I understand why the employee is not pressing charges. It’s a matter of their and their family’s safety. Ok.
But what I don’t understand is that if using the cemetery for political purposes is against the law, and there are obviously many photos released and used in Trump’s campaign material, why not use that evidence to charge Trump¥, the campaign, and the photographers?
¥ Sadly even if they tried to arrest Trump, I’m sure it wouldn’t stick anyway because apparently he gets away with everything.
This is a problem with liberals. Conservatives are playing to win, even if it means playing dirty. Liberals are playing to play. That is why Conservatives are winning and getting more powerful even while being openly wrong, weird, and stupid.
Because Trump is rich and influential and it's long past the time we should stop pretending the law actually applies to everyone.
Laws and rules are for regular people, if you are rich or famous or influential enough, laws do not apply to you
Law prohibits political campaign or election related activities at the cemetery, not photography in general. If their photographs are not used by their campaign officials and trump can reasonably articulate a reason to have been there aside from campaigning, which would be pretty easy, it does not seem there would be any grounds against him. It seems the news reporting on the incident is the primary coverage of the visit.
In order to press charges she has to announce her name publicly. And if she does that, MAGAts will come after her and her family. May even try to kill her. Trump’s followers are not our best.
I've seen several cases where on the docket and in court records its an anonymous victim, since charges aren't filed by the individual when it comes to criminal matters. It's the state or federal government that is levying the charges and the victim is largely a witness.
I don't know how any of this works, but I assume some person who "has been harmed" by the actions needs to press charges. I would assume that could potentially be any American. Wouldn't it be great if Harris did it? The former prosecutor/DA filing charges against the criminal opponent.
In most common law jurisdictions, the executive branch doesn't require even a victim, they merely need the elements of the criminal offence satisfied.
Not sure about the US, likely they need her to strengthen the case and won't bother without her witness testimony.
I don't think that's right. In cases where the person pressing charges makes the difference between filing suit or not, it's like because their testimony is crucial to the case. The government doesn't need it, though.
Bro if he didn't get any consequences from his FELONIES, you think him pushing someone is gonna get him punished?
They know he will get away with everything unless he loses in November.
At some point a line will get drawn. It’s a question of when and where.
Of all his crimes, Al Capone was convicted on tax evasion.
It's a federal crime to put your hands on a federal employee, the employee doesn't have to be named or anything the federal government can pursue it in the interest of justice in her stead.
Unfortunately he'd just argue for the 6th, of having the right to face your accuser/witnesses in any criminal case. And once he knows the accuser's name, he'll plaster her info all over his network, even with the ever useful gag-order.
Or Dark Brandon could just "disappear" the orange bastard in a Supreme Court-protected "official act."
One or the other. 🤷🏼♂️
The USA needs to learn from the mistakes made following the Civil War. Do not let the seditionists back into government.
They’re already in government and red states are happy to have them.
They also run the supreme court right now.
Not having a way to recall judges is a severe flaw in the constitution.
The Supreme Court itself has established that there is a legal way to recall Justices now:
Kill them and call it an "official act".
Too late
These assholes have already won. If somehow they find their way back into the hell hole they came out of, it won't be in my lifetime.
I'm not a very hateful, or vengeful person. I can't think of a single grudge that I hold against any particular person I've encountered. But for Republicans, I wish them the worst and will enjoy watching every pineapple karma is inclined to shove up their asses. In fact, I've resided myself just now to find a way to celebrate every small victory against these fuckers and will live a happier life for it.
your depictive vitriol makes me want to believe in an afterlife, just for the sake of vengeance
Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, I'm not done fighting. Vote.
If you're so full of their hate. They've won.
That's not why they've won. They've won because they have corrupted any semblance of democratic rule this country has and are actively looking to regress into an autocracy while freely stripping our rights away. They've won because they have no morals or principals to speak of but rather than scattering to the wind they double down on their hate filled platform. They've won because no matter how; if they succeed in their goal of making us all worse off there is nothing I can do, personally, in the short time I have here, that will put an end to it.
They pretend we live in a world where the forces of good fight the forces of evil and in doing so become the opposing force that demands a counter. I don't have to call them evil I just have to point at their idol; false prophet; belligerent old man; trump. It's plain to see who it is that is contributing to the negative power structure in this country. While no party is guilt free; someone has to stand up to them. By constantly having to fend off their assault we've lost our freedom to live in peace not worrying about if tomorrow we will be more poor; more subjugted; more divided; more uncared for.
Who could look at this and not be hateful? If being despicable enough to be hated is a victory, please, lets open all the doors to the prisons and enjoy a win.
Watching your tormentors get tortured and you still think the game is about winning and losing.
In case anyone was wondering, this is the bullshit perspective Republicans are jerking each other off with:
Harris was asked to be there by the Gold Star families and she refused. Her and Biden both refused. They are responsible for the casualties that occurred during that Afghanistan pullout, and they couldn't face the families despite being asked to be there.
