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Re:Minneapolis City Council members announce intent to disba... by umvi on Sunday June 07, 2020 @06:52PM (#23451757)
Would it help if murdering unarmed peace keepers or whatever had extreme punishment attached? Even criminals can be trained. Kill an unarmed peace keeper, your life is effectively over.
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Re:Minneapolis City Council members announce intent to disba... by SamReidHughes on Monday June 08, 2020 @03:51AM (#23454506)
That would require a constitutional amendment, because right now that’s first degree murder, usually a capital crime, and making the punishment worse than that would violate the 8th amendment.
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