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In reply to the discussion: Trump's troops detain a Black lawyer in D.C.--swarmed by 20 officers just .... [View all]B.See
(6,273 posts)85. What they'll do is manufacture bullshit out of thin air,
as they have done before and ALWAYS do.
They don't need any semblance of truth because there are always those looking to excuse and rationalize this kind of shit.
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Trump's troops detain a Black lawyer in D.C.--swarmed by 20 officers just .... [View all]
riversedge
Monday
OP
Not just a madman. He's nothing w/o the willing legions of brownshirted scumbags.
RockRaven
Monday
#14
Understand the sign-up/salary funds are attractive, but I know I would rather
allegorical oracle
Tuesday
#59
My gardener/irrigation specialist is a naturalized citizen whose son is a US Army veteran.
Hekate
Monday
#13
Hope is better than despair, but see #7, papers are no shield from emboldened bastards.
RockRaven
Monday
#15
That is why I will only show them to someone in an office, in person, and I will not leave without them.
OldBaldy1701E
Tuesday
#53
In Arkansas you can order out certified birth certificates and probably others.
LiberalArkie
Tuesday
#71
We need to carry a hammer to smash our phones when the nazis demand we turn them over.
Irish_Dem
Tuesday
#57
ICE is an organization that needs 6 fist-swinging arm-pumping thugs to take down a small gardener...
Hekate
Monday
#5
I'm hoping that an attorney -- even a corporate attorney -- didn't actually say he was going to press charges.
rsdsharp
Monday
#6
Not on his own, but it is used for a victim deciding whether they want authorities to proceed
muriel_volestrangler
Tuesday
#60
Well, it obviously happened since it's on video. But he may be experiencing a mental crisis.
SunSeeker
Monday
#38
This is a really sad story, on so many levels. He appears to be having a mental health crisis.
SunSeeker
Monday
#30
Not only those who assaulted him, but also trump and his administration need to be sued
lostincalifornia
Monday
#34
Covington & Burling, the white shoe law firm where former attorney general Eric Holder serves as senior counsel
elleng
Monday
#40
'He was in a white neighborhood and looked uppity' will be federal policy soon.
Torchlight
Tuesday
#58
I can't see anything except reports from 3 weeks ago about his conflicts with his former law firm,
pnwmom
Tuesday
#66
People in a mental health crisis can do things that would get police attention and//or intervention..
pnwmom
Tuesday
#70