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ScratchCat

(2,699 posts)
36. No
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 11:04 AM
Friday

They are trying to charge him with federal civil rights violations. That's how they have claimed jurisdiction here, because trespassing is a State or local law and they have to invent some federal issue. Without a complaint from the Church, they are "defending" the civil rights of the Church-goers. This is their craziness. It will be dismissed outright by a court. The church will have to take a legal stance at some point, and it would be dumb to try to push this. Without the church being involved, this will be ultimately dismissed. But the intent is to intimidate, nothing more. They know these charges will be dismissed.

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..reporting while black? thomski64 Friday #1
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WTF? malaise Friday #3
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