Shortly after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, city leaders began looking into whether the officer had violated state criminal law.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said, “We collectively are going to do everything possible to get to the bottom of this, to get justice, and to make sure that there is an investigation that is conducted in full.” Police Chief Brian O’Hara followed up by saying that the state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is “investigat[ing] whether any state laws within the state of Minnesota have been violated.”

If they conclude that state law has been violated, the question is: What next? Contrary to recent assertions from some federal officials, states can prosecute federal officers for violating state criminal laws, and there is precedent for that.

  • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    War crimes by invading Venezuela, kidnapping it’s “president”, taking bribes, pedophilia, influencing the stock market while profiting from it, shooting boats murdering its crew near Venezuela which are also war crimes, deporting us citizens, invading us cities, putting people in concentration camps in the US, Afrikan countries and El Salvador without process, the list goes on and on and on.

    But SCOTUS cleared him of prosecution for anything he does while being president.