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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Fri Jan 8, 2021, 04:34 PM Jan 2021

Should the Capital Hill cop who took a selfie with the MAGATERRORIST be prosecuted? [View all]

Whoever, knowing that an offense against the United States has been committed, receives, relieves, comforts or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial or punishment, is an accessory after the fact.

18 U.S. Code § 3 - Accessory after the fact | U.S. Code | US Law

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Should the Capital Hill cop who took a selfie with the MAGATERRORIST be prosecuted? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2021 OP

For what? The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #1

Aiding and abetting a violent insurrection. Lunabell Jan 2021 #4

Here ya go DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2021 #7

Accessory? DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2021 #5

At the very least, fired. Lunabell Jan 2021 #2

and lose his pension dv421 Jan 2021 #10

He should certainly be fired, not sure what criminal charges would apply Va Lefty Jan 2021 #3

Removed, and then prosecuted. Maru Kitteh Jan 2021 #6

Dereliction of duty would be another sakabatou Jan 2021 #8

I didn't see him commit any crime StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #9

Is there no hope of getting a Federal law banning selfies passed?... n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2021 #11

Yes, if there is an appropriate statue allowing it. BainsBane Jan 2021 #12

Along with any cops who abetted their entrance into the building Montauk6 Jan 2021 #13

Cops have taken selfies with racial justice protesters. marybourg Jan 2021 #14

If a racial justice protester was in the commission of a crime and a cop took a selfie... DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2021 #15

The cop who took the selfie had no way of knowing marybourg Jan 2021 #17

I proudly stand with the 96% of OUR community who think he should be prosecuted. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2021 #18

Res ipsa loquitur DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2021 #19

The selfie that I saw being taken was outdoors, marybourg Jan 2021 #20

No, just fired. sinkingfeeling Jan 2021 #16

It was just a selfie, disciplined seems reasonable Amishman Jan 2021 #24

I wonder how this asshat liberalhistorian Jan 2021 #21

Probably just fired. nt Quixote1818 Jan 2021 #22

No isn't the right answer, and maybe not yes either. MyNameGoesHere Jan 2021 #23