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Truthout @truthout.org

Inside DC courtrooms, judges and defense attorneys have expressed alarm at the tactics being used by law enforcement officers to unfairly charge local residents with serious crimes that carry lengthy prison sentences.

aug 26, 2025, 6:47 pm • 83 45

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US Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui expressed incredulity on Monday while dismissing weapons charges against a Maryland resident named Torez Riley, who was subjected to what the judge described as “without a doubt the most illegal search I’ve ever seen in my life.” “I’m absolutely flabbergasted.”

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Federal public defender Elizabeth Mullin said in court last week that one defendant would never have been charged with a federal felony were it not for the president’s decision to send federal agents swarming the streets of the nation’s capital. “He was caught up in this federal occupation of DC.”

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Andrew St James @untenuredprof.bsky.social

Once you reach the age of 30, you should be educated and mature enough to not need tolerance; that is, the differences around you should inspire your imagination and delight your senses. Comparatively, we need have zero tolerance for people without that ability. Fascists must go

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