Given what is plain to see the video and accurately described in the article, “Senator Helps Officers" is an egregiously cowardly headling.

[tadbithuman@mastodon.social]

@gleick The Newspeak Rag

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@gleick my god, was that *snap* his arm?

[nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social]

@gleick I hope he gets hit with a *massive* lawsuit.

At the very minimum he committed physical assault, and actually breaking an arm brings it up to a pretty serious degree. It's the kind of thing that generally brings along big punitive damages.

I don't even think Trump judges can help him. But this is the kind of thing that likely wouldn't go up before one anyway.

Sic him!

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@stepheneb @gleick

if the victim is powerless nothing happens

if the victim is someone else powerful in the ruling party, it's battery

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@alice @gleick

and his hand was broken in the door

he did prove marines are tough as fuck though

with the adrenaline wearing off that is really going to suck

[heafnerj@mstdn.social]

@huntingdon @gleick This is one reason I think former military members, especially men, should not hold elected office.

[thenovemberman@bookstodon.com]

@gleick

[tiamat271@mastodon.online]

@heafnerj @huntingdon @gleick men really are too emotional to be in such positions of power and responsibility

[vonslatt@mas.to]

@alice @gleick as I understand it, members of congress do not have qualified immunity.

[w_b@mastodon.world]

@vonslatt @alice @gleick

Wanna bet they try to use the speech or debate clause to escape responsibility?