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Historically, many anti-drug / anti-cartel leaders are actually members of a rival cartel, and want to use law enforcement to fight their wars for them. The Me

by hedora 2y ago

Historically, many anti-drug / anti-cartel leaders are actually members of a rival cartel, and want to use law enforcement to fight their wars for them. The Mexican government has a long history of this. The LAPD’s (well documented for over 50 years) do the same thing. Trump is a convicted felon with lots of ties to organized crime. Nothing about him pardoning members of some criminal organizations but not others is surprising. In related news, he signed an executive order forcing prosecutors to seek the death penalty when police are killed, and in the same day pardoned 132 of his supporters that were convicted of assaulting police officers during an event where officers were killed.

azinman2 2y ago
You think Trump is involved with drug selling organized crime, and this guy somehow was on “his side”?
reverendsteveii 2y ago
>he signed an executive order forcing prosecutors to seek the death penalty when police are killed He also pardoned a drug dealing cop killer at the end of his last term. Said cop killer has since been arrested for attempting to strangle his wife to death. https://www.wesh.com/article/cop-killer-pardoned-by-trump-commits-new-crime-in-florida/62073373 https://www.wesh.com/article/cop-killer-pardoned-by-trump-co...
motorest 2y ago
> Historically, many anti-drug / anti-cartel leaders are actually members of a rival cartel, and want to use law enforcement to fight their wars for them. For reference, Rudy Giuliani was lauded as the anti-organized mayor that brought down the Italian mob in New York, but ultimately was flagged as actually being an upper echelon of Russian organized crime who worked to establish it by eliminating competiton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani
- Maxatar 2y ago
  The Wikipedia article does not flag Giuliani as being a member of Russian organized crime, but someone who Giuliani's law firm represents, an individual by the name of Dmytry Firtash. Furthermore the timeline for this is over a decade after Giuliani was mayor of New York.
  - coldtea 2y ago
    What good is common sense and facts when you have a gut dislike?
- jprete 2y ago
  The link doesn't say that. The phrase you use is a reference in the Wikipedia article to the DOJ's characterization of Dmytry Firtash, "a Ukrainian oligarch who is prominent in the natural gas sector", not Giuliani.
Slava_Propanei 2y ago
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by hedora 2y ago

azinman2 2y ago

You think Trump is involved with drug selling organized crime, and this guy somehow was on “his side”?

reverendsteveii 2y ago

>he signed an executive order forcing prosecutors to seek the death penalty when police are killed He also pardoned a drug dealing cop killer at the end of his last term. Said cop killer has since been arrested for attempting to strangle his wife to death. https://www.wesh.com/article/cop-killer-pardoned-by-trump-commits-new-crime-in-florida/62073373 https://www.wesh.com/article/cop-killer-pardoned-by-trump-co...

motorest 2y ago

> Historically, many anti-drug / anti-cartel leaders are actually members of a rival cartel, and want to use law enforcement to fight their wars for them. For reference, Rudy Giuliani was lauded as the anti-organized mayor that brought down the Italian mob in New York, but ultimately was flagged as actually being an upper echelon of Russian organized crime who worked to establish it by eliminating competiton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani

Maxatar 2y ago
The Wikipedia article does not flag Giuliani as being a member of Russian organized crime, but someone who Giuliani's law firm represents, an individual by the name of Dmytry Firtash. Furthermore the timeline for this is over a decade after Giuliani was mayor of New York.
- coldtea 2y ago
  What good is common sense and facts when you have a gut dislike?
jprete 2y ago
The link doesn't say that. The phrase you use is a reference in the Wikipedia article to the DOJ's characterization of Dmytry Firtash, "a Ukrainian oligarch who is prominent in the natural gas sector", not Giuliani.

Slava_Propanei 2y ago

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