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A woman is dead following a “tragic chain of events” that began with a bomb threat against Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene at her Rome home, police said.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

When her family sues, the pig is going to make a qualified immunity defense. It's fucking disgusting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I don't think qualified immunity affects civil suits like wrongful death. AFAIK it only covers criminal charges like murder.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Other way around. Qualified immunity prevents cops from being sued. It does not shield them from criminal charges.

(The corrupt prosecutorial and judicial systems do that instead.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

It covers civil liability if you meet the requirements listed in Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 (1982).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Homer Simpson: "Only covers criminal charges... so far"

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago (1 children)

“The department holds the individual responsible for sending the threatening email fully accountable for setting this tragic chain of events into motion.

"Guys it's literally not even the drivers fault"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Man, fuck the police.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Some A-Train shenanigans afoot

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What kind of dillweed makes a bomb threat with no demands attached? That's some real amateur hour stupidity, right there, unless there was a demand and it just wasn't disclosed. 'Cause otherwise, there's no point.

Law enforcement is going to get the target the hell out of the area and then find the bomb you just told them about, or not if there was in fact no bomb (which seems to be the case here), so either way your presumptive target is not going to get got no matter how you slice it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Some people just want to watch the world burn.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I’d watch MTG burn.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

Leave the MTG dumbshit alone, the opposition should never harm a complete idiot. The classic example, the Allies never tried to assassinate "The Little Fucking Austrian Corporal," because they knew who fucking everything up.

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