The U.S. Justice Department failed to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested in four major cities last year on charges of assaulting federal authorities — a record far below the norm in federal assault prosecutions.

All of the dozen cases that made it to trial, mostly in Los Angeles, ended in acquittal, mistrial or dismissal. Experts say that’s surprising for a department known for its ability to win at trial. The last three felony assault cases, in LA and Portland, will go to trial this fall.

  • bedwyr@piefed.ca
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    4 hours ago

    Oh Idk about the crimes against humanity part, large swaths of the population are coming around to the wisdom of such an action.

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      4 hours ago

      Pretty sure degloving someone’s limbs and forcing them to eat their own flesh is still a crime against humanity or at least it should be once done at scale. Same thing with me wanting to roll them in salt afterwards because my sadism merged with my righteous fury and I cannot seperate them anymore.