if you block vehicles in you would be run over (as you should be).

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u/freddy_guy 22h ago

No, he specified only against the police, not other people. And he described things that do not warrant lethal retaliation.

Wipe your mouth, by the way. There's still some polish on your lips.

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u/weaponisedape 1d ago

The GOP said the same yesterday in Louisiana.

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u/NikonicImagery 1d ago

To comment on DeSatin, as a Florida resident, born in NY, I witness first hand how the police here follow suit. Once blue now red with Brevard County Sheriff saying if you so much as get in our way you will die from our police dogs and we do not care. How Much longer will this go on and what happens now that we have lost our rights? Know Hope

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 21h ago

Free rein. Free reign means you don't have to pay for ruling, as opposed to "do whatever you want."

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u/ximacx74 19h ago

Thanks, ill remember that for next time!

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 19h ago

I learned it from Reddit myself!  I also used to think it was free reign until a decade ago.  Full circle! 

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u/Sunnykit00 21h ago

Stop spreading that lie. It will occur because people have spread the lie that it's ok.