From the released footage, it appears that the murderer, Jonathan Ross, was holding his phone camera and filming the entire murder. That is critical evidence that the state needs to have to either prosecute or potentially exonerate Jonathan Ross. I’m not sure why more of the reporting on this murder isn’t covering that detail. Again, murderer Jonathan Ross is in possession of critical murder evidence that documents a fuckin’ murder.
...the murderer, Jonathan Ross, was holding his phone camera and filming the entire murder.
Is that confirmed somewhere? Just holding his phone with a camera app open isn't enough. ICE has an app that uses a photograph to supposedly tell whether or not someone is a citizen. If there is evidence he recorded the incident for any reason, then I would think that that would be clear evidence of premeditation.
It was a handheld phone cam, not a body cam. ICE has thousands of dollars in equipment, but is choosing not to equip body cams; which could have kept his hands free to protect himself. Handheld allows the footage to be far shakier, so he can emphasize the idea he was "struck".
The footage doesn't contain all of the gunshots. In high likelihood, it had to have been edited before posting, for this to be the case.
Jonathan Ross took off right after the shooting. Actually putting him in prison means locating his lair and actually arresting him, which may be difficult if a ton of armed feds are there protecting him.
Well hey, maybe members of his immediate family can be located and used to “entice” him out of hiding in some fashion. It’s a tactic ICE is using after all, so it’s fair to use it against them.
Yeah, I'd be willing to bet he's been flown out on an ICE plane to Texas or Florida or DC. You'd need to involve federal law enforcement in actually arresting him if he's fled the state, and that will go over like a wet fart with the department who keeps saying he's done literally nothing wrong.
Do you want them to successfully prosecute him, or do you want them to make a big show and then not have enough documented evidence with full chain of custody and have their prosecution fail? Your indict first and investigate later idea will only serve to let him off.
It’s been 36 hours. Take a breath and let them work. They’re going to get there and they’re going to do it the right way.
It’s so stupid. People like JD Vance are so stupid. They don’t even consider that they could spin this as a bad event, and the shithead should be prosecuted and that their ICE actions are valid. I don’t agree with ICE and I’m not defending them. But if ICE is valid, then it’s valid that they could fuck up too. It would help their cause to run things in a less toxic way.
But this is asking for nuance from this administration. They're a bunch of maladjusted sociopaths. And to reiterate: I’m not defending ICE.
It's one of a few weaknesses they have. The whole "stick to your guns" strong-and-tough-guy ideology makes it impossible to backtrack, quickly pivot, or even feign concern, to achieve a quick tactical victory. All that is tantamount to failure and admitting defeat. Instead, they have to either build a massive smokescreen, lie their pants off, or dig even deeper into an already cursed situation. Then there's tribalism, making it impossible to publicly throw their own goons under the bus. It's a stupid and weirdly consistent mindset (i.e. lawful evil), but when it comes to this cabal and their supporters, it's kind of their whole deal.
Worst part is, it's not a new thing. It's a topic of concern for a character in a book I'm writing - where a powerful figure knows she's wrong on some occasions, but the political atmosphere rewards her more for boasting her righteousness on those issues.
It would honestly make the administration look better if they said "this ICE agent went rogue and will be held accountable. ICE as a whole does not condone this", but instead, they're defending it and effectively telling us ICE will continue to kill innocent citizens with impunity. They're telling us this is what they're supposed to be doing
At this point they don’t care about looking good. They care about looking powerful. They want people to know they can do this and nothing happens. Look what Miller is saying. We can do whatever we want to other countries because we have the power to do so. Same with ICE here.
These people suck. And there’s 10s of millions in this country that support them. Midterms won’t save us. Only reprogramming them will.
Nuance? I’m valid. If I accidentally walk into a bank demanding money, can you spin that?
