A human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Tennessee has been dismissed without a trial.

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[–] 63 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You mean extremely intentionally deported?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    This headline reminds me of how Chomsky talks about the corporate media talking about our foreign wars and how they are framed if they are backing off of them, or, later, want to downplay them: "mistakes were made" is typical phrase usage.

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  • [–] 47 points 5 months ago

    It was not miastaken, it was deliberate and targeted persecuation of a private indivdual by the state driven by psychotic ideology to appease a bigoted base. I'm pretty fucking tired of the AP sanewashing these obvious crimes, I've already seen 3 articles outta there today trying to create a rational discource of flagrant abuse of laws and norms by this admin.

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  • [–] 36 points 5 months ago*

    Abrego Garcia was charged with human smuggling and conspiracy to commit human smuggling, with prosecutors claiming that he accepted money to transport within the United States people who were in the country illegally.

    The charges stem from a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee for speeding. Body camera footage from a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer shows a calm exchange with Abrego Garcia. There were nine passengers in the car, and the officers discussed among themselves their suspicions of smuggling. However, Abrego Garcia was eventually allowed to continue driving with only a warning.

    For those trying to say he was some evil guy involved in human smuggling or trafficking, he had been sent by his employer, in a company-owned van, to pick up and take construction workers from one site to another. He wasn't "smuggling" or "trafficking" anybody, he was doing his job, and since it involved driving company property, and carrying company personnel, presumably he was a highly trusted and valued employee.

    Just a little context on the "criminal monster" we're talking about here.

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  • [–] 20 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I hope he will be applying for his share of trumps slush fund for being a victim of the weaponization of government.

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago

    “The evidence before this court sadly reflects an abuse of prosecuting power,” U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, in Nashville, Tenn., said in his ruling granting Abrego Garcia’s motion to dismiss for “selective or vindictive prosecution.” Without Abrego Garcia’s “successful lawsuit challenging his removal to El Salvador, the government would not have brought this prosecution.”

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago

    “Mistakenly deported”???

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    'Murica

    Where cruelty and abuse of power is celebrated by ignorant white cunts who are afraid that if there's actually equal opportunities for everyone, they'll be shown up as the stupid and weak losers they are

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    One down, thousands to go.

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  • [–] [S] 20 points 5 months ago

    Why gee, it's almost like people who are getting deported should get their day in court. What a concept eh?

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago

    Mistakenly illegally deported

    Fucking really? Just goes to show how easy it is to change the narrative.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    mistakenly deported

    Oops, how did that happen? /s

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Mistakenly deported Trafficked

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    [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    The ketchup is flying in the Oval Orifice.

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