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

Rustynaerduwell

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

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.

Mike Nelson

(10,943 posts)
5. Not likely...
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 07:18 PM
Jan 12

... 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_

(1,522 posts)
6. Probably depends a lot on the next president
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 07:19 PM
Jan 12

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

(71,396 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
Jan 12

... 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.

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,422 posts)
16. I think he will be indicted
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:36 PM
Jan 12

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

(22,456 posts)
17. There is no statute of limitations for murder
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:43 PM
Jan 12

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

(4,914 posts)
20. Obviously he won't be.
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 09:33 PM
Jan 12

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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