The Justice Department has agreed that the federal government will foot the bill if former President Donald Trump is found liable for violating the rights of protesters when National Guard troops and police forcibly drove racial justice demonstrators from a park near the White House in June 2020.
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Yep, the scenario of killing someone was actually in the official write-up of the judgement. It wasn’t an absolute yes, but it did say the courts would have to determine it on a case by case basis.
I disagree with the ruling but don’t see it as too surprising. Let’s not forget that Obama ordered a drone strike on the American Anwar al-Awlaki. He was the target. Then another drone strike killed his 16 year old son (also American) a couple weeks later although he was not the target. Then Trump had a SEAL team go in which killed his 8 year old daughter (also not the target, I hope). The American government really hates the al-Awlakis…