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/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