ICE is valid, but are way outside the scope they have historically been used for, with a flood of barely trained new people, going where they’re not wanted, to terrorize the population on the flimsy excuse of immigrants. They somehow believe they’re above the law and their victims are beneath it. If your “nuance” is this entire mission is criminal, ok. But there’s no nuance saying you can go this far into depriving people of rights, then claim that executing them is an accident
Sure and maybe it’s all of our fault for accepting that. It’s easy to say they can abbreviate due diligence when you’re picturing them chasing people who are in the process of physically sneaking across the border. Especially when it’s balanced with people already established were generally treated as a civil infraction and with a defined process rather than violent criminal infraction
Yeah but he knows that if they think they have to follow rules... Trump supporters that can barely read and write wouldn't sign up to be jack-booted thugs.
You had control of that. Others don’t have and they don’t have control of your military turning on them.
No, I don’t get off on US misfortune, but I’m tired of fuckall being done by voters year by year then pissing and moaning when people are threatened and killed.
Nah, it's even worse: the FBI refuses to even charge the murderer so that a pardon won't even be necessary, while illegally withholding the evidence from the state authorities so they can't conduct the parallel investigation that they're entitled to.
They can, but they won't. Everyone knows the Dems' donors won't allow them to put up any real resistance against fascism. Best they'll do is a public condemnation, maybe a pinky swear to hold the next one accountable, if we're lucky.
67 Comments
logicbomb@lemmy.world · 127 pts · 230d
The state doesn't just have the right to charge the ICE officer. It has the obligation to charge him.
bold_atlas@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 229d
And when the state fails the obligation falls on the people.
PiperTheJournalist@discuss.online · 9 pts · 229d
And when the people fails the obligation falls on the bears.
What I'm getting at is we need to train bears to attack ICE agents. Maybe leave effigies of meat wrapped in ICE gear in the forests?
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 227d
Or go to a gay bar on buffalo wings night
danc4498@lemmy.world · 72 pts · 230d
FYI for anybody else that saw “misconduct expert” and said wtf is that.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 39 pts · 230d
Yeah, he's the GOOD kind of misconduct expert, not an expert on committing misconduct like cops tend to be.
xenomor@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 230d
From the released footage, it appears that the murderer, Jonathan Ross, was holding his phone camera and filming the entire murder. That is critical evidence that the state needs to have to either prosecute or potentially exonerate Jonathan Ross. I’m not sure why more of the reporting on this murder isn’t covering that detail. Again, murderer Jonathan Ross is in possession of critical murder evidence that documents a fuckin’ murder.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 14 pts · 229d
Christchurch much?
BTW we have plenty video of everything, there really is no question. I recommend this 404media article.
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 229d
I think they lost the .is domain.
I know this link worked for me: https://archive.ph/Dl0ST
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 2 pts · 229d
Are you sure? Here (EU) .is is working
paraphrand@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 229d
He should be prosecuted for destroying evidence.
Edit: surprisingly, his video was released around the time I posted this.
Manjushri@piefed.social · 5 pts · 229d
Is that confirmed somewhere? Just holding his phone with a camera app open isn't enough. ICE has an app that uses a photograph to supposedly tell whether or not someone is a citizen. If there is evidence he recorded the incident for any reason, then I would think that that would be clear evidence of premeditation.
athatet@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 229d
The cell phone video that the murderer was taking has been posted on the internet.
Manjushri@piefed.social · 2 pts · 229d
Damn. He was clearly planning or shooting someone there. Mother fucker was taking video to jerk off to later.
Katana314@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 229d
Some key details from the phone footage.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 229d
It was definitely edited.
dudinax@programming.dev · 4 pts · 229d
prediction: Lost in a phone upgrade.
zombyreagan@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 229d
The cell phone footage was leaked. I've seen it and u can clearly see the lady training the wheel away from him
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 36 pts · 229d
I truly hope they took him into custody right away. They did, right?
