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@koltraned.bsky.social

Public Defender; Union Member; George Saunders reader.

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Only a man in a quarter-zip fleece vest would enforce this rule so ardently.

19.02.2026 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LaLa is just consistently so good.

17.02.2026 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seems like a good thing to add to Schumers list of demands.

05.02.2026 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That caption goes to 11.

04.02.2026 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The old β€œAnswering a question which presumed a proper procedure occurred by failing to answer, β€œyes this is how that proper procedure occurred” and instead viewing the question as inferring improper interference and then insisting your own guilty assumption is untrue” trick.

30.01.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tell me again which photo you posted of yourself to get a million tinder dates?

28.01.2026 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The notion that any Chicago police would hold themselves to the strictures of the 4th Amendment when they happen upon a gun is laughable.

28.01.2026 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you read this β€œlist of demands” in any other decade of American history you’d ask why the lead Democrat Senator is pushing to deputize the Klan.

28.01.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you read this β€œlist of demands” in any other decade of American history you’d ask why the lead Democrat Senator is pushing to deputize the Klan.

28.01.2026 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cook County’s new prosecutor has weakened an already broken system for freeing the innocent State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations again...

You must not be familiar with Eileen Burke. www.injusticewatch.org/project/deny...

28.01.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was told Obama (and Hilary and Kamala) were the one who would take away our guns.

27.01.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What if I was an edge-lord that just listens and lurks?

27.01.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

May we all never cease whistling when in his presence.

27.01.2026 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They are losing.

27.01.2026 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A very difficult first step toward victory.

27.01.2026 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œCan we just shoot them in the legs?” This was only 5.5 years ago.

26.01.2026 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing better than people describing how these tactics are similar to insurgencies the world over AND then failing to mention what citizens are employing these tactics for: to engage in constitutionally protected action. Their astonishing discipline is evident from their commitment to non violence

26.01.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSuspect.” Sounds right. Any citizen exercising constitutional rights is a β€œsuspect” to them. And therein lies the problem.

25.01.2026 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You proceed now you are certainly facing a DOJ that will claim Supremacy Clause immunity, which is not an insignificant legal hurdle in these cases. Ultimately, I think they wait to see what happens in the next election. And then go from there. (I think they can prevail now, but it’s far riskier)

25.01.2026 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

While unsatisfying, there are good strategic reason to wait. There’s no statute of limitations on murder. Even murder investigations with video take months to line up and that’s when you don’t have a government agency obstructing the process. And if..

25.01.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But it’s common police practice to secure a gun in a car until evidence tech comes to document and recover. Especially if scene is not immediately secure.

24.01.2026 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The biggest breach of proper crime scene investigation is posting a photo of the weapon, thereby imparting all sorts of information about the incident to non-witnesses or agents who did not have a clear view of gun. Double edged sword if serial number is registered to a fed and it was a drop gun.

24.01.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Which as other commenters note, could easily be established in a judicial warrant.

23.01.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Probable cause only would be involved once Feds prove that a person is guilty of remaining in US after removal order has been issued.

23.01.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It seems the β€œhigher risk” argument for unauthorized immigrants is belied by the application of the 4th amendment to all that reside in the US, irrespective of immigration status. Further, an order of removal (a civil procedure) does not invoke a probable cause determination.

23.01.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just watched Terminator 2. We are all just Sarah Connor at this point.

19.01.2026 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

T15 law school acceptance carrying a lot of weight here. But thems the perks of acing the LSAT.

14.01.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tell me you haven’t spent much time in close proximity to these agents or understand their general response when you point a cell phone camera at them without using those words.

14.01.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Important outstanding question re: (1) was whether had a justification to initiate a stop/detainment based on 18 usc 111. Assuming blocking a road with a car amounts to force, it appears they would. Still doesn’t resolve whether agents decision to stand in front of car or shots 2/3 were w-in scope.

09.01.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And here we have the limits of false narrative building: β€œagents are under attack!” Being overly-sensitive to the potential dangers of an automobile from past trauma counters an argument that he was acting as a β€œreasonable police officer” would in the same situation per the self defense standard.

09.01.2026 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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