At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.

Top leaders of the criminal section of the Civil Rights Division have left their jobs to register their frustration with the department after the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon decided not to investigate the ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good last week.

The criminal section of the division would normally investigate any fatal shooting by a law enforcement officer and specializes in probing potential or alleged abuse or improper use of force by law enforcement.

The departures – including that of the chief of the section, as well as the principal deputy chief, deputy chief and acting deputy chief – represent the most significant mass resignation at the Justice Department since February. At that time, five leaders and supervisors of the department’s Public Integrity Section, which investigates public officials for possible corruption, resigned rather than comply with an appointee of Donald Trump’s orders to dismiss the bribery case against then-New York mayor Eric Adams.

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[–] 15 points 10 months ago (13 children)

we can put through a regime change in this year’s midterm elections

It's incredible how many people still think that this will be a thing.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    If Trump is actually able to stop or delay elections this year we have bigger problems.

    I don't think you grasp just what it would take to actually stop elections.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I'd argue that you already DO have bigger problems, you just haven't come to terms with it yet.

    Doesn't really matter what it would take. His plan is (and always has been) that if anything doesn't go his way, he takes it to the supreme court who he handpicked and has in his pocket. So either:

    • a) He manages to stop the midterms, or
    • b) He doesn't, but Republicans already have them rigged so as to not matter, or
    • c) They lose the midterms, Trump takes it to the supreme court, who hand the republicans the win based on "hand waved evidence of voter fraud by democrats and 'illegals'"...

    Trump just gets bolder every time people say "oh we'll get out of this at the midterms." He's laughing at America.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    It's not that we haven't come to terms with it, it's just that any resistance will need to be legitimized by outside forces to be recognized. If you look at the long history of tyrannical governments being overthrown, American and European figureheads always talk about whether or not the local resistance groups are legitimate in their concerns or not, which ultimately determines how much outside help is given.

    Look at Gaza, there's a resistance force over there that has been branded as a terrorist organization (in certain cases, deservingly) which they now also have to fight a PR campaign online.

    Going full blown delegitimizes any movement, and can justify further fascist ratcheting vs them just "claiming" violence happened against them, which EVERYONE can fully see is not happening. Sure they will claim it regardless but that loses them potential allies and any high ground.

    We still have a court system. We still have elections. And both of those take time.

    For anyone talking about where the lines are, that's them. Functioning legitimate courts, and functioning legitimate elections.

    Until then, we are out there demonstrating peacefully, building up our communities, and giving them the rope to Nuremberg themselves with.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    It's infuriating. People are literally laying down and taking it up the ass right now while saying, "it's okay, it'll be fixed a year from now"

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

    How is saying that we "won't have midterms" anything but lying down and taking it up the ass in advance? You've already given up and it's only January.

    I wish you doomers would go back to reddit.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Almost certainly it will be a thing but it will be more difficult than past midterms. In the meantime we got to keep fighting and doing everything we can to tank Trump's popularity (things such as talking to people who don't follow politics much) because the less popular Trump is and the less support the more likely people will refuse the risk of rigging/stopping the election.

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