@TheAdamOfApples@LittleMikeyMcD@groove_sdc These large Democratic majorities emerged amid major political upheavals like the Civil Rights Movement. US origins lie in slavery and genocide. Fascism is our recurring ideological default against which broad coalitions are required.
@TheAdamOfApples@LittleMikeyMcD@groove_sdc Significant social welfare programs like the Great Society have only ever been passed with vast Democratic majorities. Majorities under which Democrats were represented by a range of ideological positions where centrist dissent was subsumed by more left leaning coalitions.
@Depl0rableSc0ut@HarlemJ11@NPRinskeep@nytimes Barnes v. Felix is the most directly relevant recent precedent: courts must now look at what happened before the threat, not just at the moment of shooting. That means an officer who positions himself in harm’s way can’t simply isolate the final seconds to justify lethal force.
@NoCRTinSchools@chrisvanderveen The Constitution does not permit law enforcement to manufacture danger and then invoke that danger as a license to kill.
@NoCRTinSchools@chrisvanderveen The footage shows agents converging on Good’s vehicle, with the shooter moving around the rear of her car and into its path as she attempted to leave. Courts have repeatedly held that officers may not manufacture a deadly confrontation and then claim self-defense.
My bill, the three-year extension of the ACA Tax Credits, PASSED THE HOUSE!!
Health care is a human right, and I am so grateful for the determination of House Democrats to fight for our working-class families and their affordable care.
@buchananite97@JosiahHawthorne ICE’s attempt to detain Renee Nicole Good was outside any lawful authority and therefore unlawful under both federal statute (8 U.S.C. § 1357) and the Fourth Amendment.
@buchananite97@JosiahHawthorne ICE’s attempt to detain Renee Nicole Good was outside any lawful authority and therefore unlawful under both federal statute (8 U.S.C. § 1357) and the Fourth Amendment.
@TalkJesus2024@QuinHillyer@LLite25 They shot her in the face for blocking the road?
ICE’s attempt to detain Renee Nicole Good was outside any lawful authority and therefore unlawful under both federal statute (8 U.S.C. § 1357) and the Fourth Amendment.
@KimWexlerMAJD@ukblok26@LangmanVince ICE’s attempt to detain Renee Nicole Good was outside any lawful authority and therefore unlawful under both federal statute and the Fourth Amendment.
@ErikUnchained@TheLaurenChen Courts have repeatedly held that officers may not manufacture a deadly confrontation and then claim self-defense, like for example, stepping directly in front of a slowly moving vehicle.
@SammyObeid Courts have repeatedly held that officers may not manufacture a deadly confrontation and then claim self-defense. If officers place themselves in harm’s way through poor tactics (for example, stepping directly in front of a slowly moving vehicle when safer alternatives exist)