If you don't know the term "testilying" you might be more familiar with the word perjury. Well, it's not just a problem with members of the Thin Blue Line, Federal Law Enforcement under Trump just like under all Republican administrations just flat out lies;
US immigration officers made false and misleading statements in their reports about several Los Angeles protesters they arrested during the massive demonstrations that rocked the city in June, according to federal law enforcement files obtained by the Guardian.
The officers’ testimony was cited in at least five cases filed by the US Department of Justice amid the unrest. The justice department has charged at least 26 people with “assaulting” and “impeding” federal officers and other crimes during the protests over immigration raids. Prosecutors, however, have since been forced to dismiss at least eight of those felonies, many of them which relied on officers’ inaccurate reports, court records show.
The justice department has also dismissed at least three felony assault cases it brought against Angelenos accused of interfering with arrests during recent immigration raids, the documents show.
Apparently, the lies from Department of Homeland Security and ICE are so ubiquitous, so outrageous that Grand Juries are refusing to return indictments.
So, this isn't a new phenomenon. There is a whole cottage industry which has grown up around Police Departments to specifically train officers on how to massage their reports and how to couch their testimony as to obfuscate and distort the incident and interaction with the Police in a way which makes the, usually indefensible, defensible.
You're probably aware of the euphemistic language Police Officers use in their reports, I assisted him to the ground instead of I threw him down, the suspect made furtive movements around his waistband to mean I shot the unarmed person because I thought he had a gun.
Now... don't expect Faux News or Rightwing propagandists or those staunch 2A and State's Rights advocates to call out the Federal Government because this... is... what... they... have... always... fucking... wanted... The awesome power of the State turned against their Enemies. All those accusations, as they say, were admissions of what Conservatives would immediately do with federal law enforcement power.
When Republicans decried Two-Tiered Justice what they meant was they believe in it, Republicans absolutely believe in the Unequal Application of Law&Order and Due Process. The Law is meant to protect them and bind you...
Coupled with Traitor Trump's desire to have President Obama arrested to distract from Donold's multiple instances of raping children along with his best buddy Jeffrey Epstein and his plan to use the military to round-up homeless people are stick them in concentration camps, we are rapidly approaching an inflection point where Republicans will outright order many Americans executed.
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