That should be the story.
But nah. Desperate media makes it about Trump taking pictures with the family who asked him to take pictures.
This is why no one trusts the media.
So, to sum up, "Poor Trumpie", "desperate media", "don't trust 'the media'", somehow Biden and Harris's fault, and no mention of the rules of the cemetery or assaulting the employee.
Well, it can't be Mr. "I-don't-know-anything-about-any-bad-things-and-take-all-credit-for-all-good-things" Trump's fault now, can it? He's absolutely immune, infallible, perfect and if reality doesn't agree, then we just rewrite reality until it fits. Easy.
if he's allowed to take the white house again, they'll just shoot people like this. "offiially"
yeah it's not like trump has been afraid of executing someone before
That she's a woman makes it that much worse. Didn't know that nugget before today. Bigots and sexists. All of them.
That she's a woman makes it that much worse.
Why? An army professional were carrying out their duties, and as a result thereof got assaulted by representatives of the leading law and order candidate. The army professional chose not to press charges but still lives in fear of the law and order loving patriots affection for domestic terrorism.
I don't see how the gender makes it worse.
While I see what you’re saying, it unfortunately does make it worse. As a woman in the military, she already has to put up with enough B.S. My wife retired from the navy over 10-years ago, and still works for the DOD. She still sees and puts up with the sexism and misogyny. For sure, it’s less than when she first joined back in the 90s, but it’s still enough to get under your skin. Add to that the genuine, and well-founded, fear this woman feels at the prospect of being a target for domestic terrorists her own country is too scared to call out for fear of appearing to be “politically slanted,” and it absolutely does make it worse.
MAGA has a special hate in it's heart for women. They're always treated as property.
Two words: mother issues. It's a self perpetuating problem. Conservatives belittle their women, their women take it out on their kids. Their kids grow up warped. Their warped kids belittle women.
If there's evidence of the crime,I don't think they actually need the victim to press charges themselves?
They wanted to release the footage of them filming explicitly where they were asked not to film. Smh.
In truth assault is a crime against the state. A criminal charge, even if she doesn't want to press charges they should have to face a judge and the state attorney (if they were civilians). Military it goes to their courts, which they are being cowards and letting it go.
The majority of decent Americans are not prone to violence but this crap is building up outrage among Democrats, Independents and conservative Republicans to a point where all hell is about to bust out.
This is what I’m afraid of. I just don’t see us all holding hands across the nation any time soon.
Anyway, we tried that once and failed.
I don't want to hold hands. I want to hold criminals accountable.
Doesn't/ won't matter if the Dems don't go out and vote. Remember the bulkshit that was 2016. Complacency started it all.
That was definitely peak bulkshit.
where meme?
The American legal system is the meme.
Washington D.C.
Meme doesn't always mean "funny haha picture"
Profoundly disappointed but also understanding. I just have to hope there are enough people in their path who are willing to throw down and get difficult.
God he is such a piece of garbage. Like I can usually dismiss his antics as selfish and stupid and just some moron that doesn't think beyond his own needs and wants. But this is downright villainous. I hope he dies a horrible death and no one celebrates anything about him.
She should've filed charges because either way his cult followers are gonna go after her. 😒
Somewhere out there, there is a technical solution to not letting this sort of intimidation happen. I don't know what that is, but I'm fairly sure it can be done.
Warn twice, then shoot?
It's simple, military charges the aggressor. Make examples of needed. The truth is they don't want to charge the person responsible, Trump. They should also impeach Mike good for nothing for this.
If i could afford it, id file on her behalf and dare him or his shitciples to do something
Big talk. But, the thing with stochastic terrorism is you don't know where the threat is coming from. It could be your neighbour, or the person across the street. It could be the person you pass on your way to work, or the shops. They could come in singles or in multitudes. Personally, I don't blame the officials for not wanting any part of it.
All it takes is one wing nut behind the wheel and your life is ruined.
what is the correct amount of nationalism you have to believe for any of this to matter to you?
This is where we are today with Trump's America.
I thought we were currently living in Biden's America. Is Trump president right now?
While not currently in an official position of power, Trump has become an integral part of American politics.
Are democrats the ones sending death threats to judges, prosecutors, jury members, children who were raped on Epstein's Island and now Army attendants? Hell, the parents of of the kids who were murdered at Sandy Hook had to deal with death threats and people accusing them of being crisis actors for a decade thanks to fuckers like Alex Jones.
It's telling that you found the need to defend this type of activity. It seems... unamerican. Cowardly.
Might be time for a long look in the mirror and ask yourself where you went wrong. You can still turn back.
Is this who you really want to be?
I was just asking a question about wording chill
Can't believe this would happen to a whistleblower in a country as free and independent as the United States of America.
Are we sure this isn't just far left propaganda?
