@chrisgeidner.bsky.social & @hennepinatty.bsky.social You want "deterrence" & "accountability"? When the time is right, charge the killers of Good & Pretti with Murder 2°. Let's see if the killers can meet their burden of establishing immunity under Neagle -- as that opinion is properly construed.

Deep-five dissection of the prosecution of @donlemonofficial.bsky.social et. al.

I just published: The Taken Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas Documented through court records. Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.

What an ugly assault on First Amendment and on Congress. Thankfully, thwarted. "A group of ordinary citizens sitting on the grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington rejected the effort." Shame on DOJ. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

Neagle's ("necessary and proper" to specific federal "duty" holding) only permits a federal judge to perform a limited gatekeeping function when a federal officer is charged with a state crime. If sufficient evidence of state crime, prosecution goes to jury. www.theusconstitution.org/wp-content/u...

1. When @hennepinatty.bsky.social charges the killers of Good & Pretti with murder, burden on them to establish Supremacy Clause immunity: (1) act of killing was part of their "duty" under federal law & (2) killing was "necessary" (i.e., no reasonable alternative) & "proper" (i.e., honest belief

My latest article "Faithless Prosecution" is now available on SSRN. Comments welcome via email. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”

Obstruction of criminal investigation into murder of Renee Good by Trump's incompetent water boy, Patel. Should help @hennepinatty.bsky.social Touhy request and, if ignored or denied, her APA lawsuit.

I just published: 10 Simple Questions for Congress to Ask Immigration Officials - Overstaying a visa is not a crime (that's nearly 50% of all undocumented migrants) - Unlawful entry (18 usc 1325) is only a misdemeanor. For vast majority of those, the statute of limitations expired long ago - more

Ashli Babbitt sued the federal government under FTCA and the Trump administration settled with her estate in the amount of ~$5,000,000. What will the Trump administration do with the FTCA lawsuit by Renee Good's survivors? Fight it? Settle? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The survivors of Renee Good have a civil remedy for her murder at the hands of Jonathan Ross. The FTCA. But the path to a successful jury verdict requires overcoming many legal and factual hurdles. scholar.google.com/scholar_case...

Renee Good & Alex Pretti "murdered by their government" in "cold blood" cc: @hennepinatty.bsky.social

But @harrylitman.bsky.social on a motion to dismiss the indictment by @donlemonofficial.bsky.social the judge must accept all the allegations in the indictment as true. So, other than the possibility of vindictive or selective prosecution, do you see any other ground for pre-trial dismissal?

Mary @hennepinatty.bsky.social Trump's administration will deny most, if not all, of the reasonable Touhy requests (that I'm glad to see you sent as I recommended shortly after Renee Good was murdered by Ross). A prompt APA lawsuit must be filed after they ignore the deadline or deny any request.

CBP thugs have a long history of using excessive and deadly force against migrants without any consequences. So, no surprise that Ochoa & Gutierrez were so quick to execute Alex Pretti on his knees by shots in his back. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/wp-content/u...

You think these two ever used excessive force at the border? Time to charge Alex Pretti's killers. @hennepinatty.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/alex...

Civil case when Jews were alleged victims. Criminal case when Christians were alleged victims. Criminal case when a person Trump despises @donlemonofficial.bsky.social is charged. Civil case when defendant's haven't verbally attacked Trump storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

If @donlemonofficial.bsky.social lost @volokhc.bsky.social he's likely in deep trouble. Only hope may be dismissal based on selective or vindictive prosecution.

FACE Act ("religious worship" prong) allegations in this civil complaint are far more egregious than the allegations in criminal indictment of @donlemonofficial.bsky.social. Supports a motion to dismiss based on selective and vindictive prosecution, no? www.justice.gov/crt/media/14...

Must read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NYT: Bovino “used the term ‘chosen people’ in a mocking way . . . . He also asked, sarcastically, whether [Shabbat-observing Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel] Rosen understood that Orthodox Jewish criminals don’t take weekends off.” GIFT LINK: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...

@hennepinatty.bsky.social You will have to make a charging decision based on inculpatory evidence in your possession because you won't get access to the evidence possessed by Trump administration as long as their so-called "investigation" is pending. Are you going to wait for a Dem administration?

