Prosecutor says ‘newly discovered evidence’ in case against Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis ‘materially inconsistent with the allegations against them’
Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis have moved to drop felony assault charges against two Venezuelan men, including one shot in the leg by an immigration officer, after new evidence emerged undercutting the government’s version of events.
In a filing on Thursday, the US attorney’s office for the district of Minnesota said “newly discovered evidence” in the criminal case against Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis “is materially inconsistent with the allegations against them” made in a criminal complaint and a court hearing last month.
The government’s motion asked the judge for “dismissal with prejudice”, meaning the charges against the two men cannot be resubmitted.
They lied to intimidate and put these people in jail, yet again. At some point we need consequences for the DoJ’s reckless behaviour.
That’s the most bothersome part of this story–the ICE agent flat-out lied but they still get no reprimand or consequences. They can pull every dirty trick they want, while the people they terrorize have to fight with 1 hand tied behind their back.
“Reckless” is downplaying it. They know exactly what they’re doing, they’re doing it on purpose, and the correct word to describe it is tyrannical.
Want to know how to tell if a member of ICE is lieing? Their mouth is open
Their mouth is open*They are still breathing.I dunno. I suspect they are a bunch of mouth-breathers, so you might need to add the requirement that they be making some sort of stupid noise too.
