Jolly Platypus@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 18 hours agoDOJ says Trump protesters could face RICO charges for yelling at him during dinnerwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1606arrow-down12
arrow-up1604arrow-down1external-linkDOJ says Trump protesters could face RICO charges for yelling at him during dinnerwww.independent.co.ukJolly Platypus@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 18 hours agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareGerudo@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up14·15 hours agoI’m sure I know the answer, but does anyone who knows RICO better than me explain how the fuck that charge would apply?
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up20·14 hours agoTheir argument will likely be that a protest is an organized event, so if protestors commit crimes that’s organized crime. It’s a bullshit argument, of course, but that’s never stopped them before.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 hours agoIt doesn’t, but that no longer matters. Fascism is all about turning the legal system into a game of Fizzbin played against political enemies.
I’m sure I know the answer, but does anyone who knows RICO better than me explain how the fuck that charge would apply?
Their argument will likely be that a protest is an organized event, so if protestors commit crimes that’s organized crime.
It’s a bullshit argument, of course, but that’s never stopped them before.
It doesn’t, but that no longer matters. Fascism is all about turning the legal system into a game of Fizzbin played against political enemies.