Congress had the opportunity to impeach *WHILE* they were in office. If they couldn’t or didn’t then, the issue is too partisan to be held to a reasonable legal standard. That’s what I mean. Deciding to begin impeachment afterward is a pandora’s box — one that Republicans have ALREADY demonstrated their willingness to…

Not for nothing, but I’m uncertain how I feel about them pursuing impeachments after leaving office. During their office, but carrying over after leaving? That I have no problem with. ‘Getting off on a technicality’ has never been acceptable to me. But starting the impeachment proceedings against someone who has…

We’re already down that road. Remember Bill Clinton?? Yeah, that’s how low Republicans were ALREADY willing to stoop. And that was 20 years ago. Legitimate government and democracy in the US is under attack, and the GOP is the clear and present danger, as evidenced by the INSURRECTION on behalf of its chosen leader,…

Hitler would like to remind you why it isn’t enough to put someone in jail.

Good cops don’t have misconduct records. *GOOD* cops won’t be affected by this at all. The only cops who will be affected are the ones who shouldn’t still be cops.

If the Judicial branch had the means and authority to bar someone from political office for life, I might be fine with that. But it doesn’t. Only an impeachment can do that, and only Congress can impeach Trump. And has done so. Furthermore, his impeachment was done while he was in office. The Senate is not determining…

Hypocrisy has always been a core pillar of conservatism.

One for every state. At least one. Maybe more.

Doesn’t matter. If your organization is *THAT* bad at keeping track of these kinds of things, *SOMEBODY* should be losing their job because of it.

Definitely the latter, but there’s room for the former as well -- corporate ‘personhood’ laws are all kinds of wrong.

If a citizen doing something is a crime, an officer doing it should also be a crime. If you have to or are allowed to break the law to ‘enforce’ laws, there’s something wrong with the laws, their enforcement, or both. Usually both.

Hypocrisy has always been a core pillar of conservatism.

Funny. According to the *LAW* an assault is an assault and murder is murder, regardless of the means used in their commission. Also according to the law, what this Police Chief did by refusing to enforce the law is either called aiding and abetting a fugitive or being an accomplice after the fact.

I would say that he’s an engineering enthusiast, in the same way that some people are programming hobbyists. He has enough knowledge to be useful, but he still needs the pros to back him.

Yup. The whole reason this country is on such a rapid downward spiral is because the GOP has no ethics or morals. There is no depth to which they won’t stoop to amass power. They ARE the party of craven, corrupt, power-crazed sociopaths — whether that’s a consequence of ignorance or greed is irrelevant. You don’t…

The more I see of and hear from these GOP ‘people’ the more convinced I become that death by flamethrower is far more humane than they deserve.

Minnesota Police Orgs Suggest Some Cops May Not Do Their Jobs During Derek Chauvin Trial Due to ‘Demonization’ of Police

I’m gonna go with the “Sorry, I got caught” form of typical racist non-apology for $1000, Alex.

It’s not like Republicans *FOLLOWED* the (or their) rules regardless. But, yeah, pretty much. Once again — if conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy. Which is exactly what they’ve been doing for at least the last 1/2 century —…

If they have legal cause to detain you, yes, absolutely. An officer *CANNOT* walk up to a random person on the street and detain them just because the officer wants to. That’s a crime (unlawful detainment and/or kidnapping), and you are within your rights to resist.