Victim Pretti's prior acts of violence would be inadmissible at a homicide trial (in state or federal court) of the two agents who killed him if they were unaware of the prior incident at the time they killed Pretti.

@hennepinatty.bsky.social see my 13-post pinned thread on X.

@hennepinatty.bsky.social See my 13-post pinned thread on X.

1. @harrylitman.bsky.social @stevevladeck.bsky.social After notice of removal, there would be an evidentiary hearing on the killer of Pretti (and Good) claim that MN can't prosecute him. Killer has the burden of establishing that MN prosecution can't take place because the killing was a

Nice to see @hennepinatty.bsky.social will have lots of assistance when she gets around to prosecuting the murdererers of Renee Good & Alex Pretti.

@stevevladeck.bsky.social @patterico.bsky.social Based on all public info, do you believe the killings of Good & Pretti were "necessary & proper" under (1) a purely objective reasonableness test or (2) a test that the killer's subjective belief in the need to kill must be objectively reasonable.

What does it mean to “impede” ICE agents? prawfsblawg.com/what-does-it...

@hennepinatty.bsky.social 1. What strategic reason do you have for not starting the Touhy process in killing of Good & Pretti? 2. Are you hesitant to file charges in both killings because of burden to prove use of deadly force was objectively unreasonable (i.e., disprove self/others-defense)?

Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/mjbdyOtDUuU?...

@harrylitman.bsky.social No state criminal charges = No deterrent = More shootings because no adverse consequence.

@harrylitman.bsky.social Read Mannheimer on narrow scope of Neagle. Time for SCOTUS to revisit issue of the Court-created doctrine of what has come to be known as Supremacy Clause immunity. Problem: Virtually no state prosecutions of federal officers go to trial. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

@harrylitman.bsky.social @stevevladeck.bsky.social Read Mannheimer on narrow scope of Neagle holding. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

@stevevladeck.bsky.social @harrylitman.bsky.social If you haven't already done so, read Mannheimer's detailed analysis of the narrow scope of Neagle's so-called Supremacy Clause immunity rule. Federal judge as sufficiency of evidence of state crime gatekeeper. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

At least the MN BCA is entitled to this information. The Trump administration has no reasonable justification for withholding this information from MN law enforcement including the @hennepinatty.bsky.social. Their identities aren't protected by any privilege.

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

@weissmann.substack.com @rgoodlaw.bsky.social Must also ask for the identities of all the CBP agents who surrounded Pretti before he was, IMO, murdered. No privilege of agents not to have identities revealed at least to @hennepinatty.bsky.social

Murder 2° under MN law @hennepinatty.bsky.social enough with the television appearances. Justice demands Justice for Alex Pretti. He was disarmed; on his knees; when the first, of many, shots was fired into his back and body. No Supremacy Clause immunity because killing not "objectively reasonable."

#GiftLink 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...

"Separate analyses by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, CBS News and other organizations all concluded that the videos contradict the Trump administration’s description of the killing." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...

"This is a criminal president and a criminal administration. This is straight-out fascism. This is about ending democracy. These people are destroying the Constitution. And if we say it in words that are any less blunt, we are not telling the truth." www.ms.now/the-weekend-...

Just one correction @gtconway.bsky.social Brown shirts who are "murdering" citizens like Renee Good & Alex Pretti.

@gtconway.bsky.social You nailed it on @ms.now Telling it exactly as it is under Trump's regime. You are one of the most astute persons in being able to tell the public exactly what Trump's nefarious plan is for his retention of power.

@hennepinatty.bsky.social Prioritize. There's more than sufficient evidence to charge Ross for murdering Renee Good & Trump's thugs for murdering Alex Pretti. The remaining incidents re: excessive force can wait. Devote all available resources to achieving justice for Renee & Alex.

Stasi or Nazi. In the sick, twisted, minds (or what's left of their brains) of Trump, Miller, Noem, Bovino and their loyal masked thugs, this is a war of us vs. them. And, in war, in their playbook, anything goes ... anything.

1. @hennepinatty.bsky.social how long are you going to wait to charge the murderers for murdering Renee Good & Alex Pretti? Justice delayed is justice denied. No prosecution is ever a guaranteed jury guilty verdict. And, since they are fed LEOs, there's additional hurdles. But, based on my 43+