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The idea is to make it effectively legal to kill anybody deemed left-of-center

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[–] Glyphord@lemmy.world 87 points 6 months ago (1 children)

“The Board voted unanimously to recommend a full pardon and restoration of firearm rights.”

So they recommend to give him his guns back to shoot more protesters. Fucking disgusting.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 70 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Texas has a long tradition of pardoning lynch mobs.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Before Abbot or just with Abbot? (I don’t know if Texas has term limits. I’m assuming no)

[–] PRUSSIA_x86@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Since its inception

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 50 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The prosecutors should immediately contact the DOJ and see if a federal case makes sense. Governor Murder-Pardoner can't pardon a federal conviction.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that be double jeopardy since he has already been tried and convicted by the court?

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nope. It's only double jeopardy if it happens in the same jurisdiction. A Federal trial would mean federal charges, which aren't the same as state charges. Not the same charges, not double jeopardy.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Ok, thanks for the clarification

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I guess some lives matter more than others... To Republicans anyway.

[–] xionzui@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago

Yes, that’s the entire point of “black lives matter”

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago

Just a honest showing of what it means to be a Conservative Republican Christian.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 26 points 6 months ago

Fucking atrocious.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago

Better article that includes a list of racist statements Perry posted to social media that were just unsealed by the judge in his trial.

[–] ReallyKinda@kbin.social 18 points 6 months ago

Texas has one of the strongest ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney,” he said in a statement. “I thank the Board for its thorough investigation, and I approve their pardon recommendation.

pesky juries and DAs thinking they have legal authority!

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Once again, Governor Hot Wheels and his Cavalcade of Corruption are doing what they do best: being completely and totally ignorant as to the desires of the population.

[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Not cool. We don’t make fun of people because they are in wheelchairs

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He's a living, breathing piece of shit. A real medical marvel if you ask me. He deserves to be called every single slur in the book.

[–] Five@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Associating that sack of shit with people who need wheelchairs is an insult to all people with a disability.

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure people with disabilities aren't standing up for him.

[–] Five@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[–] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We have free reign when the subject is a fascist piece of republican trash who pardons cold blooded murderers.

I wish the tree would have done a better job on that absolute waste of human life.

[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 2 points 6 months ago

No you don’t.

By attacking his wheelchair instead of his actual policies you are saying the fact that he is handicapped is worse than his policies.

You can choose plenty of words for the cancerous anal fissure leakage of a person, but don’t attack his wheelchair, because then you are attacking everyone in one.

It’s not about me, you, or him at that point.

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like federal civil rights violations to me.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Who's gonna enforce it? Nothing happend last time Texas broke federal law and had a little standoff with federal immigration officers.

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

DOJ. There are Federal charges for this guy as well as civil suits.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Knowing Abbott I am not surprised.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Garbage state full of garbage people.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Not all of us condone this kind of shit.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

No, just the millions that voted for him AND the millions that didn't even bother to vote.

[–] blujan@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 months ago

To be fair he said it's full of garbage people, not that all of you are garbage people. If my house had 2 garbage people in it I would be tempted to take the garbage out as that's full for me.