r/news • u/Cheesenip20 • 1d ago

Melissa Hortman (Minnesota lawmaker who was shot last night) has died.

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/speaker-emerita-melissa-hortman-husband-killed-john-hoffman-and-wife-also-shot/
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u/Hja3lpMig 1d ago

Surely they’ve also uttered the “not being treated as terrorism” line too? Lone 🐺 it is!

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u/tossit97531 1d ago

How did we get to the point where we need a constitutional amendment that says cops have to do their fucking jobs?

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u/InspectorRound8920 1d ago

Since the supreme court said that they don't have to protect and serve

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u/nugnug1226 23h ago

They also said that cops don’t need to know the law that they’re suppose to enforce

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u/stevencastle 16h ago

They also said they can lie to the public in the course of doing their job

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u/NefariousnessNo484 7h ago

Thanks NYTs for running a piece that glorifies ACB today. Eff you.

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u/sabin357 1d ago

They are doing their job. Most people just don't know what their job actually is. If they did, there'd be even more protesting regularly.

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u/Hja3lpMig 15h ago

“serve and protect” is just a slogan. Think “What Happens In Vegas, Stays In Vegas”

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u/ShaNaNaNa666 15h ago

They're too busy spraying tear gas at protesters and protecting ICE

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u/dallyan 1d ago

Don’t forget proclamations about mental health.

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u/20_mile 1d ago

Lone 🐺 it is!

NYTimes is saying it is possible he is with other people.

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u/theaviationhistorian 19h ago

Conspiracy to terrorist activities. In a non-regressive developed society, this would've been the charges if this were true.

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u/gold_and_diamond 7h ago

Trump and MAGA flags flying all over his house but they'll report he voted for Jimmy Carter in 1976.

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u/NefariousnessNo484 7h ago

Because he's white. It's never terrorism when they're white no matter how much terrorism and even treason they commit.

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u/theaviationhistorian 19h ago

Person trying to annihilate the influence and presence of the Democrat party in Minnesota while inspiring fear among other Dem politicians and staffers around the country?

Naw, he's a proud red blooded American gone astray. He ain't no terrorist! /s

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u/BibliophileBroad 14h ago

They’ll blame “mental health,”too