The demonization rhetoric continues to accelerate.
Trump Admin takes over D.C. Policing
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The demonization rhetoric continues to accelerate.
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I wonder if fhere will be evidence beyond Mr. Balls’ own testimony.
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That tweet is incorrect and misleading. The defendants who did not receive any prison time were two 15-year-olds. They are not the same people being charged here. The people charged here not only had not been sentenced, but were not yet arresemted until yesterday.
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Thx. Found a more accurate story from Reuters:
Two more arrested in attempted carjacking of DOGE staffer in Washington, D.C.
Two more arrested in attempted carjacking of DOGE staffer in Washington, D.C.
Two more people have been arrested for the alleged assault of a former DOGE staff member in August that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump's federal crackdown on crime in the nation's capital, authorities said on Monday.
“… Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in Washington, said two men, ages 19 and 18, were arrested in the carjacking attack on Edward Coristine, known as "Big Balls."
… Coristine has said 10 people were involved in the attack, and four have been arrested so far.
In Monday's announcement, Pirro said Laurence Cotton-Powell, 19, and Anthony Taylor, 18 were charged with attempted unarmed carjacking, two counts of robbery, and two counts of assault with intent to commit robbery.
Both men also face charges in another attack and robbery that took place just before the attack against Coristine and his friends.
… Last week, a boy and a girl, both 15, received probation after pleading guilty in the case to simple assault, which does not involve use of a weapon or result in serious injury.…”
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Thx. Found a more accurate story from Reuters:
Two more arrested in attempted carjacking of DOGE staffer in Washington, D.C.
Two more arrested in attempted carjacking of DOGE staffer in Washington, D.C.
Two more people have been arrested for the alleged assault of a former DOGE staff member in August that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump's federal crackdown on crime in the nation's capital, authorities said on Monday.www.reuters.com
“… Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in Washington, said two men, ages 19 and 18, were arrested in the carjacking attack on Edward Coristine, known as "Big Balls."
… Coristine has said 10 people were involved in the attack, and four have been arrested so far.
In Monday's announcement, Pirro said Laurence Cotton-Powell, 19, and Anthony Taylor, 18 were charged with attempted unarmed carjacking, two counts of robbery, and two counts of assault with intent to commit robbery.
Both men also face charges in another attack and robbery that took place just before the attack against Coristine and his friends.
… Last week, a boy and a girl, both 15, received probation after pleading guilty in the case to simple assault, which does not involve use of a weapon or result in serious injury.…”
“… As for the Aug. 3 attacks, authorities on Monday detailed how Cotton-Powell and Taylor were allegedly part of a group of youngsters who punched, chased and pepper sprayed a group of friends at the Sunoco gas station on U Street. Enlarged photos from CCTV footage that captured the attack dotted the room hosting the news conference Monday.
The alleged assailants then ran away, heading a couple blocks south where, according to court records, they spotted Edward Coristine and a companion.
A group of about 10 young people approached the pair, who were walking toward a car after a party,on Swann Street in Northwest Washington in the predawn darkness.
“Let me get your car! Let me get your car,” the group said, according to prosecutors. Coristine told officers he pushed his companion into the car “for her safety” and that people in the group then attacked him. Some members of the group also banged on the car and pulled on its doors while the woman inside texted and called a friend for help.
… Officers patrolling the area interrupted the assault and apprehended the two 15-year-olds, but others fled, according to police.…”
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DC Man Sues Over His Arrest for Playing Darth Vader Music at National Guard
The lawsuit has Star Wars jokes, of course.
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