Trump previously said Americans were ‘rightly sickened’ by Chauvin’s conduct

  • @[email protected]
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    842 months ago

    Well, Chauvin is serving 20+ years on federal charges and 20+ years on state charges

    Trump can’t pardon state charges

    • Kichae
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      112 months ago

      That’s perfect, then! He can pardon him, really underscoring just how out of touch MAGA is, while also being totally and utterly impotent.

    • @[email protected]
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      392 months ago

      He wanted to do his time at a federal prison for safety as part of his plea deal. Maybe a pardon sends his ass back to state prison.

    • @[email protected]
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      112 months ago

      There is a lot of things he can’t do and still does and americans are like, please sqeeze my balls harder mr.

      • @[email protected]
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        72 months ago

        There is no mechanism that would allow Trump to release Derek Chauvin from prison and the effort to create one would be too much effort for Trump himself to commit to.

        The rest of his presidency would be wasted on just focusing on that issue.

        Trump is all about maximum impact with very little effort on his part.

        It’s not worth it for Trump

        • @[email protected]
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          31 month ago

          No, it is absolutely is worth it. This isn’t about D.C. , it is about under mining state rights to strengthen his dictatorship…

          • @[email protected]
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            31 month ago

            Best he could do is pardon the federal charges just to spark outrage and further sow division

            I’d expect that much, but Chauvin isn’t leaving jail either way

  • @[email protected]
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    482 months ago

    He will last exactly 30 seconds on the street. You can’t have people follow law and order if you refuse to follow the law and order imposed by the people.

    A jury found him guilty, by pardoning him you are making the claim that a trial by jury is not honored and this will cause vigilante justice.

    • @[email protected]
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      202 months ago

      I’m genuinely worried there’s going to be a US Tiananmen Square equivalent at this point. And I don’t just mean the massacre, but the attempts to cover it up as much as possible.

      All while the world just sits back and hums loudly.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      “…we are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

    • @[email protected]
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      42 months ago

      While i do agree that they want riots so they can do shit like martial law and all that, I think they’re underestimating how pissed off everyone is. There’s only so much bullshit they can expect us to put up with in such a short amount of time which I think is the biggest mistake they are making. Their “rapid fire” approach is only accelerating everyone’s anger faster than if they were subtly destroying everything over the course of months.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        I think they’re underestimating how pissed off everyone is.

        Guy Fawkes masks and Luigi caps are all on backorder, with no ship dates before December 4th.

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      2 months ago

      a federal pardon only moves him from a (relatively) safe federal institution out-of-state, back home to minnesota–and a potentially much more hostile environment, to serve out his longer state sentence (and iirc, scotus has already rejected an appeal of state conviction)