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A Marine Corps veteran suffered a broken arm as he was dragged out of a hearing in the US Capitol by police and a senator.

Brian McGinnis called out during a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing in protest of the US attack on Iran.

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Three Capitol Police officers grabbed McGinnis and attempted to drag him out of the room.

The officers were joined by Senator Tim Sheehy, who joined them in trying to pull him away.

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McGinnis, a Greens Party candidate for a Senate seat in North Carolina, has been charged with resisting arrest and three counts of assaulting a police officer.

  • huppakee@piefed.socialEnglish
    24·
    7 hours ago

    Wow i didn’t know they had such high definition cameras in 1940 nazi Germany, they really were ahead of their time. /s

    • anthropozaen@feddit.org
      25·
      11 hours ago

      Sometimes I watch those american police bodycam videos, and somehow in the end the charges often include “assaulting police officers”. Since I’ve never seen it happen in the videos I always wonder if they just add it to the charge list like sprinkles, because charges stack up (meaning more jail time) and also what is the perpetrator going to do about it?

      • Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        10 hours ago

        Assault in the legal vernacular basically amounts to any bodily threat or unwanted physical contact. If you pushed their shoulder out of the way that can count as assault. So if the officer wants it throw the book at you, it’s not difficult for them to stack shit.

        • HasturInYellow@lemmy.world
          5·
          2 hours ago

          This is precisely why I believe there is literally no justice in America. Any judicial ruling ever made, is worth so much toilet paper. When they can just say whatever they want and charge you with whatever they want, it is impossible to get justice. The entire system is rotten and worthy of contempt.

    • iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org
      34·
      12 hours ago

      Genuinely no one did anything right in their attempt to remove him from the room. That’s actually impressive. We know just punishments will not be meted out without the action of the people.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
    44·
    3 hours ago

    Bummer how this isn’t shocking at all.

    Wasn’t that long ago we saw a US Senator get beat up by ICE on live tv. A simple GI getting his arm broken is just another Wednesday. And kudos to that pussy-ass senator for attacking a guy getting mobbed by donut eaters.

    Also, vote Green. Both Dems and Republicans support this shitty war, as usual.

  • thethrilloftime69@feddit.onlineEnglish
    34·
    12 hours ago

    That is insane. How many people have to be forcibly dragged out of a government chamber before they reconsider what they are doing?

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
      2·
      3 hours ago

      Exactly. Soon they’ll start closing and locking the doors to their meetings, and we’ll find out what’s going on when the authorities are busting in your front door.