C O (he/him)
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C O (he/him)
@cso77
A German/Brit living in England. Member of the secret “Guardian reading, tofu eating Wokerati” society. 332 ppm at birth.


The Churchill statue in Parliament Square has been defaced overnight with "Zionist war criminal" and other graffiti. My colleague who took the photo says the statue is covered on all sides. It is cordoned off and being cleaned, it seems.





🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: Jake Lang was arrested outside the Minnesota State Capitol. He kicked down a “PROSECUTE ICE” sign and rearranging the letters to say “PRO ICE” Is anyone else surprised this sign was even there on Government property?!




I'm a former defense attorney and currently a civil liberties attorney with no political dog in this fight. I watched the video at least 10 times from different angles and at different speeds and waited to offer an opinion, which I still reserve the right to change if additional information changes the calculus. It is very clear that the officers instigated the confrontation. The woman initially tried to wave them past her. ICE officers have no authority to search a US citizen or arrest her (unless there's probable cause to believe she's harboring undocumented individuals, not a contention here). A woman surrounded by masked, armed men who have no law enforcement authority over her has every right to try to escape. Video shows her steering wheel is turned to the right, clearly an attempt to leave WITHOUT hitting anyone and steer clear of the officer standing towards the front of her car. That officer had time to step to the side, which is where he was when he shot her. Even a real police officer would not have the right to shoot at her for trying to flee. This is well-established in the case law; deadly force may not be used simply to prevent someone from getting away. Given that the ICE officers had no law enforcement authority to begin with, AND the video footage shows she was trying to escape a perceived threat, not to kill anyone, the crime is all the more inexcusable. I'm praying for the victim's family, especially her children. I'm also praying for all the conservatives who are so unprincipled and lost they're excusing this terrible crime, and gloating over a death that will leave three young children motherless, because of the victim's politics.










Today, the Deputy Speaker presiding over the Budget Statement in the UK House of Commons is Nus Ghani. Nus Ghani was born in Kashmir, Pakistan. There should not be a single person born in Pakistan in the UK House of Commons.