That this needs to be stated explicitely is so sad.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 230d
Ok. So, like...what are they waiting for? If I shoot someone on video, I'd already be in prison.
silence7@slrpnk.net · 36 pts · 230d
Jonathan Ross took off right after the shooting. Actually putting him in prison means locating his lair and actually arresting him, which may be difficult if a ton of armed feds are there protecting him.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 230d
Well hey, maybe members of his immediate family can be located and used to “entice” him out of hiding in some fashion. It’s a tactic ICE is using after all, so it’s fair to use it against them.
jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 229d
Charge any feds with obstruction of justice
Mirshe@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 230d
Yeah, I'd be willing to bet he's been flown out on an ICE plane to Texas or Florida or DC. You'd need to involve federal law enforcement in actually arresting him if he's fled the state, and that will go over like a wet fart with the department who keeps saying he's done literally nothing wrong.
AA5B@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 229d
He can be charged and a warrant issued. He can be a fugitive
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 230d
To be fair, it sounds like you're not a cop and therefore you're not legally immune to the consequences of your actions according to fascism 🤷
MacEnvy@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 229d
Do you want them to successfully prosecute him, or do you want them to make a big show and then not have enough documented evidence with full chain of custody and have their prosecution fail? Your indict first and investigate later idea will only serve to let him off.
It’s been 36 hours. Take a breath and let them work. They’re going to get there and they’re going to do it the right way.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 229d
The guy murdered someone, he didn't break into a Subway and steal the register and a cold cut trio.
MacEnvy@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 229d
brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 229d
You don't select the jury before the arrest...
MacEnvy@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 229d
thejoker954@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 229d
"... First, start with a jury that confirms that none of them have seen the footage and made a decision yet...."
Part of your comment begs to differ.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 229d
You're right. You didn't imply it. You said it.
paraphrand@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 229d
It’s so stupid. People like JD Vance are so stupid. They don’t even consider that they could spin this as a bad event, and the shithead should be prosecuted and that their ICE actions are valid. I don’t agree with ICE and I’m not defending them. But if ICE is valid, then it’s valid that they could fuck up too. It would help their cause to run things in a less toxic way.
But this is asking for nuance from this administration. They're a bunch of maladjusted sociopaths. And to reiterate: I’m not defending ICE.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 229d
It's one of a few weaknesses they have. The whole "stick to your guns" strong-and-tough-guy ideology makes it impossible to backtrack, quickly pivot, or even feign concern, to achieve a quick tactical victory. All that is tantamount to failure and admitting defeat. Instead, they have to either build a massive smokescreen, lie their pants off, or dig even deeper into an already cursed situation. Then there's tribalism, making it impossible to publicly throw their own goons under the bus. It's a stupid and weirdly consistent mindset (i.e. lawful evil), but when it comes to this cabal and their supporters, it's kind of their whole deal.
howl2@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 229d
Their cause and purpose is terror and psychological abuse. For that reason they are already on point for serving their cause.
Katana314@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 229d
Worst part is, it's not a new thing. It's a topic of concern for a character in a book I'm writing - where a powerful figure knows she's wrong on some occasions, but the political atmosphere rewards her more for boasting her righteousness on those issues.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 229d
It would honestly make the administration look better if they said "this ICE agent went rogue and will be held accountable. ICE as a whole does not condone this", but instead, they're defending it and effectively telling us ICE will continue to kill innocent citizens with impunity. They're telling us this is what they're supposed to be doing
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 229d
That would be terrible for their recruiting metrics.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 229d
At this point they don’t care about looking good. They care about looking powerful. They want people to know they can do this and nothing happens. Look what Miller is saying. We can do whatever we want to other countries because we have the power to do so. Same with ICE here.
These people suck. And there’s 10s of millions in this country that support them. Midterms won’t save us. Only reprogramming them will.
RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 229d
AA5B@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 229d
Nuance? I’m valid. If I accidentally walk into a bank demanding money, can you spin that?
