Trump pardons white thugs who physically assaulted police officers.
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The people who got the big convictions had their sentences commuted.
Law and Order folks.
This is fucked up on so many levels. Of course, the right wing - who usually loses their shit over violent criminals being released from prison - is cheering this move. If they had any shame, they'd take the "Back the Blue" stickers off their pickup trucks, but they don't and they won't.
What really scares me is the message this sends...on several levels. Obviously, it's a horrible example for kids. It used to be "if you work hard and study, maybe someday you can be President." Now it's "beating the shit out of a cop is okay, because the President can pardon you if you do it in his name."
It also tells the violent criminals just released from prison that they're under special protection from Trump himself, and if they feel like doing any more violent crimes - beating their spouse, beating someone they think is queer, beating their children - it's okay, because they can just ask for another pardon. Will he pardon someone who kills their wife in a fit of rage? Probably not, but maybe, and in any case the crime will already have been done.
It also tells ardent supporters of Trump that they, too, can commit violent crimes and be pardoned. There will be even more attacks on LGBTQ people. There will be even more attacks on minorities (especially brown people who "look like illegals). Those contentious school board meetings could turn violent as Trump supporters feel the gloves are off. There could very well be mass shootings where the damaged individual who takes dozens of lives thinks they've been given a "get out of jail free" card.
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