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Rustynaerduwell

(773 posts)
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 07:08 PM 16 hrs ago

Does anyone here think ass agent Ross will or won't be charged for any criminal homicide?

I'm not so sure.

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Does anyone here think ass agent Ross will or won't be charged for any criminal homicide? (Original Post) Rustynaerduwell 16 hrs ago OP
hedging your bets? Shellback Squid 16 hrs ago #1
I'm afraid this is the turning point that doesn't happen. Rustynaerduwell 16 hrs ago #4
Not while Trump is president. sop 16 hrs ago #2
Not a gambling woman but, NO...he'll never be punished. chouchou 16 hrs ago #3
Not likely... Mike Nelson 16 hrs ago #5
Probably depends a lot on the next president EdmondDantes_ 16 hrs ago #6
If anything happens it will be years later JI7 16 hrs ago #7
You're gonna have to find him first. Brother Buzz 16 hrs ago #8
No. Scrivener7 16 hrs ago #9
No statute of limitation on murder tintinvotes 15 hrs ago #10
If we are waiting on our supreme court, the answer is bluestarone 15 hrs ago #11
He'd have to got through a whole series of courts to get to SCOTUS. All he'd ever be charged with is some sort of ... marble falls 15 hrs ago #13
Eventually. And depending on who holds the trial, he'll get a walk or a smack on the knuckles. marble falls 15 hrs ago #12
Got to find him first. My money's on ... MAGA's new home usonian 15 hrs ago #14
I think he will be charged. CanonRay 15 hrs ago #15
I think he will be indicted Hassin Bin Sober 14 hrs ago #16
There is no statute of limitations for murder Fiendish Thingy 14 hrs ago #17
It might not happen till 2029 Kaleva 14 hrs ago #18
Not any time soon ABC123Easy 14 hrs ago #19
Obviously he won't be. BlueTsunami2018 13 hrs ago #20

Rustynaerduwell

(773 posts)
4. I'm afraid this is the turning point that doesn't happen.
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 07:17 PM
16 hrs ago

A woman was clearly murdered. The regime has sanctioned it. If he goes free, the regime has free reign to continue murdering people in self defense.

If this isn't the turning point, I don't think there will be one.

chouchou

(2,818 posts)
3. Not a gambling woman but, NO...he'll never be punished.
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 07:11 PM
16 hrs ago

My husband says "Yes ..maybe 10-15 percent."

Mike Nelson

(10,924 posts)
5. Not likely...
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 07:18 PM
16 hrs ago

... it would send a message: "If you shoot a protestor in the head, you will be held responsible." They don't want that kind of message. Instead, he may get the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

EdmondDantes_

(1,398 posts)
6. Probably depends a lot on the next president
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 07:19 PM
16 hrs ago

Obviously Trump won't, and will obstruct any investigation by the state. I assume Trump will do a mass pardon of ICE/his administration so a future federal prosecution would be out. But the next president could turn over whatever is found for state use.

One flaw Obama had was in not going after the banking industry. Many people think the Biden administration didn't go enough after the first Trump administration and while I'm not wholly on board with that, I do think there's more that could have been done.

I think we will need something whether it's our own Nuremberg trials or truth and reconciliation commission to make sure people understand what has been happening. And it needs to be public whether Internet or TV.

marble falls

(71,124 posts)
13. He'd have to got through a whole series of courts to get to SCOTUS. All he'd ever be charged with is some sort of ...
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 07:37 PM
15 hrs ago

... official misconduct only worth at most a couple of years. No need for SCOTUS.

Now he'd could be taken to into Civil courts and sued.

marble falls

(71,124 posts)
12. Eventually. And depending on who holds the trial, he'll get a walk or a smack on the knuckles.
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 07:35 PM
15 hrs ago

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,389 posts)
16. I think he will be indicted
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:36 PM
14 hrs ago

Then it will move to federal court (still a state case but handled by feds) and there is a 50/50 chance it gets dismissed by a judge. Having written procedures prohibiting shooting moving cars helps here so maybe 40% chance of dismissal.

If it makes it to trial I give it a 60% chance of conviction.

Fiendish Thingy

(22,119 posts)
17. There is no statute of limitations for murder
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:43 PM
14 hrs ago

And Derek Chauvin is in prison on both federal and state charges.

It could certainly happen to Ross, but not likely before 2029.

In the meantime, he’s probably gonna have to sell his house and move out of state.

BlueTsunami2018

(4,873 posts)
20. Obviously he won't be.
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 09:33 PM
13 hrs ago

Couchfucker already declared he and the rest of the Gestapo immune from any accountability. They tampered with the scene and destroyed all the evidence.

Why are we still acting like the system is going to save us?

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