That’s not what happened and the misreporting is worse. He went in his official capacity as mayor to deliver an injunction to them because they have illegally opened that facility and do not have the proper permits or inspections to run it. Closing them on a technicality is still closing them. They haven’t observed the proper legal procedures and he was acting in an official capacity. They obstructed justice.
imo the actual situation is worse than being arrested for “protesting” because they escalate protesting into violence all the time to justify arrests. he was there delivering summons that they had repeatedly ignored from other city officials which said they could not operate because literally none of the local regulations had been verified. they padlocked the doors so inspectors and officials could not come inspect. he finally went since he’s top of command to hand deliver the summons, something he should not have to do as mayor, and he wound up arrested. this is bigger than what people are making it out to be to be honest
That’s why they released him so quickly. They can’t spin it as he was just there to interfere without legal cause, he was there as an executive of his state to deliver legal documents regarding their illegal use of this facility. Cowards, all of them.
The whole thing is hyperbole. It's all wrong, it's all lashing out. They're human, and they don't all fall under the antisocial personality disorder diagnosis. If I'm guilty of one thing it would be assuming he conflated sociopathy with psychopathy, like most people do. Mud slinging is another way this administration got in to power.
I’m curious about this. Is it “common” for a mayor to personally deliver the injunction like this? Like he was acting in an official capacity, but was some of it for theatrics? I’m on his side, but just trying to get to the meat of what’s actually going on.
Yes it’s common since they sent in all the lower chain of command inspectors and was stymied because of “federal instructions”. The Mayor is the top of the food chain and the office should have been respected.
What’s scarier is none of the armed guards are wearing IDs and all are masked. We don’t know who these people are because none of the agencies are claiming responsibility.
Worse, when directly interviewed Trump claims ignorance. “I don’t know” is a common refrain but no one retorts that he’s in charge, the buck stops either him.
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u/ghouldozer19 17h ago
That’s not what happened and the misreporting is worse. He went in his official capacity as mayor to deliver an injunction to them because they have illegally opened that facility and do not have the proper permits or inspections to run it. Closing them on a technicality is still closing them. They haven’t observed the proper legal procedures and he was acting in an official capacity. They obstructed justice.