Derek Chauvin was removed from the courtroom in handcuffs after being found guilty on all counts, second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter, in the death of George Floyd
REMINDER: The 4th Amendment requires that ALL law enforcement officers must have reasonable suspicion before detaining or questioning anyone, and that law enforcement must have probable cause before arresting anyone.
If you believe property matters more than lives killed by police, then you are ethically and morally wrong, and you are on the wrong side of history. #BlackLivesMatter#DefundThePolice#AbolishThePolice
We're also asking the court to order Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf and Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli to personally appear before the court.
This administration must be held accountable for its lawlessness.
The motion for contempt and sanctions, filed by the @ACLU_OR, urges the court to order each federal agent who violated the restraining order to be identified, personally appear in court, and be prohibited from engaging in armed operations in Portland
Bill Barr declared before Congress today that the "most basic responsibility of government is to ensure the rule of law."
Willfully violating a court order protecting our constitutional rights is not ensuring the rule of law — it is mayhem and lawlessness.
Federal agents deliberately sprayed mace into the faces of multiple clearly-marked legal observers at point-blank range and shot another clearly-marked legal observer directly in her chest with a rubber bullet from four feet away. https://t.co/i8bdOUpwkw
Hours after the court issued the restraining order in our case, and every night since, federal agents have targeted and attacked journalists and legal observers in direct violation of the court order. https://t.co/qIrXJFVcsR
BREAKING: We're asking a federal court to sanction and hold in contempt the federal agents in Portland, Oregon, for willfully and repeatedly violating a restraining order blocking attacks on journalists and legal observers.
There are federal primaries today in:
🗳️ Kentucky
🗳️ Mississippi
🗳️ New York
🗳️ North Carolina
🗳️ South Carolina
🗳️ Virginia
Know your rights.
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