ICE is valid, but are way outside the scope they have historically been used for, with a flood of barely trained new people, going where they’re not wanted, to terrorize the population on the flimsy excuse of immigrants. They somehow believe they’re above the law and their victims are beneath it. If your “nuance” is this entire mission is criminal, ok. But there’s no nuance saying you can go this far into depriving people of rights, then claim that executing them is an accident
Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 225d
Border and immigration enforcement has always been questionable from a theoretical and practical level
AA5B@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Sure and maybe it’s all of our fault for accepting that. It’s easy to say they can abbreviate due diligence when you’re picturing them chasing people who are in the process of physically sneaking across the border. Especially when it’s balanced with people already established were generally treated as a civil infraction and with a defined process rather than violent criminal infraction
OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 229d
Yeah but he knows that if they think they have to follow rules... Trump supporters that can barely read and write wouldn't sign up to be jack-booted thugs.
stylusmobilus@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 228d
This is how the rest of the world has seen the US for some time.
Edifying to finally see what they’ve been seeing isn’t it?
Soulg@ani.social · 4 pts · 228d
Can we get a single post without comments like this our lives are going poorly enough thank you
Who am I kidding ofcourse not you have to jerk yourselves off to our misfortune
stylusmobilus@aussie.zone · -1 pts · 228d
You had control of that. Others don’t have and they don’t have control of your military turning on them.
No, I don’t get off on US misfortune, but I’m tired of fuckall being done by voters year by year then pissing and moaning when people are threatened and killed.
AnalogNotDigital@lemmy.wtf · 2 pts · 228d
Dude there's a lot of evidence he literally stole the election, so the people here clearly didn't want this guy in office.
stylusmobilus@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 228d
They either did or didn’t care enough not to vote. Not just this election either.
Tampering is a shitload harder to do when the turnout is something like 80 or 90 percent.
No excuses here.
ZombieMantis@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 229d
No shit, Sherlock.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 230d
Step 1. Murderer uploads the Minnesota state case to a federal one.
Step 2. Trump pardons the murderer.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 230d
Nah, it's even worse: the FBI refuses to even charge the murderer so that a pardon won't even be necessary, while illegally withholding the evidence from the state authorities so they can't conduct the parallel investigation that they're entitled to.
It's federal fascism all the way down.
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 10 pts · 230d
Even worse that Just Dance Vance just gave ICE absolute immunity. This is fucking ridiculous.
athatet@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 229d
I didn’t realize the Joikin Dapenuts Vance was able to make people immune to gunfire. Incredible.
AA5B@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 229d
Legally he can’t even give a sofa absolute immunity.
However yes, this is him running for president, copying drump’s approach of say it loudly and repeatedly until people start believing it
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 229d
As if it wasn't ALREADY a job tailor made for people who want it specifically to get away with heinous crimes even more than being a regular cop is 🤦🤬
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 229d
MURDER!
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 228d
Then....
hemmes@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 229d
Duh, everyone can see this was murder
OshagHennessey@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 229d
They can, but they won't. Everyone knows the Dems' donors won't allow them to put up any real resistance against fascism. Best they'll do is a public condemnation, maybe a pinky swear to hold the next one accountable, if we're lucky.
SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 230d
He's kinda a mack at misconduct
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 229d
But will they?
redpastaknife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 228d
praduprew@lemmy.zip · -34 pts · 229d
OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 229d
Yes Daddy, press that boot on my neck harder. Yess, let me lick it.
praduprew@lemmy.zip · -9 pts · 228d
TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 228d
I hope you grow into a better person some day.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 228d
personally I hope they just drop out of existence from the perspective of the rest of us
praduprew@lemmy.zip · -4 pts · 228d
LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 229d
Like the taste of leather, don'tcha?
alekwithak@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 228d
Did you make an account just to leave that comment? Bot detected.
banshee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 228d
History has taught us the value of standing up for others that are being dehumanized. Abuse of power cannot be tolerated.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 228d
LOL. Banned.